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Legislators Urge Perry to Add Campus Construction to Special Session

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With the clock ticking down on the special session, legislators are looking to avoid missing another deadline for university infrastructure projects—and they need...

 
 

Getting Kids Active [Podcast]

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Physical inactivity now leads to as many deaths as cigarette smoking. UT epidemiologist Harold Kohl talks about his research on this public health crisis—plus...

 
 

Cigarroa Touts 10 Breakthrough Actions for Research Universities

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The 2013 session of the Texas Legislature generated headlines about discord between legislators and some UT regents and between regents and the UT-Austin campus...

 
 

UT Grad Student Films Austin After Dark [Watch]

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Can’t see the video? Click here. There’s no city more beautiful than Austin at night—and here’s the proof. Andrew Takano, BS ’07, MS ’10,...

 
 

Flying Longhorns Take Spain

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To fully enjoy the riches of Catalonia and the Basque Country of northern Spain, the traveler needs stamina, curiosity, a hearty appetite for fine wines and gourmet...

 
 

Longhorns, Sooners Unite to Help The People of Moore

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On May 3, 1999, Houston native Chad Magee was standing on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman. Stretching from east to west across the horizon was what,...

 
 

“What Jane Saw” Website Lets Visitors Time-Travel with Austen

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You no longer need to travel across the pond to walk in the footsteps of Jane Austen. A London exhibit that Austen attended roughly 200 years ago has been digitally...

 
 

Seven UT Sports Head to National Championships

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It’s nothing new for one of the U.S.’s most powerful athletic programs—but we’re still proud. No fewer than seven UT spring sports teams have...

 
 

UT, A&M Open Joint Library. Yes, Really.

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A joint UT-A&M library aims to help both universities keep costs down—and give students in the PCL more electrical outlets. A once dusty lot in College Station...

 
 

At 11th Hour, Bill Authorizing New Engineering Building Dies

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A legislative ping pong match ends with the late session death of one of UT’s most cherished priorities. The bill authorizing universities to seek bonds to...

 
 
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