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Particle Accelerator That Can Fit on a Tabletop Opens New Chapter for Science Research
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have built a tabletop particle accelerator that can generate energies and speeds previously reached only by major facilities that are hundreds of meters long and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build.
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UT/Texas Tribune Poll Shows Strong Support for ‘Rainy Day’ Funding of Water Projects
Sixty-eight percent of registered Texas voters support spending $2 billion from the state’s “Rainy Day Fund” on water infrastructure projects across the state, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
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10 Assistant Professors Receive Mental Health Research Grants in Texas
Ten tenure-track assistant professors in Texas have been awarded $192,130 in grants by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to conduct innovative research in mental health.
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Review of Research Calls into Question Sex Differences in Face-to-Face Mate Preferences
Women say they place a priority on a potential partner’s earning prospects, and men claim to value a potential partner’s physical attractiveness; these sex differences have been widely studied by psychologists for decades.
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Exhibition Explores Magnum Photos Continual Evolution
“Radical Transformation: Magnum Photos into the Digital Age,” an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, explores the evolution of Magnum Photos from print journalism to the digital age.
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GeoFORCE Milestone: Budding Geoscientists Graduate
The first class of GeoFORCE Texas is graduating from college this year, ready to pursue grad school, science jobs and the next step in their journeys. Learn about their experience.
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GOP Voters Favor Ted Cruz in 2016 Presidential Primary, UT/Texas Tribune Poll Shows
If the 2016 Republican primary election for president were held today, Republican voters in Texas would strongly favor U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz over other GOP hopefuls, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
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Jane Austen, Crazy Ants and Tricky Fish
Headliners: From a recreated 19th century museum show to crowdsourcing Maya research to camouflage fish, work by UT scholars garners national attention. Check out the clips.
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Exhibition Showcases Literature About Baseball, Boxing, Football and Other Sports
[caption id="attachment_40713" align="alignleft" width="214" caption=""Literature and Sport" is on exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center through Aug. 4."][/caption] “Literature and Sport,” an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center, showcases the literature of sport through fiction, essays, poetry and plays. The exhibition runs from June 11 to Aug. 4, 2013, at the Ransom Center, a humanities…
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Nanoelectronics Center at UT Austin Receives $7.8 Million Award
The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded The University of Texas at Austin a five-year, $7.8 million nanoelectronics award.
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U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to Address Entrepreneurial Expo
E. Anthony “Tony” Wayne, the United States ambassador to Mexico, will speak at The University of Texas at Austin on Thursday, June 13. Wayne will address economic ties between the U.S. and Mexico at the TechBA Expo, an annual display of companies in the business accelerator sponsored by UT Austin and Mexico.
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UT Global Initiative to Forge New Partnership at London Conference
In an effort to further extend teacher training and educational development to international markets, the Global Initiative for Education and Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin is helping to organize the Gulf Education Conference and Exhibition (GECE) on June 19-20 at the Millennium Gloucester Hotel in London.
