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Kids’ Lunches: Sack ‘Em, Or Better Pack ‘Em? Researchers Find Most Unsafe

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Packed lunches—sent lovingly by parents to make sure their kids get healthy food—could actually make them sick, alarming new statistics from UT researchers...

 
 

Researchers Discover Connection Between West Texas and East Antarctica

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On a summer day in Texas, when it’s possible to work up a sweat doing almost anything outdoors, it’s hard to imagine that Texas and Antarctica could possibly...

 
 
Teaching and Research: Inseparable for What I Do

Teaching and Research: Inseparable for What I Do

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Among the recent recommendations for reform of university funding is a proposal to separate teaching budgets from research budgets. In theory, this might be a good...

 
 
Fired UT System Advisor Disavows ‘Seven Solutions’

Fired UT System Advisor Disavows ‘Seven Solutions’

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Former UT System advisor Rick O’Donnell publicly distanced himself today from the controversial “breakthrough solutions” in what he says is an...

 
 
Why Research Matters: One Alum’s Story

Why Research Matters: One Alum’s Story

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More than 80 percent of UT undergraduates participate in academic research. But few do it as Collin Thomas did. Thomas, now a biology professor at Collin College,...

 
 
Keep UT Vibrant, Says Former Student Body President

Keep UT Vibrant, Says Former Student Body President

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Keshav Rajagopalan Few places can boast the level of energy and vigor that The University of Texas has on its campus on a daily basis. Rarely can you find a presidential...

 
 
UT Researchers Use Supercomputer To Address Looming Global Food Shortage

UT Researchers Use Supercomputer To Address Looming Global Food Shortage

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Can supercomputers feed the planet? Dan Stanzione and Matthew Vaughn think they can. The UT scientists are heading up an interdisciplinary project, the iPlant Collaborative,...

 
 

Mythbusting Mr. O, Part II

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Editor’s Note: This is the second of two posts relating to the Texas Tribune’s June 29 interview with Rick O’Donnell. Here’s part one. UT has been...

 
 

Mythbusting Mr. O, Part 1

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Last Wednesday, the Texas Tribune interviewed Rick O’Donnell, the controversial, short-term employee the UT System regents hired, fired, and last week paid $70,000...

 
 

In Higher Ed War, Regent Emails Show Worry Over Longhorns’ Perceptions

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Remember when UT System Board of Regents chairman Gene Powell said it would be fine for more Texas students to get cheaper “Chevy Bel-Air”-type degrees,...

 
 
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