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TPAC Proposes 2.6 Percent Increases for In-State Undergraduates for Each of Next Two Academic Years
The Tuition Policy Advisory Committee (TPAC) at The University of Texas at Austin has recommended raising in-state student tuition by 2.6 percent for each of the next two years, a move supporting a priority by The University of Texas System Board of Regents to improve four-year graduation rates.
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1 Semester Startup Class at The University of Texas at Austin to Host “Demo Day” to Showcase 20 Undergraduate Startups
Twenty undergraduate student startups from The University of Texas at Austin will present five-minute investor pitches to the Austin entrepreneurial community Thursday, Dec. 1. The startups are part of 1 Semester Startup (1SS), a class at the university that supports undergraduates who are starting companies.
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Songs of the Season and Orange Santa Will Highlight Dec. 2 Event at The University of Texas at Austin
Students, faculty and staff members at The University of Texas at Austin will gather on the university’s West Mall at noon Dec. 2 to sing in celebration of the holiday season and the generosity of people who contributed to the Orange Santa gift program.
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Uvalde Museum Renamed Briscoe-Garner Museum
The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has approved the renaming of the John Nance Garner Museum in Uvalde, Texas. to the Briscoe-Garner Museum, in honor of the late Governor Dolph Briscoe. Both Garner and Briscoe were Uvalde natives and historically important political figures from Texas.
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Food for thought
American Studies Associate Professor Elizabeth Engelhardt serves up stories on Southern food culture just in time for Thanksgiving.
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Research opens doors for undergraduates
Watch a video about undergraduate researchers, their interests and how they’re changing the world.
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Digital Window Into Guatemala’s Past to Launch at Conference on the Politics of Memory
The University of Texas at Austin will launch a digital archive that consists of some 12 million pages of records from the Guatemalan Historical National Police Archive (known as Archivo Histórico de la Policía Nacional or AHPN), making online resources publicly accessible to researchers, human rights activists, prosecutors and ordinary citizens.
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New Dual Master’s Degree in Information Studies and Latin American Studies Offered
The School of Information and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin are offering a three-year dual degree program leading to a master of science in information studies and a master of arts in Latin American studies.
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TV spots inspire students to change the game
Watch “Why,” the last of the university’s five new TV spots featuring alumni projected in grand style on the Tower.
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Public interest design
In this Longhorn Network academic content preview, watch how Architecture students use good design to make a positive impact on a local community.
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Book Takes Readers Behind the Scenes of the Deepwater Horizon Spill and World’s Energy Demand
Not one error but a series of miscommunications and mismanagement from all parties at all levels caused the Deepwater Horizon disaster, aggravated by the world’s relentless demand for energy, according to a new book released by Tad Patzek, chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, and…




