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Agreeing to disagree: The difference between talking at and talking with someone else
Public discourse is no longer about conversation. That is a real shame. We have gotten used to speeches and sound bites. Even when individuals with opposing views appear on TV or the radio, they tend not to talk with each other. They simply talk near each other.
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Insulin Sensitivity May Explain Link Between Obesity, Memory Problems, Research Shows
Because of impairments in their insulin sensitivity, obese individuals demonstrate different brain responses than their normal-weight peers while completing a challenging cognitive task, according to new research by psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Landscape for Life Helps Homeowners Create Healthy, Beautiful Gardens
A new Web site developed by the United States Botanic Garden and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin brings homeowners comprehensive, accessible advice on creating nature-friendly, sustainable landscapes at home, no matter where they live.
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Staying on top of local elections is only a mouse click away
Trends favoring cable over local news make it conceivable that citizens will increasingly know more about races in distant states where they’re unable to vote than races that will appear on their Nov. 2 ballot, but you can beat the information gap by accessing local election news online.
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How you reorder sentences can predict recurrence of depression, study shows
When word got out that actor Owen Wilson, best known for his comedic roles, had tried to commit suicide and suffered from depression, people were stunned. Who would have thought? He seemed fine. For that matter, he seemed on top of the world.
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Education Professors Invent Soccer Game to Spark Students’ Interest in Engineering, Computer Science
An interactive, computer soccer game designed to spur middle and high school students’ interest in computer science and engineering and teach basic computer programming skills has been developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Texas at San Antonio.
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Gary Lavergne: Staff member by day, author by night
Gary Lavergne, director of admissions research in the Office of Admissions, is an acclaimed author of four books, including his most recent “Before Brown: Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall and The Long Road to Justice.”
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Will Americans channel their anger on Election Day?
Americans are angry with the state of U.S. political affairs. Two sets of these angry Americans are the Tea Party supporters and those who see the federal government as utterly dysfunctional. On Election Day, can the second set of folks check the anger of the first?
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Women’s Programming Alliance Hosts Young Women’s Day of Action Event
Event: Women’s Programming Alliance of The University of Texas at Austin will present Rajasvini Bhansali in a talk titled “We Are All Manorama: Stories of Young Women’s Creativity and Courage from India and South Africa.”
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Hearts of Texas helps Austin community and beyond
Since 1996, the Hearts of Texas Charitable Campaign has provided an easy and efficient way for UT faculty and staff to make donations to causes they care about. The annual Hearts of Texas drive runs through October.
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Affluence, violence and U.S. foreign policy
The United States is the most affluent nation — and has the largest military — in the history of the world. Might those two facts be connected? Might that question be relevant in foreign policy debates?
