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Clarity Child Guidance Center to Receive Children’s Mental Health Grant from the Hogg Foundation
Clarity Child Guidance Center has been awarded $126,745 by the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health to expand access to mental health care for children in San Antonio.
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Beat Generation Poet Peter Orlovsky’s Archive Acquired by Ransom Center
[caption id="attachment_39606" align="alignright" width="235" caption="Peter Orlovsky's notebook titled Rolling Thunder, Oct. 29, 1975."][/caption] The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, acquired the archive of American poet Peter Orlovsky (19332010), an important figure in the Beat Generation.
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UT Austin President Powers to Address San Angelo Texas Exes
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers will speak at a meeting of the San Angelo chapter of the Texas Exes, the university’s alumni association.
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Dell Medical School Seeks “Intellectual Leader” as Inaugural Dean
The University of Texas at Austin is looking for “the chief architect, executive and intellectual leader” of the new Dell Medical School, according to a newly posted job description for its inaugural dean.
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‘Gingrich Senators’ Behind Washington’s Legislative Gridlock, Research Shows
A University of Texas at Austin government professor argues in his new book that rising polarization in the U.S. Senate has been caused almost entirely by a particular breed of Republican lawmakers known as the “Gingrich senators.”
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High-Tech Tattoos Redefine Health Care Solutions
Bio-integrated electronic tattoos, which cling to the skin without adhesive and transmit vital signs wirelessly, are part of a health care revolution. Read more.
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The Psychology of Home Decor
Is your bedroom scattered with laundry? Adorned with photos? Do you and your partner have equal closet space? Read more about what couples’ homes reveal.
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UT Austin Anticipating Supreme Court Ruling
The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to issue a series of opinions Monday morning and could release its decision in the case of Fisher v. University of Texas.
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John Kerry Attends Event at UT Austin Mesoamerica Center in Guatemala
Secretary of State John Kerry attended an event hosted by the U.S. Embassy that included University of Texas at Austin faculty members and students earlier today at Casa Herrera, an extension of UT Austin’s Mesoamerica Center.
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Hogg Foundation Awards UT Austin Doctoral Candidate Moore Fellowship
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has selected David Glisch-Sánchez, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin, as the 2013 recipient of the Harry E. and Bernice M. Moore Fellowship. Glisch-Sánchez was awarded $20,000 to complete his dissertation research.
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George Washington Letter Acquired by Briscoe Center
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired a letter written by George Washington.
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Researchers Discover a New Way Fish Camouflage Themselves in the Ocean
Fish can hide in the open ocean by manipulating how light reflects off their skin, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The discovery could someday lead to the development of new camouflage materials for use in the ocean, and it overturns 40 years of conventional wisdom about fish camouflage.
