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The University of Texas at Austin Granted 2011-12 Texas Campus Compact Students in Service Awards
The University of Texas at Austin is one of nine higher education institutions to receive the Students in Service (SIS) grant award for the 2011-12 academic year through the Texas Campus Compact (TxCC), an Austin-based statewide nonprofit organization.
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The University of Texas at Austin Opening New Admissions Center in El Paso on Sept. 28
Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin, and Kedra Ishop, vice provost and director of admissions, will travel to El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Sept. 28 to participate in the 5:30 p.m. grand opening of the university’s new El Paso Admissions Center.
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Five Principles Critical to Successful Nation-Building, Finds History and Global Affairs Scholar
The United States must follow five fundamental principles in order to successfully build strong, self-sufficient nations in post-conflict situations, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Researchers Develop Optimal Algorithm for Determining Focus Error in Eyes and Cameras
University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual systems until now.
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Career Retrospective of Important African Artist El Anatsui Comes to The Blanton for Only Showing in the Southwest
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin will serve as the only southwest venue for “El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You about Africa,” a major retrospective of internationally renowned artist El Anatsui organized by the Museum for African Art in New York City.
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“Free Speech Dialogues” Examines Inflammatory Speech
Event: “Free Speech Dialogues,” featuring former American Civil Liberties Union director, National Public Radio correspondent and civil rights expert. Free and open to the public. When: Tuesday, Sept. 27, 7-9 p.m.
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Trappings of Parenthood Lead to Long-Term Weight Gain, New Study Shows
Parenthood accelerates weight gain over the life course according to a new study from The University of Texas at Austin.
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Blanton Museum of Art presents Four Centuries of French Drawings
The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to present “Storied Past: Four Centuries of French Drawings from the Blanton Museum of Art” through Dec. 31.
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Texas Advanced Computing Center to Build Supercomputer with Federal Grant
The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) at The University of Texas at Austin will build and support a world-class supercomputer with comprehensive computing and visualization capabilities as part of a National Science Foundation grant.
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Architecture Student Wins North American Competition Hosted by the Graham Foundation
Tara Dudley, graduate student in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas, has received the prestigious Carter Manny Award from the Graham Foundation. Two doctoral students are selected for the award each year out of hundreds of nominations from the United States and Canada.
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Carolyn J. Heinrich Joins LBJ School Faculty
Renowned scholar and researcher Carolyn J. Heinrich has joined the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs faculty as the Sid Richardson Professor in Public Affairs. Heinrich, whose research focuses on social welfare policy, labor force development, public management, performance management and econometric methods for program evaluation, has also assumed leadership of the LBJ School’s…
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Photographer Elliott Erwitt’s Archive to be Housed at Harry Ransom Center
The archive of photographer Elliott Erwitt (b. 1928), which includes more than 50,000 signed photographic prints, will be housed at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.
