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“Contested Terrain” Workshop Examines Undocumented Migration and Enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Event: Workshop: “Contested Terrain: Undocumented Migration and Enforcement at the U.S.-Mexico Border” When: Monday, Oct. 10, 10 a.m.4 p.m.
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Chagas Disease May Be a Threat in South Texas, Says Researcher

Chagas disease, a tropical parasitic disease that can lead to life-threatening heart and digestive disorders, may be more widespread in Texas than previously thought, according to research from The University of Texas at Austin.
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The big question in the evolution of materials

Engineering Professor Rod Ruoff explains how new carbon materials will transform the design of buildings, cars, computers, medical devices and more.
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LBJ School of Public Affairs and William Wayne Justice Center collaborate on ‘Contract for Deed’ Study in Colonias

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and the William Wayne Justice Center for Public Interest Law at The University of Texas at Austin will undertake a major study for the state of Texas on the use of contracts for deed, land agreements that often exploit residents of Texas colonias.
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LBJ School’s CPG to Present Gail Collins, NY Times Columnist and Author, Oct. 13

What: The Center for Politics and Governance at the Lyndon B.
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Fuels from the sun

Chemist Allen Bard looks to harness the power of sunlight to produce fuels that can substitute for oil.
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University of Texas-led Team Discovers Unusual Multi-Planet Solar System With NASA’s Kepler Spacecraft

A team of researchers led by Bill Cochran of The University of Texas at Austin has used NASA’s Kepler space telescope to discover an unusual multiple-planet system containing a super-Earth and two Neptune-sized planets orbiting in resonance with each other. They will announce the find today in Nantes, France at a meeting of the American…
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University of Texas Marine Scientists Awarded $5.6 Million for Study of Critical Arctic Environment

A team of Arctic researchers led by the University of Texas Marine Science Institute’s Ken Dunton will embark on a comprehensive study of the Hanna Shoal ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast with a $5.6 million grant from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE).
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Former Ethernet Inventor to Speak at Science and Technology Forum
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Alumnus builds eclectic business off the grid

Industrial Country Market, the business venture of Andrew Bretch, is a solar-power education center, an art gallery and a wacky playground.
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College of Natural Sciences Builds Entrepreneurship Programs Under Direction of New Associate Dean Skip Porter

The College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin is building new entrepreneurship programs to better connect students and faculty to industry under the direction of W. Arthur “Skip” Porter, the college’s new associate dean for innovation and science enterprise.
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Computer Science Student Wins Prestigious Astronaut Foundation Award

Space Shuttle astronaut and University of Texas at Austin graduate Robert Crippen today presented a $10,000 Astronaut Scholarship Foundation (ASF) scholarship to Ben Braun, a junior majoring in computer science.