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Oil past and present

An institution that has run on fossil fuels for a century is getting greener — in a Longhorn-worthy way.

“Friday Night Lights” Author To Speak at The University of Texas at Austin

Event: H. G. “Buzz” Bissinger, the best-selling author of “Friday Night Lights,” will speak at The University of Texas at Austin at an event hosted by the Plan II Honors Program. When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3

Research

Engineering Wireless Researchers Awarded NSF Industry Collaboration Center

The Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG), a research center within The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering, has been awarded a prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Industry/University Collaborative Research Center.

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Blanton Museum Curator Heads to National Gallery of Art

Jonathan Bober, senior curator of European Art at the Blanton Museum of Art since 2010 and prior to that, curator of prints, drawings and European painting since 1988, will leave The Blanton on April 30 to become curator and head of the Department of Old Master Prints at the National Gallery of Art in Washington,…

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ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva to Address Energy Forum

Event: The University of Texas at Austin Energy Forum is a student-initiated two-day conference that brings together a cross-section of the university’s faculty, students and staff alongside industry, government and NGO partners.

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“When I Rise” theatrical trailer

The documentary “When I Rise” chronicles the life of world-renowned opera singer and University of Texas at Austin alumna Barbara Smith Conrad.

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University incident becomes national news

In the documentary film “When I Rise,” Barbara Smith Conrad speaks candidly about being removed from the lead role in The University of Texas at Austin’s 1957 production of the opera “Dido and Aeneas.”

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Returning home to Center Point

Barbara Smith Conrad makes an emotional return visit to Center Point, Texas, her hometown and the home of the first accredited black school in the state.

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Barbara Smith Conrad: “When I Rise”

In 1957, Barbara Smith Conrad, who was part of the first racially integrated undergraduate class at The University of Texas at Austin, became the central figure in a civil rights storm that changed her life forever.

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