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Online Learning Must be Faculty-Driven, Innovative, UT Austin President Says
University of Texas at Austin president Bill Powers has developed five guiding principles for using online technology in higher education that can help students learn more effectively and serve as a national model as universities navigate a rapidly changing landscape.
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Farish Fund Supports Collaboration to Study Plaques That Cause Most Heart Attacks
The William Stamps Farish Fund in Houston has donated $400,000 to a collaboration between the the Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences (ICES) at The University of Texas at Austin and the
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UT Austin Launches Texas Consortium to Improve Outcomes for Male Minority Students
The Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color, a new statewide network of school districts, community colleges and public universities, officially launched this summer.
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Engineers Improve Recycling System in Hydraulic Fracturing to Save Water and Energy
Chemical engineers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed high-efficiency, durable filters to improve mobile water recycling systems used in hydraulic fracturing, the oil and gas drilling process known as fracking.
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When Will My Computer Understand Me?
Humans get the difference between “charging” a battery and “charging” a client, but computers may not. Linguist Katrin Erk has a new way for computers to learn. [Video]
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The Shakespeare Code: English Professor Confirms the Bard’s Hand in ‘The Spanish Tragedy’
For centuries, scholars have been searching for answers to a literary mystery: Who wrote the five additional passages in Thomas Kyd’s “The Spanish Tragedy”?
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Chemist Awarded $1.1 Million NIH Grant to Model “Long-Time” Molecular Movements
A University of Texas at Austin chemist has received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to expand research modeling “long-time” biological processes down to the last atom.
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Study Shows Jim Crow-Era Segregation Persists in Texas Schools
A first-of-its-kind study from researchers in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin shows that, in addition to being isolated by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status, English language learners in Texas schools also are separated by language, suffering what has been term
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New Shakespearean Prose Found in Old Play
Professor Douglas Bruster confirms that five pages in a 16th century Thomas Kyd play were actually written by Shakespeare. Watch Bruster explain the evidence.
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Media Advisory: University of Texas Elementary School to commemorate 10th anniversary
MEDIA ADVISORY Event: The University of Texas Elementary School 10th Anniversary Celebration When: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 6 p.m.
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UT Austin Breaks Single-Year Fundraising Record
The University of Texas at Austin has raised more money in the current fiscal year than in any previous year.
