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African American Teenagers More Supportive of Affirmative Action, School Desegregation Than White Youth, Study Finds

African American teenagers are significantly more supportive than whites of affirmative action and school desegregation, according to a new psychology study from The University of Texas at Austin.
Campus

Ransom Center Hosts Variety of Programs in March

EVENT: The Harry Ransom Center hosts public programs. WHEN: Various dates throughout March.
Campus

Race, gender and sexuality in African art

Art History Professor Moyo Okediji, curator of a new Visual Arts Center exhibition, goes beyond skin color to portray what contemporary African art is.
Student Experience

University of Texas at Austin One of Two U.S. Sites for Olympic Studies Center

The University of Texas at Austin’s H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports has been selected by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to be an Olympic Studies Center (OSC).
Research

Scientist Discusses “Put It Back” Process of Carbon Capture

Event: Dr. Tip Meckel will discuss one of the promising but little known options to reduce atmospheric emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide (CO2).
Research

Panel to Discuss Emergence of the Tea Party

Event: University of Texas at Austin professors will be joined by a journalist and political consultant to discuss the emergence of the Tea Party in American politics and the future of the powerful but controversial movement in Texas and the United States.
Student Experience

Stedman $1 Million Gift Supports Students, Scholarship at The University of Texas at Austin

Houston businessman and philanthropist Stuart W. Stedman has pledged $1 million to The University of Texas at Austin to provide scholarships to students in the Plan II Honors program and promote excellence in the Department of History.
Academics

Prestigious Award Recipients Honored at The University of Texas at Austin

U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk, philanthropists Joe and Teresa Long, university Senior Vice President Shirley Bird Perry and Ransom Center Director Tom Staley received Presidential Citations, among the most prestigious honors the university awards, on Friday, Feb. 25, at a dinner hosted by the university’s president, William Powers Jr.
Student Experience

Tower shines orange tonight

The Tower lights recognize the men’s swimming and diving team’s victory at the Big 12 Championships.
Research

Opinion: Research vital to economic growth

Raymond Orbach, director of the Energy Institute watched “with a mixture of astonishment and dismay” when the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1, which he said includes massive research cuts.
Research

Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Hosts “Civil Rights on the Border” Symposium

The University of Texas School of Law’s Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and the Immigration and Nationality Section of the State Bar of Texas will co-sponsor a symposium about the controversial immigration issues on the United States-Mexico border on Tuesday, March 1.
Research

Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics is Subject of Lessig’s Feb. 28 Lecture at The University of Texas at Austin

Renowned attorney, author and professor Lawrence Lessig will give the keynote address “The ‘Corruption’ of Our System of Money and Politics” at an event hosted at The University of Texas at Austin on Monday, Feb. 28.