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Bench to Bedside: Translational Science
On average, 24 years pass before a major scientific discovery makes its way from the laboratory to the patient. UT’s College of Pharmacy is working to speed up this process.
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UTeach-Liberal Arts Goes Global: Applying top teacher-training principles into different cultural frameworks
UTeach-Liberal Arts, a division of the university’s world-renowned teacher-training program, is now extending its efforts to universities across the globe.
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Pediatric Geneticist Searches for Role of Environmental Contaminants in Birth Defects with $1.2 Million Grant from EPA
The effects of environmental contaminants on fetal growth and development is the subject of new research by Richard Finnell, Robert Cabrera and a team of researchers in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin using a $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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Hispanic Leadership Summit: Hispanic Vote 2012 Understanding Our Strength
The McCombs School of Business Hispanic Leadership Initiative’s 4th Annual Hispanic Leadership Summit, Hispanic Vote 2012: Understanding Our Strength, will focus on the role of the Latino vote in the 2012 election. U.S. Congressman Charles Gonzales will keynote the event.
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National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development Gains New Leadership
Lawrence G. Miller, a long-time educator with extensive experience in community college administration, has been named director of The University of Texas at Austin’s National Institute of Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). NISOD is an outreach arm of the College of Education’s Higher Education Administration Program and Community College Leadership Program (CCLP).
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New Master’s Degree Trains Business Leaders in Understanding Human Behavior
A new Master of Arts degree at The University of Texas at Austin draws on the liberal arts, technology programs and other disciplines to train business and nonprofit leaders who want a better understanding of how human behavior and experience relates to today’s global marketplace.
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South Asia Institute to Partner with Women’s University in Pakistan
The South Asia Institute at The University of Texas at Austin has initiated a three-year partnership with Fatima Jinnah Women University (FJWU) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, that will bring faculty members from FJWU to Austin in January to work on research and course development in liberal arts and communication.
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Noted Author Nicholson Baker to Open Symposia on the Fate of the Book
The Fate of the Book is the title of the Texas Institute for Literary and Textual Studies (TILTS) symposia for 2012-13, featuring an opening lecture by Nicholson Baker, noted author of “The Size of Thoughts” and “The Double Fold, Libraries” and “Assault on Paper.” Free and open to the public.
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President Powers to Deliver State of the University Address Sept. 27 at The University of Texas at Austin
Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin, will deliver his seventh State of the University Address, presenting a public assessment on the progress of the institution. It will include a report on ongoing and new initiatives of the university’s administration. The event is open to the public.
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Community Lost
School of Social Work and College of Liberal Arts researchers track the survivors of Hurricane Katrina evacuated to Austin in new book.
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Opening the Black Box on Education
The LBJ School’s Center for Health and Social Policy examines high-stakes accountability and the future of Texas education policy at Monday’s education policy forum.
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Young Texans Gather to Explore Causes and Solutions for Low Civic Engagement
The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS and KUT News 90.5 are hosting an interactive dialogue among young Texans those who are engaged and those who aren’t about the causes of low civic participation in Central Texas and how to boost it.
