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UT Elementary School Introduces New Program to Promote Student Wellness
The WellNest, added in September to the Healthy Families Initiative at The University of Texas Elementary School, is enlisting the help of coaches and a seasoned chef to help promote health and wellness among its student population.
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Immigration Clinic Director Barbara Hines Receives King Award for Immigrant Rights Work
The National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild has named Barbara Hines, director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law, the recipient of its Carol Weiss King Award for excellence in the pursuit of social justice through organizing, litigating and teaching.
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Facing the climate change challenge
Dr. Steven Hamburg, chief scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, does a lot of traveling. Often when he checks into his hotel room, the lights are already on and the temperature is set at a cool 65 degrees. Is this a welcoming, inviting gesture from the hotel employees? Or is it an example of the…
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CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves to Speak
Event: Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, will receive the College of Communication’s 2010-11 William Randolph Hearst Fellow Award and will deliver the lecture “The Networks Strike Back: How Old Media Has Adapted to the New World.” This event is free and op
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NPR’s Burnett Moderates “The War Next Door: Reporting Mexico, Drugs and the Border”
Event: NPR correspondent John Burnett, who earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The University of Texas at Austin in 1978, will lead a panel discussion about reporting Mexico’s drug war — how journalists are coping with one of the most dangerous assignments in the w
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Researchers Generate Compelling Computational Results on TACC’s Longhorn Visualization Cluster
Longhorn, the largest hardware-accelerated interactive visualization cluster in the world located at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), is providing researchers with unprecedented visualization capabilities and enabling them to effectively analyze ever-growing volumes of data.
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Ransom Center Hosts Variety of Programs in October
Julia Margaret Cameron, ‘Study of Child’s Head,’ ca. 1866. Albumen print. 34.0 x 26.4 cm. EVENT: The Harry Ransom Center hosts public programs. WHEN: Various dates throughout October.
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Faculty Council Hosts Ethical Research Awareness Day, Introduces Ethical Research Standards
Event: Current and past members of the Faculty Council’s Research Policy Committee are hosting The University of Texas at Austin’s first Ethical Research Awareness Day. The goal of the event is to strengthen the ethical research core of the university, call attention to integrity in research and make ethical research standards more visible.
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Mulvas Give $15 Million for Liberal Arts Building, ROTC
ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO James Mulva and his wife Miriam have given a $15 million gift to The University of Texas at Austin to construct a new Liberal Arts building, which will include a floor for the university’s ROTC programs.
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Visual Arts Center Hosts Grand Opening Celebration Weekend, Sept. 24-26
Event: Visual Arts Center (VAC) Opening Party
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Treasure hunting the U.S. patent system
Patents are like maps showing the way to hidden treasure. By disclosing the details of new inventions and improvements, the patent system reveals to the public what would otherwise be kept secret and brings to light things that could stand improving and their proposed solutions.
