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Greek scholar Cynthia Shelmerdine describes a clay tablet from more than 3,000 years ago as the most exciting find of her career.

Radio-TV-Film alumnus Soham Mehta, who earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in theater in 2000 and a Master of Fine Arts degree in radio-television-film in 2010 from The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a winner in the Academy of Motion Picture Ar

Graduating student Amrita Adhikary creates a new design for protecting the environment.

Event: Screening of the film “Not Just a Game: Power, Politics and American Sports,” followed by a QandA with film creator and bestselling author Dave Zirin When: Sunday, May 29, at 7 p.m.

Three Texas high school students have earned top honors in the 16th annual Barbara Jordan Historical Essay Competition at The University of Texas at Austin for their essays on “The African American in Texas: Past and Present.”

Graduating student Shennette Garrett-Scott is a Dallas mother who went the distance for her doctoral degree.

Graduating student Matt Nader’s football career ended before he even arrived at the university, and so he turned to helping others.

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has awarded more than 65 research fellowships for 201112.

Graduating student Lindsey Carmichael is a Paralympic archer shooting for gold in the literary world.

Alumna Jolynn Hoffman Free said she often has to explain the trail of crumbs that led her from the Department of Theatre and Dance into a career in financial services.

For 10 years, radio-TV-film students and Andrew Garrison, the project coordinator of the East Austin Stories documentary class, have been visually documenting the diverse East Austin community and the people who live, work and play there.