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LBJ School, Patient Privacy Rights Foundation Co-Host Washington, D.C. Summit on Health Privacy Rights

The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and the Patient Privacy Rights Foundation will co-host the nation’s first public summit to discuss the future of health privacy in the digital age.
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TNG Pharmaceuticals Wins Global Venture Labs Investment Competition

TNG Pharmaceuticals, a team from the University of Louisville that developed a vaccine to prevent negative effects to cattle from the horn fly, won the Global Venture Labs Investment Competition (Global VLIC), hosted by Texas Venture Labs at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
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University of Texas at Austin Researchers to Conduct Comprehensive Study of Hydraulic Fracturing of Shale Gas

A research team at The University of Texas at Austin will conduct a comprehensive review of the science, policy and environmental issues surrounding hydraulic fracturing of shale gas, it was announced today.
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The next big thing

The university has renewed its entrepreneurial spirit, creating an extensive support system for aspiring entrepreneurs. Read how founders of three companies used UT’s resources to start their new ventures.
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Four Planets Huddle Up Before Dawn Next Week

Four of the five planets visible to the unaided eye huddle quite close together in the pre-dawn sky next week, according to the editors of StarDate magazine.
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Scientists Afflict Computers with Schizophrenia to Better Understand the Human Brain

Computer networks that can’t forget fast enough can show symptoms of a kind of virtual schizophrenia, giving researchers further clues to the inner workings of schizophrenic brains, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin and Yale University have found.
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Biomedical Engineering Professor Receives Nearly $1 Million for Cancer Research

Dr. John Zhang, assistant professor of biomedical engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, has received nearly $1 million from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute for his research on early detection of cancer.
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Drug Design, Environmental Sustainability, Oil Recovery Receive Private Grand Challenge Research Funds

Seven University of Texas at Austin researchers are confronting what the scientific community has defined as this century’s grand challenges in drug design, environmental sustainability and improved oil recovery using Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty awards for 2011-12.
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What “Schoolhouse Rock” didn’t teach you

Project Vote Smart’s Key Votes program builds knowledge of the legislative process beyond the “Schoolhouse Rock” song on how a bill becomes law.
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Competitiveness, Congress and You

Event: Sue Fratkin, a public policy analyst concentrating on technology and telecommunications issues, will engage participants in a discussion about what they can do to help scientists and researchers in the evolving political and economic scene.
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University of Texas at Austin Chemist Peter Rossky Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Dr. Peter Rossky, the Marvin K.
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Field Guide for Texas Damselflies Highlights Diversity of Fascinating Insects

A new field guide for damselflies by University of Texas at Austin entomologist John Abbott is the most comprehensive guide for identifying the colorful insects that flit about streams and ponds around the state.