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Media Advisory: Report Will Address State of Black-Owned Businesses in Texas
EVENT: State Sen. Royce West and University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers will join researchers from The University of Texas at Austin as they issue a report, prepared in collaboration with the Texas Association of African American Chambers of Commerce, on the state of black-owned businesses in Texas. The event is open to…
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Abbott Maintains Lead Over Davis in Latest UT/Texas Tribune Poll
Attorney General Greg Abbott continues to hold an edge over gubernatorial challenger state Sen. Wendy Davis in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, with Republicans maintaining double-digit advantages in other major races.
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$1.5 Million Gift to Support Religious Studies Initiatives at UT Austin
AUSTIN, Texas A $1.5 million gift from the Foundation for Biblical Studies will support graduate students and faculty research in the study of Christian origins and related fields at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Researchers Find Major West Antarctic Glacier Melting from Geothermal Sources
Thwaites Glacier, the large, rapidly changing outlet of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, is not only being eroded by the ocean, it’s being melted from below by geothermal heat, researchers at the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin (UTIG) report in the current edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy…
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What It’s Like to Learn from a Pulitzer Finalist
Go inside the classroom with two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and history professor Jacqueline Jones to see a master storyteller at work.
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58 Books to Love This Summer (or Anytime)
See what books UT professors think new students should read, plus perfect summer titles published by the University of Texas Press.
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When Your Homework is a Feature-Length Film
RTF students in Steve Mim’s feature film workshop course received film and academic credit for serving as crew on “Arlo and Julie,” a quirky romantic comedy that has charmed critics.
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Tower Shines May 31 For McCombs National Champions
The Tower shines orange Saturday, May 31 for two McCombs student teams, reQwip and Prepify, who won national championships.
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UT Engineer Named Dean of Cockrell School
Sharon L. Wood has been named the ninth dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin.
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$2.4 Million Grant Expands UT Austin’s Freshman Research Initiative
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded a $2.4 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to expand its Freshman Research Initiative, a program that gives students the opportunity to take part in advanced research projects early in their academic careers. The grant is one of 37 that HHMI is awarding to U.S.…
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Variety in Diet Can Hamper Microbial Diversity in the Gut
Scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have discovered that the more diverse the diet of a fish, the less diverse are the microbes living in its gut. If the effect is confirmed in humans, it could mean that the combinations of foods people eat can influence the diversity of…
