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CIA’s Daily Briefings to the President Shed New Light on Johnson and Kennedy Administrations

At a public event hosted by the LBJ Presidential Library, the Central Intelligence Agency released previously classified daily briefings it delivered to Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s.
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Study Shows Common Molecular Tool Kit Shared by Organisms Across the Tree of Life

Researchers at UT Austin discovered the assembly instructions for nearly 1,000 protein complexes shared by most kinds of animals, offering a powerful new tool for studying the causes of diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and cancer.
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Clues from Ancient Maya Reveal Lasting Impact on Environment

Evidence from the tropical lowlands of Central America reveals how Maya activity more than 2,000 years ago not only contributed to the decline of their environment but continues to influence today’s environmental conditions, according to researchers at UT Austin.
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Energy Management Program at UT Austin Receives Professional Landmen Accreditation

The American Association of Professional Landmen (AAPL) has accredited the Energy Management Program at UT Austin’s McCombs School of Business, making the program one of 11 nationally accredited land management programs in North America.
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Ancient Cold Period Could Provide Clues About Future Climate Change

Researchers at UT Austin have found that a well-known period of abrupt climate change 12,000 years ago occurred rapidly in northern latitudes but much more gradually in equatorial regions, a discovery that could prove important for understanding and responding to future climate change.
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Nations’ Policies Affect Mothers’ Ability to Balance Work-Family Life, Study Shows

Various Western nations’ work-family policies leave many working mothers feeling unsupported as both caretakers and workers, according to a comparative study of working mothers in multiple countries by UT Austin.
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Computer Scientists Find Mass Extinctions Can Accelerate Evolution

A computer science team at UT Austin has found that robots evolve more quickly and efficiently after a virtual mass extinction modeled after real-life disasters such as the one that killed off the dinosaurs. Beyond its implications for artificial intelligence, the research supports the idea that mass extinctions actually speed up evolution by unleashing new creativity…
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University of Texas, Japan Collaborate on Next-Generation Energy Efficient Data Center

Partnering with the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which acts as a Japanese government agency, UT Austin will begin using alternative energy sources to power some of its high-performance computers.
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Scientists Pioneer Method to Track Water Flowing Through Glaciers

New technique pioneered by UT Austin scientists is an essential step to understanding the future of the world’s largest glaciers as climate changes.
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UT Austin Leads National Effort to Help Transfer Students Earn Associate Degrees

Almost 270,000 Texans could be eligible to receive associate degrees for coursework they have completed through Reverse Transfer, the first national service to retroactively award the degrees to students after they transfer to a four-year university.
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Hormones Influence Unethical Behavior

Hormones play a two-part role in encouraging and reinforcing cheating and other unethical behavior, according to research from Harvard University and UT Austin.
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Obama Will Name UT Austin’s Sandra Black to Council of Economic Advisers

President Barack Obama intends to nominate UT Austin economics Professor Sandra E. Black to join the three-member White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA).