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The University of Texas at Austin Releases Blueprint to Raising Graduation Rates Within Five Years
The key to raising four-year graduation rates at UT Austin is enhancing freshman orientation and the first-year experience and improving advising and student tracking, according to a newly released task force report.
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Marine Scientists Awarded Grant to Study Ciguatera Fish Poisoning
Marine scientist Deana Erdner is part of an international team of researchers awarded an anticipated five-year, $4 million grant to study the causes of ciguatera fish poisoning, the most common form of algal toxin-induced seafood poisoning in the world.
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Independent voter myths, super PACs and more
In this video, Government Professor Daron Shaw talks about the trouble with super PACs, Independent swing voters and predictions on the 2012 presidential and Senate elections.
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“The Gernsheim Collection” Earns Recognition
“The Gernsheim Collection,” co-published by the Harry Ransom Center and the University of Texas Press, has been awarded an Alfred H. Barr Jr. Award, which honors a distinguished catalog in the history of art published during the past year.
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Shell Oil Company Invests Nearly $4 Million in The University of Texas at Austin
Shell Oil Company executives visited The University of Texas at Austin on Friday, Feb. 10, to present a check in the amount of $3,963,250, representing the company’s investment in the university for the year.
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Teaching excellence
Assistant Professor Kathryn Starkes is one of 30 faculty members and teaching assistants picked by students to get the Texas Exes Teaching Award.
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Strange politics and the role of journalists
Journalism Professor Tom Johnson offers three solutions to a hot elections question: “When the going gets weird, should reporters be truth vigilantes?”
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The memory function
In this research QandA, Assistant Professor Alison Preston reveals how the brain supports memory and how memory influences the decisions we make.
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A legendary track record
Women’s Track and Field coach Beverly Kearney was among an impressive list of honorees at the BET Honors awards show, which airs on BET tonight (Feb. 13).
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Butler Opera Center Announces First Production of Spring 2012
Event: “New York Stories,” a contemporary opera written by Daron Hagen, will debut in its entirety at the Butler Opera Center at The University of Texas at Austin later this month.
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Provost Names New Leadership for Gender Equity Issues
Janet Ellzey, vice provost for international programs at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named to oversee gender equity issues at the university. She will also retain her duties as vice provost for international programs.
