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Shade Grown Coffee Shrinking as a Proportion of Global Coffee Production
The proportion of land used to cultivate shade grown coffee, relative to the total land area of coffee cultivation, has fallen by nearly 20 percent globally since 1996, according to a new study by scientists from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions.
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April 16 Tower Lighting Honors The Daily Texan
The lighting celebrates the Texan being named Best Newspaper by the College Media Association.
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Hilley Receives Music Teachers National Association’s Teacher of the Year Award
The Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) has named Martha Hilley, a professor in the College of Fine Arts’ Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin, their 2014 Teacher of the Year.
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40 for 40 Debut Sets UT Fundraising Record
The 40 Hours for the Forty Acres campaign hoped to raise $40,000 for UT. In true Longhorn spirit, students, alumni and friends smashed that goal. See the campaign results.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Dell Medical School to Host Launch Ceremony
EVENT: Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin, invites the community to the Dell Medical School launch to be held at the school’s future site.
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Tillerson Family Commits $5 Million to Cockrell School of Engineering, Bolsters Engineering Education and Research Center
Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, and his wife, Renda, have made a personal pledge of $5 million to support the Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC), a 430,000-square-foot facility.
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Research: Where Knowledge is Created
Undergraduates’ projects are the focus Research Week (April 14-18). We’ve highlighted some health-related research, just one of many areas of study Longhorns are diving into. Learn more.
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Mary Ellen Poole Appointed Director of the Butler School of Music
Mary Ellen Poole, dean of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, has been appointed director of the Butler School of Music and holder of the Florence Thelma Hall Centennial Chair in Music at The University of Texas at Austin, effective Sept. 1.
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UT Austin Architecture Professor Awarded Rome Prize
Vincent L. Snyder, associate professor in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, was chosen to receive the 2014-2015 Rome Prize, one of the most highly regarded awards in the arts and humanities.
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How Do You Reinvent Health Care?
Start by re-imagining medical education, says Dell Med School Dean Clay Johnston. “We have an opportunity to redesign what health care can be.” Read more.
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Photo Gallery: Civil Rights Summit
Go up-close and behind-the-scenes at the historic Civil Rights Summit, held on campus at the LBJ Library April 8-10.
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Students’ Successes Recognized at Honors Day
Congratulations to members of the class of 2014 being recognized Saturday, April 12, at Honors Day. The Tower will shine orange as part of the celebration. Hook ’em!
