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UT Professor Honored By American Psychoanalytic Association
The American Psychoanalytic Association has awarded Stephen Sonnenberg, M.D., of The University of Texas at Austin with its Distinguished Service Award.
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Butler School of Music Hosts International Young Violinists Competition
The Menuhin Competition comes to North America for the first time in its 30-year history
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UT Austin President Powers Participates in White House Meeting on College Opportunity
University of Texas at Austin president Bill Powers is joining President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan and other university presidents today at a White House forum on increasing educational opportunities for low-income and disadvantaged students.
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Austin MLK Jr. Day Celebration Will Begin on UT Austin Campus
The 21st annual community march celebrating the life of Martin Luther King Jr. will begin with a rally at the MLK Jr. Statue on the East Mall at The University of Texas at Austin at 9 a.m. on Jan. 20. The theme for this year is “Dream Even Further.”
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Tower Orange for Honda Prize Winner
The Tower will shine orange Tuesday, Jan. 14, to recognize Dr. J. Tinsley Oden who won the prestigious Honda Prize in 2013.
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Sherlock Holmes is Alive and Well!
Obsessed with the enigmatic detective? You’re not alone. Explore the Ransom Center’s extensive collection of vintage Sherlockania, including original manuscripts and Arthur Conan Doyle’s personal effects.
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Leading Astronomer Taft Armandroff Appointed Director of UT’s McDonald Observatory
AUSTIN, Texas Astronomer Taft Armandroff has been appointed the new director of the College of Natural Sciences McDonald Observatory in Fort Davis, Texas.
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President Names Chemist Allen Bard a Recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award
President Barack Obama has named College of Natural Sciences chemist Allen Bard a recipient of the Enrico Fermi Award, one of the government’s oldest and most prestigious awards for scientific achievement.
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Ransom Center Acquires 21 J.D. Salinger Letters
The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired 21 previously unrecorded and unpublished letters by author J.D. Salinger. The letters are accessible as part of the Ransom Center’s existing Salinger collection, which includes published and unpublished manuscripts, galleys, page proofs and correspondence.
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New Reserves Assessment Solidifies Forecast of Natural Gas Supplies from Fayetteville Shale
A new study from the Bureau of Economic Geology (BEG) at The University of Texas at Austin forecasts that one of the nation’s most productive shale gas basins, the Fayetteville Shale, will continue to be a major contributor to U.S. natural gas supplies for years to come, with economically recoverable reserves of 18 trillion cubic…
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Research Helps Lay Out Theory for Metamaterials That Act as an Analog Computer
A new study by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, The University of Texas at Austin and University of Sannio in Italy shows that metamaterials can be designed to do “photonic calculus” by working like an analog computer.
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How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions Really!
Maintain your exercise routine, negotiate effectively and break bad habits, with help from UT researchers.
