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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author to Discuss Experiences Chronicling the History of Al-Qaeda
Event: Lawrence Wright, author, playwright and staff writer for the New Yorker magazine, will discuss and sign his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Prominent Artist and Art Educator Kelly Fearing Dies at 92
Artist, art educator and University of Texas at Austin Professor Emeritus Kelly Fearing died on March 13 at his home in Austin, at the age of 92 due to congestive heart failure.
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College of Education Ranked No. 2, According to U.S. News & World Report Annual Survey
The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, moved to the number 2 position among American schools of education, up from number 10, in the U.S. News and World Report 2012 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The Cockrell School of Engineering and the School of Law each increased their positions, to 8 and…
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Latin American, Human Rights Centers Present Film Series
The Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) and the Benson Latin American Collection are collaborating with the Brazil Center at the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and Kinobras to bring a Brazil and human rights film series to The University of Texas at Austin.
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Engineering Program Awarded for Efforts in Student Diversity
A program at The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering has been recognized by ExxonMobil Corporation and the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) for its efforts to increase the school’s diversity and to retain underrepresented minority students in four-year engineering degree programs.
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Science and Business Students Win Top Prize at Biotechnology Case Competition
A team of graduate students from the McCombs School of Business and the College of Natural Sciences won top prize last month at the Wake Forest University Biotechnology Conference and Case Competition.
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Sports Agents Josh Luchs and Bob Boland to Speak at “The Role of Agents in Entertainment & Sports” Conference, March 24
Josh Luchs, a former National Football League (NFL) agent who was recently featured in Sports Illustrated and on “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” regarding his admission of paying college football stars for nearly 20 years, will speak at The University of Texas School of Law’s Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law second annual symposium…
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Experts Available to Discuss Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami
University experts are available to talk on today’s earthquake in Japan, the tsunami affecting the Pacific region, and safety issues related to construction and nuclear engineering in Japan.
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Martinez, Breithaupt Receive Associate Vice President Appointments
Dr. Octavio N. Martinez Jr., executive director of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and clinical professor in the School of Social Work, and Dr. Charles Breithaupt, executive director of the University Interscholastic League (UIL), have been appointed associate vice presidents for diversity and community engagement at The University of Texas at Austin.
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African Social Conflict Database Introduced by Strauss Center’s CCAPS Program
A database and Web site tool that tracks social conflict in Africa has been created by the Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law.
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The economics of Prop 8
Professor Daniel Hamermesh, an expert witness for the legal team challenging Prop 8, discusses the connection between economics and same-sex marriage.
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Heman Sweatt Symposium Brings Expert on University’s Integration to Campus
Event: The monthly speaker series of the 25th annual Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at The University of Texas at Austin presents Louise Iscoe, author of “Overcoming: A History of Black Integration at the U
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