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Coalition helping Texans beat a costly addiction

“Lose the cancer stick.” “When you get a real job, you’re going to be one of those people who has to stand out by the street to smoke.” “That smoke’s killing the people who have to be around you.”
Research

LBJ School Professor Awarded $100,000 Ford Foundation Grant for Sustainable Housing Research

Peter Ward, the C.B. Smith Sr. Centennial Chair in U.S.-Mexico Relations and professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Ford Foundation for research on sustainable housing policy and policy development for self-help in the Texas colonias, residential…
Health & Medicine

Experts from a Variety of Disciplines Available to Discuss Sport and Its Role in Society

Sport has the power to unite citizens regardless of their race, ethnicity or religion. Sport is tightly woven into the fabric of American life — from preschoolers participating in soccer tots and gymnastics, to the culture surrounding high school football, to the myriad business models with professional sports at the center.
Student Experience

William (Billy) Charlton Joins Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst Center as Associate Director

Billy Charlton has been named associate director of the Hicks, Muse, Tate and Furst Center for Private Equity Finance and senior lecturer in the Department of Finance in the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Research

Tsunami Risk Higher in Los Angeles, Other Major Cities

Geologists studying the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake say the risk of destructive tsunamis is higher than expected in places such as Kingston, Istanbul and Los Angeles.
Research

The economy is the crux of November’s elections

In the 1992 presidential election race the Clinton camp mocked President George H.W. Bush’s inability to understand his falling popularity with the memorable phrase “it’s the economy, stupid.” It is funny how history has a nasty way of repeating itself.
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The uncooperative Democrats and their tax cuts disaster

The Democrats blew it. With the plan to make the 2001 Bush tax cuts permanent for the middle class, they had a chance to change the narrative for the 2010 elections. But, alas, amid disunity in their own ranks, the Democrats retreated to their constituencies, promising to take up the issue after the election.
Academics

Five Receive Robert C. Jeffery Award for Contributions to College of Communication

The College of Communication at The University of Texas at Austin is honoring four individuals and a foundation with the Robert C. Jeffrey Benefactor Award for their contributions of time, labor and philanthropy.
Campus

Alum’s film aims to open dialogue about Columbus Day

Columbus Day may top the list of contentious federal holidays. For some, the day stirs up pride; for others, anger.
Student Experience

Excelencia in Education president lauds Intellectual Entrepreneurship program

Sarita E. Brown, president of Excelencia in Education, lauds the educational impact of the university’s Intellectual Entrepreneurship initiative.
Health & Medicine

The good and the bad of the new health care act

In the upcoming mid-term elections, one of the Republicans’ favorite issues is the unpopularity of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) — the historic health care reform bill signed by President Obama on March 23, 2010. Shouts of repeal and replace have been heard across the land. Yet, it is impossible to tell…
Research

Economic policy as if people mattered

When politicians talk economics these days, they argue a lot about the budget deficit. That’s crucial to our economic future, but in the contemporary workplace there’s an equally threatening problem — the democracy deficit.