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Research

Young Adults’ Sexual Relationships Increasingly Favor Men, Research Finds

While young women’s educational and career opportunities have skyrocketed over the past two decades, their opportunities for stable, long-term relationships have declined, according to new research from sociologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
Student Experience

Student Activity Center opens its doors

The Student Activity Center opened Tuesday and features new food vendors, informal lounge space, multipurpose meeting rooms and more.
Student Experience

MLK Jr. Day march and festival returns

The 17th Annual MLK March and Festival is on Monday, Jan. 17 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and begins on The University of Texas at Austin campus.
Health & Medicine

On mental health and violence

Social Work Professor King Davis offers a historical perspective on the publicly held assumption that mental illness is always linked with violence.
Health & Medicine

Altering memories

Assistant professor Marie Monfils explores a new memory-modifying technique in rats, that could in the future be used on humans.
Research

Research Partnership Gives McCombs School of Business Faculty Access to Valuable Retail Data

Two research centers at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business have formed a partnership with the Center for Advancing Retail Technologies (CART), which will provide access to data about retail technologies, consumer behaviors and other areas of study to faculty and students for research purposes.
Student Experience

Former Longhorn Band Director Vince DiNino Named 2011 Texas Bandmaster of the Year

The Texas Bandmasters Association (TBA) has named Vincent DiNino, director emeritus of the University of Texas Bands, as the 2011 Bandmaster of the Year.
Research

Texas Astronomers “Weigh” Heaviest Known Black Hole in our Cosmic Neighborhood

Astronomers led by Karl Gebhardt of The University of Texas at Austin have measured the most massive known black hole in our cosmic neighborhood by combining data from a giant telescope in Hawai’i and a smaller telescope in Texas.
Research

Haiti still at risk of large earthquake

Caribbean tectonics expert Paul Mann delves into the threat for the island nation still trying to recover from last year’s devastating quake.
Research

Luminant Donates $500,000 to University of Texas at Austin Carbon Program

In support of new and emerging solutions to produce even cleaner power for the future, Texas power generation company Luminant has given $500,000 to The University of Texas at Austin’s Luminant Carbon Management Program. This brings the company’s total program contribution to $2.3 million over five years.
Student Experience

In the Know

The Jan. 12 roundup of campus kudos and press mentions.
Academics

Ethernet Inventor and Professor of Innovation Robert Metcalfe Looks at Energy Issues through Internet Lens in Unique Session with Students

Robert M. Metcalfe, Internet pioneer and newly appointed professor of innovation at The University of Texas at Austin Cockrell School of Engineering, will present “Enernet: Internet Lessons for Solving Energy” on Jan. 20 from 4-5 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium of the ACES building (room 2.302).