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Chevron Corp. Invests $800,000 in The University of Texas at Austin

Chevron Corp. has made a donation of $800,000 to The University of Texas at Austin. The gift represents the company’s investment in the university for the coming academic year. Among the things the gift will support are undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships, student organizations and activities, and laboratory renovations.
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Particle Accelerator That Can Fit on a Tabletop Opens New Chapter for Science Research

Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have built a tabletop particle accelerator that can generate energies and speeds previously reached only by major facilities that are hundreds of meters long and cost hundreds of millions of dollars to build.
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UT/Texas Tribune Poll Shows Strong Support for ‘Rainy Day’ Funding of Water Projects

Sixty-eight percent of registered Texas voters support spending $2 billion from the state’s “Rainy Day Fund” on water infrastructure projects across the state, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
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Review of Research Calls into Question Sex Differences in Face-to-Face Mate Preferences

Women say they place a priority on a potential partner’s earning prospects, and men claim to value a potential partner’s physical attractiveness; these sex differences have been widely studied by psychologists for decades.
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GeoFORCE Milestone: Budding Geoscientists Graduate

The first class of GeoFORCE Texas is graduating from college this year, ready to pursue grad school, science jobs and the next step in their journeys. Learn about their experience.
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GOP Voters Favor Ted Cruz in 2016 Presidential Primary, UT/Texas Tribune Poll Shows

If the 2016 Republican primary election for president were held today, Republican voters in Texas would strongly favor U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz over other GOP hopefuls, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
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Nanoelectronics Center at UT Austin Receives $7.8 Million Award

The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded The University of Texas at Austin a five-year, $7.8 million nanoelectronics award.
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U.S. Ambassador to Mexico to Address Entrepreneurial Expo

E. Anthony “Tony” Wayne, the United States ambassador to Mexico, will speak at The University of Texas at Austin on Thursday, June 13. Wayne will address economic ties between the U.S. and Mexico at the TechBA Expo, an annual display of companies in the business accelerator sponsored by UT Austin and Mexico.
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‘Gingrich Senators’ Behind Washington’s Legislative Gridlock, Research Shows

A University of Texas at Austin government professor argues in his new book that rising polarization in the U.S. Senate has been caused almost entirely by a particular breed of Republican lawmakers known as the “Gingrich senators.”
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Researchers Discover a New Way Fish Camouflage Themselves in the Ocean

Fish can hide in the open ocean by manipulating how light reflects off their skin, according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. The discovery could someday lead to the development of new camouflage materials for use in the ocean, and it overturns 40 years of conventional wisdom about fish camouflage.
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Texas Ranks Among Lowest in Nation for Political Participation and Civic Involvement

On the heels of the 83rd Legislative Session, the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life at The University of Texas at Austin and the National Conference on Citizenship today released the Texas Civic Health Index, the first nonpartisan, comprehensive evaluation of community and political engagement in Texas. Following a session in which a large number…
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Camp ANWR: Teaching Marine Science at the Top of the World

Kids in Kaktovik, Alaska, work with UT marine scientists Ken Dunton and Jim McClelland, learning how to examine the delicate balance in the Arctic ecosystem. Read more.