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UT ranked 12th in the nation for NSF fellowship recipients

Nashwa Bawab April 21, 2015

With 35 students receiving the National Science Foundation Fellowship this year, UT was ranked No. 12 in the country for the highest number of recipients.  The research-based grant, which...

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New coffee stand to open in McCombs School of Business

Rund Khayyat April 21, 2015

Enactus, a social entrepreneurship club, is preparing to open a coffee stand in the atrium of the McCombs School of Business, but the stand is missing one essential thing — a name. Enactus is...

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Dean of engineering school elected president of American Concrete Institute

Vinesh Kovelamudi April 21, 2015

Sharon Wood, the dean of the Cockrell School of Engineering, was elected president of the American Concrete Institute last week. ACI is a nonprofit company dedicated to spreading educational resources...

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Doctorate student conducts research about involuntarily ‘outed’ teens

Olivia Lewman April 20, 2015

Last year, interpersonal communication doctorate student Robert Carroll watched a video on the Internet that showed parents kicking their son out of the house after someone outed him as gay. This clip...

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Fenves named UT’s next president

Josh Willis April 20, 2015

The UT System Board of Regents voted to name Gregory Fenves, executive vice president and provost, UT’s next president. The regents met by phone call for a special meeting Monday to vote on Fenves’...

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Texas Royals host dodgeball tournament for Darrell K Royal Research Fund

Matthew Adams April 20, 2015

Spirit group Texas Royals raised money for the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s Disease with its first-ever philanthropy event, Dodging for DKR, Sunday. The research fund began in...

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Panel discusses institutionalized racism at universities

Nashwa Bawab April 20, 2015

In light of several recent investigations into racially insensitive fraternity misconduct around the nation, including one involving the UT Fiji chapter, panelists discussed Friday institutionalized racism...

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Students host events to raise awareness about conditions in North Korea

Zainab Calcuttawala April 20, 2015

The UT chapter of Liberty in North Korea (LiNK) urged students to send letters of solidarity to the North Korean people during its biannual day of awareness for the human rights violations occurring in...

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UTPD officers face dunk tank for charity

Wynne Davis April 20, 2015

Officers from the UT Police Department plunged into cold water Friday in an effort to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as part of Phi Kappa Sigma’s first Dunk A Cop event. The...

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Rural India is disappearing, according to visiting journalist

Nashwa Bawab April 17, 2015

Rural farming in India is disappearing because farmers typically earn low incomes and suffer from high suicide rates, according to an award-winning journalist who spoke on campus Thursday. Worldwide,...

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Jefferson Davis statue vandalized once again, this time with spray paint

Sebastian Herrera April 17, 2015

The Jefferson Davis statue on the South Mall was defaced at some point between Wednesday night and early Thursday morning, this time by something more permanent than chalk. The statue had “Davis...

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Students work to improve spirit, attendance at sporting events

Wes Scarborough April 16, 2015

In recent years, some students have complained about a perceived decline in school spirit for UT sports. “The motto is ‘Come early. Be loud. Stay late,’” said Leah Vann,...

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