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Don’t believe everything the polls say
Every election season we’re bombarded with polls, and the 2010 mid-term election is no exception. But does the ubiquitous election poll really matter?
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Do you really know why you hate the incumbent?
How much do you really know about politics and politicians? In a recently published study, researchers found a way to make people better at judging their own level of knowledge about candidates.
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University of Texas at Austin to Host Biomedical Engineering Meeting, Oct. 6-9
The nation’s leading experts in biomedical engineering will meet in Austin Oct. 6-9 to network with top faculty and students from around the world, collaborate on new research and discuss the future of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest growing fields in the nation.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Speaks in Austin for the American Civility Tour
Event: The Harry Ransom Center and University Co-op presents a Harry Ransom Lecture with National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman
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Conference to Address $1.7 Billion Federal Community Development Block Grant Settlement, Fair Housing Issues in Texas
Event: “Race, Place, and Fair Housing in Texas: A Statewide Conference,” hosted by the Community Development Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law.
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Mid-term elections: Faculty experts provide their analysis
Each week day during October, faculty experts will discuss local, state and national political issues in anticipation of the upcoming mid-term elections in November.
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Believing in, or debunking, media partisanship
It happened again this past week. In the recently released Rolling Stone issue, President Obama critiqued Fox News.
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Of health insurance, tea parties, babies and bathwater
Americans are sharply divided over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and related legislation, which are being used as a wedge in this fall’s elections.
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Dissecting the polls in the Perry-White race
The low-key politics of summer campaigning are giving way to the traditional post-Labor Day transition into the more active, public phase of the gubernatorial campaign.
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Educational Administration Chair in White House Summit
Dr. Walter Bumphus, chair of the Department of Educational Administration in the College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, has been invited by the White House to participate in the White House Summit on Community Colleges on Tuesday, Oct. 5.
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Training professors to write grant proposals, win research dollars
Like many young faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin, psychologist Paige Harden has big, cutting-edge research ideas.
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What Mimicking One’s Language Style May Mean About the Relationship
People match each other’s language styles more during happier periods of their relationship than at other times, according to new research from psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
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