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Vice Provost Accepts New Position at Cornell University
Gretchen Ritter, vice provost for undergraduate education and faculty governance, will be leaving the university to serve at Cornell University.
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Daily Texan: Best in Texas
The Tower will shine orange April 11 to honor The Daily Texan, the state’s “College Paper of the Year” for the third consecutive year. Hook ’em!
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Disappearing Acts: Arctic Ice, Languages, 3D Objects
Professor Ken Dunton talks about the changing arctic in a video picked up by The Atlantic. See the video and read more major media hits by UT researchers.
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UT Austin “Assessment Dialogue” Poster Session and Q&A Wednesday, April 17
Assessment is a hot topic in higher education as faculty members and staffers look for effective methods and processes to drive improvement and increase student success. At The University of Texas at Austin, dynamic and creative methods are used across campus, and now is the time to share these assessment efforts with a wide, UT…
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Life Lessons from the Great Books
The Thomas Jefferson Center introduces students to the Great Books, a keystone of liberal arts education. Learn how these texts are still relevant.
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UT Energy Poll Shows Divide on Fracking
Americans have fractured feelings about the natural gas boom. They want more of it produced at home, but they are sharply divided about fracking. Read more.
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Spring 2013 UT Energy Poll Shows Consumer Opposition to Exporting Natural Gas
Thirty-nine percent of Americans believe the United States should keep the natural gas it produces at home rather than sell it to other countries, the latest University of Texas Energy Poll reports today. Only 28 percent of those surveyed say they support exporting domestically produced natural gas to other countries. Responses differ by gender, with…
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Where the Girls Aren’t
Young women aren’t avoiding math and science because of a lack of preparation, a new study says. This finding may help researchers pursue other avenues to explain gender differences. Learn more.
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Breathe, Eat Well to Reduce Stress
Don’t let stress bring you down. Swing by Stressfest on April 10 to learn stress management techniques from experts around campus and enjoy a moment of calm. Learn more.
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Leader of Folger Shakespeare Library Appointed New Ransom Center Director
[caption id="attachment_39771" align="alignright" width="360" caption="Photo of Stephen Enniss by Julie Ainsworth/Folger Shakespeare Library."][/caption] Head librarian of the Folger Shakespeare Library Stephen Enniss has been appointed as the new director of the internationally renowned Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Freshman Class of 2016 Demonstrates Improved Performance in Fall Semester
Undergraduate students in this year’s freshman class at The University of Texas at Austin are showing performance gains compared with freshman cohorts in past years, including a 98.5 percent retention rate from fall to spring semester, which is higher than any freshman cohort in the past five years.
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Austin Technology Incubator and National Grid Increase Clean Energy Focus
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) in the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin and National Grid, the United Kingdom’s electricity distribution company with significant operations in the northeastern United States, have formalized a partnership to help develop innovative clean energy solutions.
