Archive for: social work
Restoring Order
By Jane Robbins Mize
A new disciplinary method is keeping kids in school with a solution that sounds startlingly simple: talking it out. Picture this: 10-year-old Ben trips his classmate....
Mapping Modern Slavery
By Rose Cahalan
More people are enslaved now than at any point in human history. The Texas Slavery Mapping Project aims to change that. Not long ago, Noël Busch-Armendariz visited...
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Through the Unthinkable
By Rose Cahalan
The UT social workers who help the sickest children have one of the hardest jobs in the world. Toby is finally asleep. Three years old, with a surfer’s tousled...
When Can Kids Play Alone? Two UT Experts Weigh In
By Rose Cahalan
The story of an Austin mom and UT graduate who got a visit from the police and Child Protective Services after allowing her son to play outside alone has touched...
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Letter From the Executive Director: Film School
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An Iconic Mural Near Campus Just Got a Well-Deserved Update
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Robots Are Roaming the Forty Acres in a New Research Program
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This Blanton Museum Exhibit Examines the Long Afterlife of the Medieval Aesthetic
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A UT English Course Reveals Memories of Alfred Hitchcock’s Works Across Generations