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UT Austin Anthropologists Confirm Link Between Cranial Anatomy and Two-Legged Walking
Anthropology researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have confirmed a direct link between upright two-legged (bipedal) walking and the position of the foramen magnum, a hole in the base of the skull that transmits the spinal cord.
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UT Austin’s Tinsley Oden Awarded Prestigious Honda Prize for Ecotechnology Work
The Honda Foundation of Japan has awarded this year’s Honda Prize to J. Tinsley Oden, director of the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin, for his role in establishing the field of computational mechanics, which enabled the development of computer simulation technology used broadly throughout industry and…
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Cultivating Statehood
Constitute, a new website by government scholar Zachary Elkins with a grant from Google Ideas, puts the world’s constitutions online as a resource for citizens. [Video]
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Government Professor Launches Google Constitutions Website at U.N. General Assembly
National constitutions are supposed to provide a sustainable structure for politics, yet only half live more than 19 years. Zachary Elkins, associate professor of government and a leading constitutional scholar, knows what it takes for constitutions to last for generations and now he’s teaming up with Google to share his expertise with drafters around the…
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Magnum Photographer Eli Reed’s Project Documents “Lost Boys” of Sudan
[caption id="attachment_42001" align="alignleft" width="400" caption=""Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya." August 2001, printed 2013. Inkjet print. © Eli Reed / Magnum Photos."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The Harry Ransom Center presents “Eli Reed: The Lost Boys of Sudan,” an exhibition of photographs by Eli Reed (b. 1946), Magnum photographer and clinical professor of journalism at The University of Texas…
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Exploring the Unorthodox
Artist and visiting professor Laurie Anderson blends technology, music and storytelling in her unique performance art. Her “Landfall” exhibit opens Friday on campus.
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Heart Researcher Receives NIH Grant to Model Heart Valve, Improve Surgical Outcomes
The National Institutes of Health is turning to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin to develop computer simulations to improve surgical repair of the heart’s mitral valve, one of the aging heart’s key points of failure.
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Texas May Be Feeding its Red Drum Fish More Than They Need, Say Researchers
[caption id="attachment_42226" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Illustration courtesy of Marianna Grenadier"][/caption] Austin, TEXAS It’s not the chicken or the egg, but marine scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have answered a basic question about red drum fish and their eggs that may eventually help save the state of Texas a lot of money in hatcheries…
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UT Austin Receives Gift of Magnum Photos Collection from Dell, Fuhrman, Phelan Families
[caption id="attachment_42170" align="alignright" width="245" caption="George Rodger, Sahara Desert, 1957, verso. With permission of Magnum Photos."][/caption] AUSTIN, Texas The Magnum Photos collection, which contains nearly 200,000 press prints of images taken by world-renowned Magnum photographers, has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin. The gift was made by Michael…
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Tower Lighting: Mechanical Engineering at 100
Happy Birthday! On Friday, Sept. 20, the Tower will glow orange with a “100” to celebrate a century of Mechanical Engineering’s excellence on the Forty Acres.
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Introducing the Texas iPhone App v2.0
The new and improved University of Texas at Austin iPhone app is here! Check out the new features and download it today from the Apple App Store.
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National Conference to Address Racial Health Disparities and New Curriculum for Medical Schools
Event: Medical professionals, researchers and scholars from across the country will meet at The University of Texas at Austin for a national conference titled “Addressing Racial/Ethnic Health Disparities: Best Practices for Clinical Care and Medical Education in the 21st Century.”
