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Tower shines orange tonight

The Tower will be lighted orange Thursday, Oct. 7 to recognize the Texas MBA Energy Finance Group’s victory at the 6th annual National Energy Finance Challenge, hosted by the McCombs School of Business.
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The “No Debate” debate

Using online communications outlets on their own terms, political candidates no longer see an advantage to engaging their challengers in more traditional televised debates. This “No Debate” debate approach signals a new era in campaigns nationwide.
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Skin Color Linked to Social Inequality in Contemporary Mexico, Study Shows

Despite the popular, state-sponsored ideology that denies the existence of prejudice based on racial or skin color differences in Mexico, a new study from The University of Texas at Austin provides evidence of profound social inequality by skin color.
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New Fossil Suggests Dinosaurs Not So Fierce After All

A new species of dinosaur discovered in Arizona suggests dinosaurs did not spread throughout the world by overpowering other species, but by taking advantage of a natural catastrophe that wiped out their competitors.
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University of Texas at Austin to Host Biomedical Engineering Meeting, Oct. 6-9

The nation’s leading experts in biomedical engineering will meet in Austin Oct. 6-9 to network with top faculty and students from around the world, collaborate on new research and discuss the future of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest growing fields in the nation.
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Conference to Address $1.7 Billion Federal Community Development Block Grant Settlement, Fair Housing Issues in Texas

Event: “Race, Place, and Fair Housing in Texas: A Statewide Conference,” hosted by the Community Development Clinic at The University of Texas School of Law.
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Mid-term elections: Faculty experts provide their analysis

Each week day during October, faculty experts will discuss local, state and national political issues in anticipation of the upcoming mid-term elections in November.
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Dissecting the polls in the Perry-White race

The low-key politics of summer campaigning are giving way to the traditional post-Labor Day transition into the more active, public phase of the gubernatorial campaign.
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Training professors to write grant proposals, win research dollars

Like many young faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin, psychologist Paige Harden has big, cutting-edge research ideas.
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What Mimicking One’s Language Style May Mean About the Relationship

People match each other’s language styles more during happier periods of their relationship than at other times, according to new research from psychologists at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Fossilized Giant Penguin Reveals Unusual Colors, Sheds Light on Bird Evolution

Paleontologists have unearthed the first extinct penguin with preserved evidence of scales and feathers. The 36-million-year-old fossil from Peru shows the new giant penguin’s feathers were reddish brown and grey, distinct from the black tuxedoed look of living penguins.
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Sociologist Awarded Grant to Study Generosity

University of Texas at Austin sociologist Pamela Paxton has been awarded a $148,000 grant from the Science of Generosity Initiative at the University of Notre Dame to study how social, economic and political structures affect individuals’ generosity toward one another.