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Conference to Bring World’s Leading Experts on Indoor Air Quality to Austin
The world’s leading experts on indoor air quality will address topics such as how a contaminant found in dust can affect an unborn child in the womb and how the proximity of a person’s car to his or her home can affect cancer risks at the International Society of Indoor Air Quality and Climate’s triennial…
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Future Shock: What Does the Day After Tomorrow Look Like?
Event: Dr. Dan Reed, Microsoft’s corporate vice president of the Technology Policy and Strategy and eXtreme Computing Groups, will discuss disruptive technology trends and the opportunities and challenges they present from business, technical, social and policy perspectives.
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Faculty Members Named to Prestigious Academy of Distinguished Teachers
Seven faculty members have been named to the prestigious Academy of Distinguished Teachers at The University of Texas at Austin, Steven W. Leslie, executive vice president and provost, has announced.
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Opening of New Health IT Learning Center at The University of Texas at Austin
Event: Opening of the new Health Information Technology Learning Center in the Norman Hackerman Building When: 46 p.m., June 6 Where: Norman Hackerman Building, 100 East 24th St., The University of Texas at Austin campus
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Dads’ Association Centennial Teaching Fellowships Awarded to Four Faculty Members for Excellence
Four faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin have been selected to hold a Dads’ Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship during the 2011-12 fall semester.
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Leslie Cedar Named Executive Director and CEO of Texas Exes
Leslie Cedar has been named the new executive director and CEO of Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas at Austin. Cedar will succeed Jim Boon, who announced last July that he would step down after 16 years to lead the newly formed Texas Exes Scholarship Foundation.
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Global Venture Labs Investment Competition Winners to Ring NASDAQ Closing Bell June 3
Event: TNG Pharmaceuticals, winner of the 2011 Global Venture Labs Investment Competition, will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City’s Times Square Friday, June 3, to ring the closing bell.
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The air inside
Professor Richard Corsi, an indoor air quality expert, shares why common household products could be among the worst things in your home.
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Got it in writing: A surprising Bronze Age discovery
Greek scholar Cynthia Shelmerdine describes a clay tablet from more than 3,000 years ago as the most exciting find of her career.
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Steel Named Chair of Department of Geological Sciences
Ron Steel, professor and the Morgan Davis Centennial Chair in the Jackson School of Geosciences, has been named chair of the Department of Geological Sciences in the Jackson School at The University of Texas at Austin starting Aug. 1.
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To the Class of 2011: “Now you will shape the world”
Read and watch U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s address at the university’s 128th spring commencement Saturday, May 21.
