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Experts for Earth Day: Researchers Offer Environmental Perspectives

Earth Day will be celebrated on Friday, April 22. Faculty experts from The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss their research on topics ranging from the building of sustainable communities to plant ecology and environmental policies.
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Judge Sam Sparks Gets Lifetime Achievement Award from University of Texas Law School

Judge Sam Sparks of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award from the University of Texas School of Law on April 15.
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Beaumont Attorney Reaud To Receive Honorary Order of the Coif from School of Law

Wayne A. Reaud, a trial lawyer and the founder of the law firm of Reaud, Morgan and Quinn in Beaumont, Texas, will receive the Honorary Order of the Coif from The University of Texas School of Law on April 15.
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University of Texas School of Law Gives ABA’s Susman Outstanding Alumnus Award

Thomas M. Susman, head of the lobbying office for the American Bar Association (ABA) in Washington, D.C., will receive The University of Texas School of Law Outstanding Alumnus Award on April 15.
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Alcohol Helps the Brain Remember, Says New Study

Drinking alcohol primes certain areas of our brain to learn and remember better, says a new study from the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research at The University of Texas at Austin.
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National Science Foundation Grant Helps Preserve and Digitize Fossil Collections

Fragile fossil collections ranging in age from 55 million years old to recent collections of specimens from the 19th and early 20th century, will soon be protected, digitized and be made accessible to researchers due to a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of $350,000 awarded to three researchers at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Science Study Break Takes on “Avatar”

The Life Science Library’s Science Study Break program will wrap up its season on Wednesday with an examination of James Cameron’s most recent blockbuster “Avatar.”
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The University of Texas at Austin to Digitize Olympic Collection

The University of Texas at Austin will collaborate with McGill University to process and digitize the Richard W. Pound Olympic Collection, a large and varied archive of material related to the International Olympic Movement.
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Lack of broadband has crippling effect

Professor Sharon Strover explains why broadband Internet access is fundamental to the economic development of the nation’s rural communities.
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Six University of Texas at Austin Faculty To Discuss Feminism at Heman Sweatt Symposium

Event: The Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights April speaker series will feature a panel of six University of Texas at Austin faculty members for a discussion titled “Shades of Diversity: Bringing the Civil Righ
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Unseen Economic Progress Among Mexican Americans, University of Texas at Austin Study Reveals

Later-generation Mexican Americans are making more economic progress than previous studies show, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Colorado, Denver.
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McCombs School Maintains AACSB Accreditation

The McCombs School of Business has maintained its accreditation in business and accounting by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.