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UT Hosts, Co-Sponsors Second Annual Texas Tribune Festival
Just as the November elections are heating up, The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan journalism organization based in Austin, is bringing its second annual Texas Tribune Festival to The University of Texas at Austin.
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Education Forum to Examine High-Stakes Testing and Accountability in Texas
To better inform and engage parents, educators, legislators and advocates in discussion of these issues, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin will host “Measuring Up: A Statewide Conversation on High-Stakes Testing and Accountability” on Sept. 24. The event is free and open to the public.
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Explore the Sport and Spectacle of Basketball Through History, Art, Photography and Campus Events
The sport of basketball has captivated the nation and the world for more than 120 years. This fall, a cross-campus collaboration at The University of Texas at Austin inspired by the 1891 “Original Rules of Basket Ball” document, captures the spirit and history of basketball from its humble beginnings in a Massachusetts YMCA to the…
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Hogg Foundation Grants More Than $700,000 to Advance Integrated Health Care in Texas
The Hogg Foundation at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded $720,950 to support the planning and implementation of integrated behavioral and physical health care programs at 10 organizations across Texas.
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Longhorn Network Earnings Draw Top Scholars in Philosophy, Math and Engineering
Internationally renowned engineer and mathematician Francois Baccelli and philosopher Galen Strawson have been appointed to two new endowed chairs at The University of Texas at Austin, effective Sept. 1. The appointments make for a total of seven endowed academic chairs funded by earnings from the Longhorn Network.
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Nuclear Waste-Burning Technology Could Change the Face of Nuclear Energy
University of Texas at Austin physicists have been awarded a U.S. patent for an invention that could someday be used to turn nuclear waste into fuel, thus removing the most dangerous forms of waste from the fuel cycle.
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McCombs Business Honors Program Receives $1 Million Challenge Grant from El Paso Alumnus Woody L. Hunt
University of Texas at Austin alumnus and El Paso native Woody L. Hunt has pledged $1 million in a challenge grant to the Business Honors Program (BHP) at the McCombs School of Business that will help the program attract more top students from his home region.
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“Dig In” by Susan Whyne Opens at Courtyard Gallery
The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts. Faculty Susan Whyne’s “Dig In” a collection of paintings and sculptures, will be on exhibition from Sept. 13-Jan. 25.
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UT Austin to Host Pakistani Fulbright Students and Discuss American Academics
The University of Texas at Austin will host the Fulbright Pakistan Workshop for newly arrived Fulbright students pursuing graduate studies in the United States.
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$18.5 Million Grant Establishes Center for Nanomanufacturing Systems for Mobile Computing
The University of Texas at Austin has been selected to receive an $18.5 million grant over the next five years from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to create and lead a nanosystems engineering research center.
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Five Key Lessons (and Challenges) from the Great Texas Drought
Scientists at UT-Austin are at the forefront of research to make the state better prepared for future water shortages. Five key lessons (and challenges) from the state’s worst single-year drought in history.
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UT Game Changers: Andy Ellington, Do I Really Need a Doctor for That?
Andy Ellington: Do I Really Need a Doctor for That? Technology Should Allow Us to Diagnose Ourselves.
