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Are social media and politics hitting the mark for young voters?

Campaign spin doctors — from both the left and the right — hope to lure new voters to their candidates through Facebook and Twitter, but will they instead lead cautious voters to further tune out the political “news”?
Campus

Why timing is everything for a successful president

In this QandA, H.W. Brands, the Dickson Allen Anderson Centennial Professor of History, discusses what President Obama could learn from Franklin Roosevelt’s legacy, and why successful presidents must be a half-step – not a full step – ahead of the times.
Research

Project to Study ‘Dark Energy’ Receives $8 Million from National Science Foundation

A project to discover the nature of dark energy, a mysterious force causing the expansion of the universe to speed up, has received an $8 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Academics

State of Historically Black Colleges and Universities Panel, Oct. 29

Event: As part of its fall lecture series, the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement (DDCE) hosts a panel featuring Dr. M.
Campus

Ransom Center Hosts Variety of Programs in November and December

Event: The Harry Ransom Center hosts public programs. When: Various dates throughout November and December.
Research

Industry, Academic Experts Host Conference on Information Technology Innovation

Event: Information Management 30th Anniversary Symposium and Dinner When: “Into the Cloud” symposium, Friday, Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Celebration dinner, Saturday, Nov. 6, 6-9 p.m.
Academics

Researchers Get $2.3 Million Grant to Help Bilingual First Graders Overcome Language Impairments

Speech-language researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to help Central Texas first graders from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds overcome language impairments.
Student Experience

Hitchcock Retiring as Director of University of Texas Press

Joanna Hitchcock, director of the University of Texas Press at The University of Texas at Austin since 1992, will retire from that position at the end of February 2011.
Research

Louise Epstein Named Entrepreneur-in-Residence at McCombs School of Business

Louise Epstein, founder of Charge-Off Clearinghouse and a former Austin City Council member, has been named entrepreneur-in-residence in the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business of The University of Texas at Austin.
Research

Comet Hartley 2 Visible in Morning Sky This Week

The small comet Hartley 2 makes its closest approach to Earth today, and should be visible to the unaided eye for several days under dark skies in the hours before dawn, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.
Research

On immigration: Conservative public opinion versus liberal public policy

In this eighth installment of the “Border Views” video series, Gary Freeman, chair of the Department of Government, discusses the problems of an immigration policy focused more on family reunification than on bringing highly skilled workers to the nation.
Research

Why border enforcement and amnesty proponents can’t compromise

In this eighth installment of the “Border Views” video series, Gary Freeman, chair of the Department of Government, discusses the problems of an immigration policy focused more on family reunification than on bringing highly skilled workers to the nation.