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Phones, Tablets, and Laptops in Class: Distracting or Enriching?

Phones, Tablets, and Laptops in Class: Distracting or Enriching?

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In a conversation about the state of education in Texas today, it takes less than three minutes for one word to crop up: technology. When students bring gear like...

 
 

Calling All Texas Exes: Join Us in Giving Back

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Calling all Texas Exes, everywhere! Today marks the launch of one of our most ambitious efforts in years. Throughout the month of February, Texas Exes around the...

 
 
1983 Sculpture Gets New Home at Alumni Center

1983 Sculpture Gets New Home at Alumni Center

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1983 marked UT’s Centennial Celebration, and the University celebrated all year: the festivities ranged from a time capsule (to be opened in 2083) to a musical...

 
 

Four Rising Stars Named Outstanding Young Texas Exes

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A terrorism fighter, diversity researcher, champion diver, and noted mentor are some of the fastest-rising stars to have emerged from The University of Texas. Lee...

 
 

Camp Texas Director ‘Pumped’ for Expanding to Five Sessions

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Cole Cappel has a lot on his plate. The senior urban studies major is also working on minors in architecture and business foundations, as well as an interdisciplinary...

 
 
Longhorn Mom, Grandson Receive Extra-Meaningful Class Rings

Longhorn Mom, Grandson Receive Extra-Meaningful Class Rings

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Drew Nitsche, a junior exercise science major at UT, barely knew his grandfather, but now he carries a symbol of him wherever he goes. Nitsche was just four years...

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: Jodie Jiles [Watch]

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Jodie Jiles was the first in his family to graduate from high school. He went on to earn a master’s in accounting at UT and lead the Greater Houston Alliance....

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: James Huffines [Watch]

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James Huffines always knew that he would be a banker. But he didn’t know that he would be wildly successful at it, as well as at higher education advocacy...

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: Jane Chesnutt [Watch]

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It’s hard to imagine a time when it wasn’t socially accepted to talk about breast cancer or AIDS. But under the leadership of Jane Chesnutt, BJ ’73,...

 
 

2011 Distinguished Alumnus Awards: John Barnhill [Watch]

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John Barnhill, BJ ’59, Life Member, landed a journalism major’s dream job right after graduation: he was a reporter at the old Houston Press. But life...

 
 
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