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UT Austin Again Named One of Top Universities in the World
AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas at Austin has again been recognized as one of the best universities in the world, earning the No. 28 slot in the 2014-15 Times Higher Education World University rankings, which is considered one of the most authoritative assessments of universities.
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UT School of Nursing Awarded $2.4 Million NIH Grant to Launch Collaborative Research Center
The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing will use a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to establish a new collaborative research center designed to improve the health of individuals, families and communities.
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UT Austin Joins $17 Million National Initiative to Combat Traumatic Brain Injury
The Department of Defense has awarded $17 million to 11 U.S. public and private institutions including The University of Texas at Austin to support advances in traumatic brain injury research.
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Evolving Plumbing System Beneath Greenland Slows Ice Sheet as Summer Progresses
[caption id="attachment_48126" align="aligncenter" width="738" caption="The study site is located north of Jakobshavn Isbræ, a large outlet glacier in western Greenland. Icebergs calved from Jakobshavn Isbræ (one pictured here) fill the fjord and are visible from Ilulissat, a nearby town. Photo Lauren Andrews."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas A team led by scientists at the University of Texas at…
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Stocks Drop When No One Asks Questions During Earnings Calls, Study Shows
Quarterly earning calls that receive zero questions or a very low number of questions during the question-and-answer session of the call lead to a significant decrease in stock price according to new research from the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Plants: The Future of Energy?
A group of first-year students are examining the viability of switchgrass as an alternative energy source. Watch a video about diving into research through the Freshman Research Initiative.
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Water Use for Fracking Oil Resembles Use for Conventional Production
Producing oil through hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, uses similar amounts of water on average as producing oil by conventional means, according to a new study by The University of Texas at Austin’s Bureau of Economic Geology.
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#ReportingUT Puts Student Journalists on Assignment
Journalism students at UT get hands-on reporting experience outside the classroom. Follow them at #reportingUT.
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UT-Austin to Host Carbon Capture and Storage Conference
The University of Texas at Austin will host the world’s leading conference on carbon capture and storage research, the 12th international Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies conference (GHGT-12), Oct. 5-9, 2014.
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Practices To Boost Community College Student Completion Rates Identified in Report
A new report from The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) reveals a positive relationship between community colleges’ implementation of several “high impact” practices like offering supplemental instruction and creating learning communities and students’ completion of developmental courses and persistence from semester to semester.
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Depression Lowers When Teens Learn They Can Change, Study Shows
A low-cost, one-time intervention that educates teens about the changeable nature of personality traits may prevent depressive symptoms often seen during the transition to high school, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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UT Austin Makes Progress Toward Higher Graduation Rate Goals
Last year’s freshman class at The University of Texas at Austin returned to campus at higher rates, earned better grades and took and passed more credit hours than any other class on record.
