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School of Information hopes to save history lost by wildfires

Allison Harris September 12, 2011

A soaked book rested on a table with plain paper towels between every few pages to dry it. Nearby, students and community members removed soot from burned documents with a soft brush and dry rubber sponge. These...

Egypt’s military and protesters move farther apart

The Associated Press September 12, 2011

CAIRO — The surprise assault on Israel’s embassy in Cairo has pushed Egypt’s ruling military deeper into confrontation with a protest movement openly accusing the country’s caretakers...

Airline: 3 detained in Detroit after flight

The Associated Press September 12, 2011

DENVER — Police detained three passengers at Detroit’s Metropolitan Airport on Sunday after the crew of the Frontier Airlines flight from Denver reported suspicious activity on board and NORAD...

Man attempts assault, flees Texas State campus

Jillian Bliss September 9, 2011

Campus construction workers involved in a scuffle at Texas State University caused alarm on the San Marcos campus Thursday morning. Texas State University Police said 29-year-old Aleczandar Yorick Lovern...

Countries profit from carbon market

Nick Hadjigeorge September 9, 2011

While pundits and politicians debate whether climate change is a real phenomenon, Diana Liverman, co-director of the University of Arizona’s Institute of the Environment, has been studying various...

Debt problem addressed in McCombs lecture series

Megan Strickland September 9, 2011

The United States is experiencing its worst recession since World War II, and education will play a key part in the recovery, McCombs School of Business senior lecturer John Doggett said Thursday. During...

Cultural response to 9/11 reveals deeper meaning

Benjamin Smith September 9, 2011

It was the 2009 National Book Award winner “Let the Great World Spin” by Irish author Colum McCann that served as the impetus for UT lecturer David Junker’s neoteric pursuit. As head...

UT community leaders share 9/11 memories

Allie Kolechta September 9, 2011

Editor's Note: This Sunday, people across campus and the country will remember exactly what they were doing ten years ago when two planes hit the Twin Towers and killed approximately 3,000 Americans...

American Muslims reflect about 9/11’s effect on Islam

Victoria Pagan September 9, 2011

Ten years after the 9/11 attacks, the American Muslim community is still working to show support for its country and end negative stereotypes that arose from the tragedy. Business senior and president...

UT alumnus earned Pulitzer Prize for expert 9/11 reporting

Liz Farmer September 9, 2011

While most of the UT community was in shock as they saw the 9/11 attacks, one UT alumnus scrambled to write an article about aviation security that would go on to win the Pulitzer Prize. At the time of...

UT students memorialize friends, family lost in attacks

Jody Serrano September 9, 2011

Fine arts graduate student Courtney Sale has always had a hard time finding the right words to speak about the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Nearly 10 years ago, Sale’s brother-in-law entered...

‘Game-changer’ in evolution from S. African bones

The Associated Press September 9, 2011

WASHINGTON — Two million-year-old bones belonging to a creature with both apelike and human traits provide the clearest evidence of evolution’s first major step toward modern humans —...

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