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Panel to Discuss Emergence of the Tea Party

Event: University of Texas at Austin professors will be joined by a journalist and political consultant to discuss the emergence of the Tea Party in American politics and the future of the powerful but controversial movement in Texas and the United States.
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Opinion: Research vital to economic growth

Raymond Orbach, director of the Energy Institute watched “with a mixture of astonishment and dismay” when the U.S. House of Representatives approved H.R. 1, which he said includes massive research cuts.
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Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights Hosts “Civil Rights on the Border” Symposium

The University of Texas School of Law’s Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights and the Immigration and Nationality Section of the State Bar of Texas will co-sponsor a symposium about the controversial immigration issues on the United States-Mexico border on Tuesday, March 1.
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Corrupting Influence of Money in Politics is Subject of Lessig’s Feb. 28 Lecture at The University of Texas at Austin

Renowned attorney, author and professor Lawrence Lessig will give the keynote address “The ‘Corruption’ of Our System of Money and Politics” at an event hosted at The University of Texas at Austin on Monday, Feb. 28.
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Texans Oppose Tax Hikes, Spending Cuts, Poll Finds

Texans continue to oppose raising taxes to close the state’s budget shortfall but also strongly reject cutting spending on education, health care, criminal justice or environmental regulation to balance the budget, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll released this week.
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Computing Classroom in Flawn Academic Center Brings Advanced Scientific Computation and Statistics to Students

A new computing classroom and learning laboratory in The University of Texas at Austin’s Flawn Academic Center is changing the way that statistics and scientific computing are taught at the university.
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Emeritus Dr. Elmer Hixson Dies at 86

University of Texas at Austin Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Emeritus Dr. Elmer Laverne Hixson died on Feb. 10. He was 86.
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FASTRAC satellites survive orbit

View an animation of the two satellites constructed by engineering students, and read about the satellites’ progress since they were launched into space.
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Texas Leafcutter Ants Aided, But Also Limited, By Cold Tolerant Fungus Crops, Research Shows

Texas leafcutter ants farm crops of fungus that evolved cold tolerance to Texas winters, just as northern farmers cultivate cold weather crops, researchers from The University of Texas at Austin show in a new paper published in the journal PNAS Early Edition.
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Heman Sweatt Symposium Founders Discuss Evolution of Campus Tradition

Event: The monthly speaker series of the 25th annual Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights at The University of Texas at Austin presents two former university administrators, Drs.
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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet Discusses Katrina, Natural Disasters

Event: Lozano Long Conference “From Natural Events to Social Disasters in the Circum-Caribbean.” Free and open to the public. When: Feb. 23-25
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Vocal Media Wins Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition

Vocal Media, a company that uses the dead-air time in international phone calls to advertise to U.S. immigrant populations, won the Texas round of the Texas Venture Labs Investment Competition (TVLIC) Feb. 16.