Archive for: West Texas

 

From the Oil Field to the Classroom [Infographic]

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With oil fields in West Texas booming once again, the Permanent University Fund (PUF) is seeing a major rise in royalty payments. How much of that money actually makes...

 
 

Forty Acres Field Guide: Blotched Watersnake

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UT is an urban university in the heart of the city, yet the campus and its environs teem with fascinating plants and animals—from tropical parakeets to the world’s...

 
 

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...

 
 
West Texas Fires Narrowly Miss McDonald Observatory

West Texas Fires Narrowly Miss McDonald Observatory

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A massive and fast-moving wildfire in West Texas has narrowly missed the University’s McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis. (more…)

 
 

The Stars at Night…

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Ever since childhood, I’ve been fascinated with galaxies and stars. One Christmas, I asked Santa for a 14-inch telescope, which I planned to set up on the roof...

 
 
 
 
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