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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
Research

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.
Research

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
Research

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.
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Social Work dean to step down

Barbara White, dean of the School of Social Work since 1993, plans to step down from that position in August 2011. White said she looks forward to taking sabbatical leave for a few months to focus on some personal goals.
Academics

Professor Henry Hu named to “Directorship 100”

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) has named Professor Henry Hu, holder of the Allan Shivers Chair in the Law of Banking and Finance at The University of Texas School of Law, as one of the 100 most influential people in corporate governance.
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“A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Performance Augments Shakespeare and the Law Panel

Actors from Spirit of Shakespeare, a University of Texas at Austin student organization, will perform scenes from “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” as part of a panel discussion titled “According to our Law: Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Wednesday, Sept. 22, in the Eidman Courtroom at The University of Texas School of Law from 6:30 to…
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Bilingual and Ethnic Minority Psychologists Will Increase With Educational Psychology Grant

The first Graduate Psychology Education Program grant to be awarded to a Department of Educational Psychology has been given to The University of Texas at Austin for the training of doctoral psychology students in integrated health care.

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