Research
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Longhorn Startup Camp Showcases 27 New Companies During Startup Crawl March 8
The University of Texas at Austin’s newest space for startups — Longhorn Startup Camp — will be a stop on the SXSW Startup Crawl, which takes place Thursday, March 8, from 4 to 10 p.m. as part of UT Entrepreneurship Week. As a stop on the crawl, Longhorn Startup Camp will showcase its residents 27…
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Texas Venture Labs Selects New Startups, Announces Partnership with GE
Texas Venture Labs (TVL) has accepted 10 new portfolio companies for the spring semester. The accepted companies are equally divided into one of two stages — early development stage, with a business plan, executive team and need for capital, and funded stage, which comprises companies that have a product, have had an early round of…
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Mapping Tool Analyzes How Climate Change, Conflict and Aid Intersect in Africa
Researchers have developed a new dynamic mapping tool that will help policymakers and other groups determine a country’s vulnerabilities to climate change and conflicts and show how these two issues intersect in Africa.
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Newly Cataloged Collection of Science Materials Now Open for Research
A collection of science materials from the family of Sir John F. W. Herschel (17921871) is now open for research after a $10,000 grant enabled staffers to rehouse the collection and to create an online inventory.
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Foreign policy won’t impact the 2012 election? Think again
Foreign policy will factor into the November election despite the emphasis in this election cycle on the economy, says Government Professor Peter Trubowitz.
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Innovating freshman research
In this video, Freshman Research Initiative student Ryan Lannan describes his moment of epiphany that he can come up with new research ideas.
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Meet a Game Changer: Bob Metcalfe
On Feb. 28 at the Game Changers live taping, the Ethernet inventor explains how to achieve innovation through purpose and determination.
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The life and work of Barbara Jordan
Graduate students honor Barbara Jordan’s legacy with essays in a special edition of The Baines Report, an online student publication. Jordan was an attorney, former congresswoman and professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs.
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Latest UT/Texas Tribune Poll Finds Plurality of Texans Support Redistricting Reform and are Concerned About National Economy
A plurality of Texans would favor taking the authority to draw new congressional and legislative maps away from the Legislature and governor and giving it to an independent, appointed commission, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.
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Winter Rains in Texas Bring Good Spring Wildflower Show
Timely rains last fall and this winter have benefited early spring wildflowers, which will likely put on a good show in much of Texas despite last year’s drought, according to the senior botanist at The University of Texas at Austin’s Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
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Poll shows Rick Santorum is favored in Texas
Texas Politics Project Director James Henson discusses the results of the February 2012 University of Texas/Texas Tribune poll.
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Surprises in the election campaign cycle so far
In this video, Professor Bruce Buchanan discusses what’s unusual about the Republican primaries, negative ads and the economy’s effect on President Barack Obama in the polls.
