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At the Menuhin Competition, the pre-eminent international competition for young violinists being held at UT this week, judges are listening for the “goose bump” factor.

President Barack Obama and the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) today announced the establishment of the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute (DMDI), a new $320 million research collaboration that includes The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering.

News of the president’s personal apology to a UT art historian has gone viral, and the department wants everyone to know they’re so much more than “looking at pretty pictures.”

“Twelve Years a Slave,” one of this year’s most lauded films, has sparked discussions about the institution it tackles. A panel of UT scholars offer their views.

UT hosts the world’s best violinists under age 22 for the Menuhin Competition, considered the Olympics of violin competitions. It’s the first time the event will be held in North America.

Photojournalists R.C. Hickman and Calvin Littlejohn documented African-American communities in Dallas and Fort Worth in the decades following World War II. See a slideshow.

From the lethal lure of a frog’s serenade to predictions about future energy concerns and findings of increased divorce in conservative areas, UT research is in the news. Learn more.

The “15 Minute History” podcast is one of the most popular collections on iTunes U. Learn something new from these nine standout episodes.

During this Sunday’s Super Bowl, advertising professors from The University of Texas at Austin Moody College of Communication will live tweet critiques of Super Bowl ads.

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of American poet Billy Collins. The materials span Collins’ personal and professional life from the 1950s to the present and documents in detail his creative development.  

The Menuhin Competition comes to North America for the first time in its 30-year history 

Obsessed with the enigmatic detective? You’re not alone. Explore the Ransom Center’s extensive collection of vintage Sherlockania, including original manuscripts and Arthur Conan Doyle’s personal effects.