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UT Austin Can Cut Costs and Generate Revenue to Support Education
The University of Texas at Austin could generate as much as $490 million in savings and new revenue over a decade while enhancing its excellence in teaching and research, according to a report submitted by private sector experts who have reviewed university operations.
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Conserving Documents After a Flood: Act Quickly
In the immediate aftermath of a fire or flood, recovering possessions may at first seem impossible. But according to conservation experts Karen Pavelka and Rebecca Elder at the university’s School of Information, all hope is not lost.
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Austin Community College Partnership to Allow Transfer Students to Earn Associates Degree
“Reverse transfer” allows transfer students to earn highly marketable associate degree
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No Longer a Pipe Dream
What has 1604 pipes, 2000 leather pouches and more than 10,000 parts in all? The newly restored pipe organ in Jessen Auditorium. Watch a video about how it was refurbished.
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Forum Explores How Citizens Can Hold Elected Leaders Accountable
The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at The University of Texas at Austin College of Communication, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS and KUT 90.5 FM are hosting a community conversation to explore how citizens can hold elected leaders accountable. “Why Bother? Your State Legislature, Your Voice” is the third event in the news and public dialogue…
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UT Austin President to Discuss Ideas for Cutting Costs, Generating Revenue
University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers will address students, faculty, staff and others about a series of recommendations from the university’s Committee on Business Productivity.
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Engineered Immune Cells Resist Infection from HIV and Could Ultimately Replace Drug Therapy
Researchers cut and pasted a series of HIV-resistant genes into T cells, specialized immune cells targeted by the virus.
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College Completion Recommendations Will Help Students Across Texas and the Nation
University of Texas at Austin officials praised a series of recommendations for increasing college completion rates released this week by the national Commission on Higher Education Attainment. Many of the recommendations mirror efforts already under way at UT Austin while others will provide additional direction for campus efforts.
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Socially Isolated Rats are More Vulnerable to Addiction, Report Researchers
Rats that are socially isolated during a critical period of adolescence are more vulnerable to addiction to amphetamine and alcohol. Amphetamine addiction is also harder to extinguish in the socially isolated rats. These effects, which are described this week in the journal Neuron, persist even after the rats are reintroduced into the community of other…
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New College of Liberal Arts Building Opens at The University of Texas at Austin
Just in time for the spring semester, the new College of Liberal Arts Building will make its debut. The 200,000-square-foot, glass and limestone structure will give more than 10,000 liberal arts students a place to call home for the first time in decades. Not only is the building the newest landmark for the campus, it…
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Behind the Scenes of History
Instead of merely watching the Inauguration on Jan. 21, two journalism grad students were in the thick of the action, covering the event for PBS NewsHour.
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Nationally Recognized Researcher, Administrator to Help Develop School of Medicine
Dr. Robert O. Messing, a nationally recognized addiction science researcher, will join The University of Texas at Austin as vice provost for biomedical sciences to help develop the new medical school. His appointment is effective Jan. 16.
