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Popular ‘Door-in-the-Face’ Persuasion Strategy Can Sometimes Backfire, Study Shows
A manipulation strategy often used in marketing and fundraising known as “Door-in-the-Face” could backfire among less concrete thinkers, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Unique McCombs MBA Scholarship Offered to Entrepreneurs
Jon Brumley Texas Venture Labs will provide two scholarships to entrepreneurs to develop startup ventures while pursuing their MBA degrees. The scholarships will be awarded to the winners of a shark-tank-style pitch competition at The University of Texas at Austin on Feb. 15, 2014.
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Media Advisory: President Powers to Introduce New Athletic Director
AUSTIN, Texas President Bill Powers will welcome Steve Patterson, recently named men’s athletic director, to The University of Texas at Austin community during a news conference on Nov. 7 at 11 a.m.
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Steve Patterson Named Texas Men’s Athletic Director
The University of Texas at Austin will hire Steve Patterson as the new men’s athletic director, replacing DeLoss Dodds who is retiring after 32 years.
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$9.3 Million O’Donnell Foundation Gift to Support Students, Teaching, and Faculty
The O’Donnell Foundation has committed $9.3 million to the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin to support student fellowships, faculty teaching and faculty recruiting.
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Gas Injection Probably Triggered Small Earthquakes Near Snyder, Texas
[caption id=”attachment_43054″ align=”alignright” width=”251″ caption=”Map showing 20092011 earthquakes located in this study (red circles), gas injection wells active since 2004 (yellow squares), and focal mechanisms for regional events (beach balls). A series of small quakes occurred in the same region in 1979 and 1980 (green circles) and may have been related to injection of water…
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Abbott Leads Davis by 6 Points in Latest UT/Texas Tribune Poll
AUSTIN, Texas If the election for Texas governor were held today, Attorney General Greg Abbott would have a six-point lead over state Sen. Wendy Davis, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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Austin Traffic’s Silver Lining
The good news about Austin’s worsening traffic? It will be the focus of a major study by the Center for Transportation Research. Read more about this and other recent headlines.
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Moody College of Communication to Celebrate Landmark Gift
In recognition of the Moody Foundation’s historic endowment, The University of Texas and the Moody College of Communication will host a public reception and ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 7 at 5 p.m. on the Walter Cronkite Plaza.
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The Therapist Will Skype You Now
For homebound seniors, video chats offer “life-changing” treatment for depression, study shows. Plus, they become more tech savvy in the process. Learn more.
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Blanton Museum Receives Mellon Foundation Grant to Train Future Curators
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a $504,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to establish a curatorial fellowship program for a six-year period to help train future museum curators.
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Brain Power
For more than 20 years, a collection of nearly 100 human brains went unnoticed in a closet in the back of a UT animal lab. Today, they’re a valuable teaching tool. [Slideshow]
