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Leading the charge for student success
Luz Hinojosa, once a migrant student who worked picking grapes in California, now helps high school students fulfill their college dreams.
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Dr. Beth Maloch to Receive Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education
Dr. Beth Maloch, an associate professor in the College of Education’s Department of Curriculum and Instruction and Fellow of the Charles H. Spence Centennial Associate Professorship in Education, has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Elizabeth Shatto Massey Award for Excellence in Teacher Education.
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Overall Hispanic Enrollment Rises at The University of Texas at Austin
Continuing a 10-year trend, total enrollment of Hispanic students at The University of Texas at Austin increased slightly this fall to a record high of 8,975, or 17.5 percent of the student population, according to a preliminary report issued by the university.
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AustinWoman Publisher Melinda Garvey Named Entrepreneur-in-Residence at McCombs School
Melinda Garvey, owner and publisher of AustinWoman magazine, has been named Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin, a yearlong appointment that began Sept. 1.
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Tower shines orange tonight
The University of Texas at Austin turns 128 today (Thursday, Sept. 15). In honor of the university’s birthday, the Tower will be orange this evening.
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The big question in biomedicine
Biomedical Engineering Professor Christine Schmidt describes how advances in biomedicine will make the world a better place.
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Powers Calls for Collaboration in Solving Higher Ed Crisis; Cites UT’s Mission in Bettering Society
Editor’s note: The President’s State of the University Address will air again on the Longhorn Network Sunday, Sept. 18 at 5:30 p.m. Challenging both critics and supporters to “heal our divided house,” University of Texas at Austin President William Powers Jr. today reaffirmed the power of higher education to educate citizens, discover new knowledge and…
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Blanton Museum and Capital Area Food Bank of Texas Co-Present Special Screening and Hungry In America Panel Discussion
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin and the Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) are presenting a special screening of “DIVE!,” a documentary by Jeremy Seifert, followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and others on Thursday, Sept. 15, 6:30 p.m. in The Blanton Auditorium. Attendees are…
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Shell Partners with UT Austin to Pursue New Solutions to Unlock Gas Resources
Shell and The University of Texas at Austin today signed a five-year agreement to invest $7.5 million to address short- and long-term challenges facing the growing worldwide unconventional oil and gas industry.
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Students inspire others to give for disaster relief
Social Work students who helped with recovery efforts in Joplin, Mo. write about the experience and rally support for disaster relief in central Texas.
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One of the Largest Facilities For Growing Algae for Biofuels Opens at The University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin, in partnership with AlgEternal Technologies and Georg Fischer Piping Systems, has officially opened one of the largest of-its-kind algae growth demonstration facilities for biofuels in the country.
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Protecting bridges from terrorist attacks
In the decade since 9/11, Engineering Associate Professor Eric Williamson has been designing structures that are safer and more resistant to collapsing.
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