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The Pleasure Principle
New neuroscience research that shows cocaine abuse hijacks the brain’s reward system could lead to new drug-therapy interventions for addiction.
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World’s Smallest Semiconductor Laser Created by University of Texas Scientists
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with colleagues in Taiwan and China, have developed the world’s smallest semiconductor laser, a breakthrough for emerging photonic technology with applications from computing to medicine.
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Repetitious, Time-Intensive Magical Rituals Considered More Effective, Study Shows
Even in this modern age of science, people are likely to find logic in supernatural rituals that require a high degree of time and effort, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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School of Information Receives Grant to Study the Evolution of Information Work
The School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin received a $500,000 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to educate doctoral graduate students about the evolving occupations of information professionals.
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A Toy’s Story
McCombs School students trace products on the shelves at Target all the way back to their source — the factories and assembly lines in China.
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Lessons from Life’s Laboratory
Communicating the Human Side of Social Issues: Classes take students out into the Austin community to see how the issues they’re learning about are being experienced by real people.
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Retrospective “Arnold Newman: Masterclass” Provides First U.S. Opportunity for Reappraisal of Photographer’s Work
“Arnold Newman: Masterclass,” the first posthumous retrospective of Arnold Newman (1918-2006), explores the career of one of the finest portrait photographers of the 20th century. The Harry Ransom Center, which holds the Arnold Newman archive, hosts the exhibition’s first U.S. showing Feb.
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Obama’s Reelection Chances by the Numbers
The 2012 election season is promising to be one of the most unpredictable cycles in recent history.
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Horns in Africa
Africa has done the least to contribute to climate change but will suffer the most from it. LBJ School students have joined the search for answers.
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Horns in Africa
Africa has done the least to contribute to climate change but will suffer the most from it. LBJ School students have joined the search for answers.
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From ‘Technopolis’ to ‘Coopetition’
John Sibley Butler director of the IC² Institute spoke on the Place-Based Innovation Plenary Panel at the 2012 Clinton Global Initiati
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St. David’s Foundation Awards $2 Million to School of Social Work for Fellowships
The St. David’s Foundation has awarded grants of more than $2 million to the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin to increase the number of social workers serving critical roles in Central Texas.
