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Everyday Discrimination Impacts Mental Health
Researchers have determined that African Americans and Caribbean blacks who experience discrimination of multiple types are at substantially greater risk for a variety of mental disorders including anxiety, depression and substance abuse.
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Clapper, Hadley, McRaven to Address Intelligence Reform at Event Hosted by Clements Center and Strauss Center
As the nation commemorates the 13th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks this week amid increasing threats from terrorist groups abroad, the William P. Clements, Jr. Center for History, Strategy and Statecraft and the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at The University of Texas at Austin will host a first-of-its-kind conference…
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Former Longhorn Band Director Vincent DiNino Dies at 95
AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas at Austin mourns the passing of Vincent R. DiNino, director of bands emeritus. He was 95 years old.
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There She Is: Longhorn Competes for Miss America Crown
Miss Texas Monique Evans, a pre-med UT Austin senior, competes for the biggest crown of all on Sept. 14.
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New Groundbreaking Department to Focus on Latino, Mexican American Experience
[caption id="attachment_47813" align="alignright" width="393" caption="Domino Perez, College of Liberal Arts Dean Randy Diehl and Nicole Guidotti-Hernandez. Photo by Alberto Gonzalez, Jr. "][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The first-ever academic department in the U.S. to take a comprehensive look at the lives, cultures and histories of Mexican American and Latino populations has been established at The University of Texas…
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Five Great UT Ideas
From 3-D printing to a battery used by millions, these inventions from UT researchers are worth knowing about.
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Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” To Be Displayed at Ransom Center
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, celebrates the homecoming of one of its most famous and frequently borrowed art works, the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s “Self-Portrait with Thorn Necklace and Hummingbird” (1940). The painting will be on display Sept. 5 through March 31, 2015.
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Can P.E. Make Kids Smarter?
Physical activity is crucial not only for a child’s health, but for academic performance as well, reveals research by associate professor and Longhorn Game Changer Darla Castelli.
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Professor Wins $750,000 Engineering Prize for Mobile Medical Tool
AUSTIN, Texas Yuebing Zheng, a mechanical engineering assistant professor in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, was selected for the prestigious Beckman Young Investigator Award.
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Campaign for Texas Goes Out with a Bang
The state’s most ambitious fundraising campaign to date concluded Aug. 31, topping its $3 billion goal by $115 million and breaking records in the process.
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UT Austin Raises Record $856 Million in Final Year of $3 Billion Campaign to Support Students and Excellence
AUSTIN, Texas The University of Texas at Austin has successfully completed its historic Campaign for Texas by raising $856 million in 2013-14, an amount believed to be the largest ever raised by any Texas institution in a single year.
