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Art guide: Four creative landmarks to visit around UT

Marisa Charpentier June 22, 2015

With more than 35 works of art scattered across the 40 Acres, UT is basically a campus-wide art gallery. The University’s public art program, Landmarks, has brought works of modern and contemporary...

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Which place is better for pickup basketball — the Rec or Greg?

Reanna Zuniga June 20, 2015

Taking a game of hoops seriously isn’t just for the professionals, and Gregory Gymnasium and the Rec Center offer competitive pick­up games (and maybe the occasional trash talk) and...

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Beer and wine will be sold at football games beginning September

Aaron Torres June 17, 2015

Beginning September 12, beer and wine will be sold at football games at Darrell K Royal Texas-Memorial Stadium in all public and private areas. “Fan safety and enjoyment remains our number...

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Estate donates archive of Watergate editor Ben Bradlee to Ransom Center

Selah Maya Zighelboim June 17, 2015

Seventy boxes filled with documents sit in the Harry Ransom Center, waiting to be archived. Among these piles lie part of the Ben Bradlee archive. Bradlee was a former Washington Post editor who died in...

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West Campus apartments offer tanning beds to residents

Jackie Wang June 14, 2015

As new apartment complexes continue to rise in West Campus, they're beginning to share a new standard in amenities: tanning beds. Eleven apartment complexes in West Campus offer free tanning,...

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Camp seeks to teach kids about stuttering, self-acceptance

Nancy Huang June 14, 2015

Children with speech impediments participated in a camp on UT campus this week with the goal of increasing self-confidence, while also providing data to researchers about stuttering. At Camp Dream,...

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City Council approves plan for Moody College skybridge over Dean Keeton Street

Jackie Wang June 13, 2015

Students will be able to cross Dean Keeton Street without touching the street pavement starting early 2016.  The Austin City Council approved the Moody College’s skybridge project, which...

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Flexible orientation schedule aims to better prepare incoming students

Nancy Huang June 12, 2015

Hundreds of incoming freshmen arrived at the University on Monday for the first orientation session of the summer. The incoming freshmen flooded University residence halls, took tours of buildings on...

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University launches internal investigation after cheating allegations

Aaron Torres June 11, 2015

A story from The Chronicle of Higher Education has prompted the University to launch an internal investigation into the claims that former Texas basketball player Martez Walker cheated on a math test yet...

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Abbott signs higher education research initiative

Anderson Boyd June 5, 2015

Calling it a day of celebration, Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Thursday his University Research Initiative, which will seek to provide higher education institutions statewide the necessary funding to...

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Despite delays, Dell Medical School on track for completion

Matthew Adams June 4, 2015

Despite the massive flooding in May, the Dell Medical School’s construction prospects have not been hindered, and the project may even finish early, according to a construction official. Bob Rawski,...

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House approves watered-down version of campus carry

Anderson Boyd May 27, 2015

The Texas House hurriedly approved a weakened version of the "campus carry" bill, SB 11, Tuesday, minutes before the midnight deadline. The bill, which requires public universities to allow...

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