Research
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Texas’ love affair with incarceration
Michele Deitch, an expert on criminal justice policy, argues that Texas’ incarceration policies have shaped America’s modern prison system.
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Transforming the Texas prison system
Mary Crouter, assistant director of the William Wayne Justice Center at the School of Law, writes about Judge William Wayne Justice’s connection to Texas prison reform.
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In Texas prisons, violence and racism reign
Jorge Antonio Renaud, a graduate student in the School of Social Work, writes about what the Texas prison system was like from the inside.
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Tracking historical trends in Congress
Political scientists and information technology leaders at the university have developed a powerful new database that tracks historical trends in Congress.
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How America’s wasted food could power Switzerland for a year
How America’s wasted food could power Switzerland for a year.
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Up, up and away
After seven years of hard work, two satellites made by aerospace students will finally launch into space.
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General Counsel of International Monetary Fund Gives Law School’s Akard Lecture
Sean Hagan, the general counsel of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in Washington, D.C., will deliver the University of Texas School of Law’s Akard Lecture at the Four Seasons Hotel Austin today (Nov. 18) at 5 p.m.
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Humans now steer climate bus
Which came first, rising temperatures or higher CO2 levels? The eighth and final myth in the Jackson School of Geosciences climate myths series wraps up the debate.
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Engineering Students to Launch Hand-Built Satellite
Two satellites designed and constructed by students at The University of Texas at Austin will be launched on Nov. 19 on the first student-developed mission in which satellites will orbit and communicate with each other in real-time.
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Rep. John Lewis Honored as Civil Rights Champion with First LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award
Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), a hero of the Civil Rights movement who for decades has been an advocate for peace, freedom and justice, has been awarded the inaugural LBJ Liberty and Justice for All Award by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation.
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UT software improves vibration analysis in cars
Dr. Jeffrey Bennighof is an aerospace engineering and engineering mechanics professor. This article first appeared on the Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Web site. You may have noticed that noise levels in cars have been decreasing over the years. One reason is that car manufacturers around the world have been using vibration analysis…
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Ocean temps hint at warming trend
In the seventh installment of this climate change series, the researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences consider the impact of ocean cycles on global warming.
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