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Tower Goes Dark for Earth Hour
The Tower will go dark Saturday at 8:30 p.m. to show the University’s support for Earth Hour 2013, a global event demonstrating commitment to energy conservation.
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Rowling Family Gifts $25 Million to McCombs School of Business
Rowling Hall will house business school graduate programs, expand teaching and meeting facilities at ATandT Executive Education and Conference Center and add 525 new parking spaces.
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Rowling Family Pledges Gift of $25 Million for New Graduate Building at McCombs School of Business
Dallas businessman Robert B. Rowling, his wife Terry Hennersdorf Rowling and their family have pledged $25 million to help fund the construction of a new building at The University of Texas at Austin. The 458,000-square-foot Robert B. Rowling Hall will house the graduate programs of the Red McCombs School of Business and will also expand…
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Archive of Nobel PrizeWinning Writer J.M. Coetzee Opens for Research
[caption id="attachment_39574" align="alignright" width="235" caption="April 1, 1965, letter to J. M. Coetzee from C. L. Cline, Chairman of the Department of English at The University of Texas."][/caption] The archive of Nobel Prizewinning writer and University of Texas at Austin alumnus J.M. Coetzee is available for research at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library…
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Tower Shines for Men’s Indoor Track & Field
Congratulations to the Men’s Track and Field team, which won the 2013 Big 12 Indoor Championship on Feb. 24 in Ames, Iowa. The Tower will be lit March 21.
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Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Fund National Expansion of UTeach
The National Math and Science Initiative announced that a $22.5 million, five-year grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), one of America’s premier medical research organizations, will support the expansion of The University of Texas at Austin’s highly successful UTeach program to 10 research universities.
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Tower Shines for Real Estate Challenge Win
Congratulations to a team of Texas MBA students who won the UNC Real Estate Development Challenge on Feb. 15 in Chapel Hill. The Tower will be lit March 19 with a No. 1.
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Service Learning: Class Projects that Make a Difference
From a poster campaign to a social media strategy, service-learning projects enable students to build skills and give community partners needed help. Learn more.
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Early Childhood Education Briefing: Economic ROI for Austin
Following President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech, high-quality universal preschool education for all young children is the focus of renewed attention. The United Way for Greater Austin invites the Austin media to join early childhood education advocates on Tuesday, March 19, and learn more about how universal preschool will impact Austin’s families and…
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Dedman Distinguished Scholars Endowment Increases to $20 Million to Support UT Liberal Arts Scholarships
The College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin now has a unique recruiting advantage full scholarships covering tuition, books, room and board, study abroad and internship opportunities.
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Paying for B-School With a Startup Pitch
Two entrepreneurs recently won the first Texas Venture Labs Scholar Awards: scholarships to the Texas MBA program and help for their startups. Learn more.
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Headliners: In Defense of Telecommuting
Sociologist Jennifer Glass opines about telecommuting in the New York Times, Robert Chesney weighs in about drones, and more UT faculty share their expertise with the media. Read more.
