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Ransom Center Hosts Variety of Programs in September
Event: The Harry Ransom Center hosts public programs.
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Wildfire Victims Offered Guidance on Salvaging Records
Conservators in the School of Information at The University of Texas at Austin are hosting a free workshop from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 11, at the School of Information, 1616 Guadalupe St., to help wildfire victims salvage some of their personal records that have been damaged by fire or water.
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Public Health Campaigns Should De-stigmatize Low Health Literacy
When creating public health campaigns researchers and public policy makers should include messages to combat the perception that low health literacy equates to low intelligence, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
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UT’s LBJ School to Host ‘Conversation 9/11: A Decade After, Looking Forward’ on Friday, Sept. 9 Featuring National Security, Law, Terrorism and Government Experts
A decade after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, many questions are still left unanswered. Are we safer than we were a decade ago? Are we “winning” the so-called “war on terror?” Has the cost of security been worth the incursions into our privacy and even our civil liberties? Was Sept. 11 a massive…
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Center for Women’s and Gender Studies Receives $100,200 Embrey Grant
The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS) at The University of Texas at Austin has received a three-year, $100,200 grant from the Embrey Family Foundation to bring the NEW Leadership summer institute to campus.
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Panel to Address Current Cybersecurity Trends and Issues
Event: “Cybersecurity Today: Trends, Risk Mitigation and Research” When: 5:45 p.m., Sept. 6. This event is free and open to the public.
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NSF Awards $1.4 Million to Study Remote Socialization and Effects of Information and Communication Technologies
The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.4 million to researchers from The University of Texas at Austin, Northwestern University and the University of California, Irvine, to help explore how working in highly digitized, often remote locations, might transform future definitions of various occupations.
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Fallen Firefighters to Be Commemorated Sept. 10 at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
What: A remembrance ceremony and tree planting will be held at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin to honor firefighters who died fighting Texas wildfires
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Tower shines tonight for football win
The Tower will be lighted with an orange top Saturday evening (Sept. 3) to mark the football team’s season opener win against Rice University.
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Commemorating 9/11
As the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks approaches, the university holds a panel discussion and remembrance events to mark the tragedy.
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A day to remember
A new play by Courtney Sale, an M.F.A. directing candidate, channels peoples’ emotions and questions post-9/11 into creative expression.
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Is America safer since 9/11?
Professor Ami Pedahzur offers several reasons why the United States should feel confident and optimistic about the struggle against terrorism.
