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University of Texas at Austin Experts Weigh in on Mid-term Elections
As the Tea Party movement tries to gain clout, Democrats struggle to hold onto power and Texans focus on a gubernatorial race, faculty experts at The University of Texas at Austin are offering analysis of next month’s historic mid-term elections.
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University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work Study Funded by $1.5 Million American Cancer Society Grant
A University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work researcher has received a four-year $1.5 million grant from the American Cancer Society to look at how neighborhood environments influence obesity and smoking among women and their young children.
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Skin Color Linked to Social Inequality in Contemporary Mexico, Study Shows
Despite the popular, state-sponsored ideology that denies the existence of prejudice based on racial or skin color differences in Mexico, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin provides evidence of profound social inequality by skin color.
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New Fossil Suggests Dinosaurs Not So Fierce After All
A new species of dinosaur discovered in Arizona suggests dinosaurs did not spread throughout the world by overpowering other species, but by taking advantage of a natural catastrophe that wiped out their competitors.
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Don’t believe everything the polls say
Every election season we’re bombarded with polls, and the 2010 mid-term election is no exception. But does the ubiquitous election poll really matter?
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Do you really know why you hate the incumbent?
How much do you really know about politics and politicians? In a recently published study, researchers found a way to make people better at judging their own level of knowledge about candidates.
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University of Texas at Austin to Host Biomedical Engineering Meeting, Oct. 6-9
The nation’s leading experts in biomedical engineering will meet in Austin Oct. 6-9 to network with top faculty and students from around the world, collaborate on new research and discuss the future of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest growing fields in the nation.
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National Endowment for the Humanities Chairman Speaks in Austin for the American Civility Tour
Event: The Harry Ransom Center and University Co-op presents a Harry Ransom Lecture with National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Chairman
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Conference to Address $1.7 Billion Federal Community Development Block Grant Settlement, Fair Housing Issues in Texas
Event: “Race, Place, and Fair Housing in Texas: A Statewide Conference,” hosted by the Community Development Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law.
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Mid-term elections: Faculty experts provide their analysis
Each week day during October, faculty experts will discuss local, state and national political issues in anticipation of the upcoming mid-term elections in November.
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Believing in, or debunking, media partisanship
It happened again this past week. In the recently released Rolling Stone issue, President Obama critiqued Fox News.
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Of health insurance, tea parties, babies and bathwater
Americans are sharply divided over the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and related legislation, which are being used as a wedge in this fall’s elections.
