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East Austin Stories: A project with soul

For 10 years, radio-TV-film students and Andrew Garrison, the project coordinator of the East Austin Stories documentary class, have been visually documenting the diverse East Austin community and the people who live, work and play there.
Research

TNG Pharmaceuticals Wins Global Venture Labs Investment Competition

TNG Pharmaceuticals, a team from the University of Louisville that developed a vaccine to prevent negative effects to cattle from the horn fly, won the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition (Global VLIC), hosted by Texas Venture Labs at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Student Experience

Tower lights will be dark tonight

The Tower will be dark the evening of May 9 in memory of Senior Vice President Shirley Bird Perry, 74, who died May 4.
Student Experience

A Report to the Commission of 125 and The University of Texas at Austin Community

William Powers Jr. President The University of Texas at Austin
Academics

Michener Center Graduate First Poet to Win Keene Award for Literature

Josh Booton, a graduate of the Michener Center for Writers (MCW) at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the $50,000 Keene Prize for Literature for his collection of poems, “The Union of Geometry and Ash.”
Academics

Student Wins $20,000 in Mitchell Student Awards for Academic Excellence

Dylan T. Bumford, who graduated in December 2010 after majoring in math, linguistics, psychology and Plan II at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the $20,000 grand prize in the University Co-operative Society’s Undergraduate Student Awards for Academic Excellence.
Research

University of Texas at Austin Researchers to Conduct Comprehensive Study of Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas

A research team at The University of Texas at Austin will conduct a comprehensive review of the science, policy and environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing of shale gas, it was announced today.
Student Experience

Texas Exes Announce 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award Honorees

The Texas Exes are pleased to announce the 2011 University of Texas Distinguished Alumnus Award recipients. Each year six alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the university are honored with the award.
Student Experience

Tower lights will be dark tonight

On the night of UT Remembers, the Tower will be dark in remembrance of members of the university community who died in the past year.
Student Experience

Memorial Services Scheduled for Senior Vice President Shirley Bird Perry

Memorial services for Shirley Bird Perry, 74, have been scheduled for Monday, May 9, 2 p.m. in the Lyndon B. Johnson Library Auditorium.
Research

The next big thing

The university has renewed its entrepreneurial spirit, creating an extensive support system for aspiring entrepreneurs. Read how founders of three companies used UT’s resources to start their new ventures.
Research

Four Planets Huddle Up Before Dawn Next Week

Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky next week, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.