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Regents hear recommendations at meeting Wednesday

Van Nguyen November 11, 2016

The final UT System Board of Regents meeting scheduled for the year was held Wednesday, where members of the board listened to recommendations on how to proceed into the upcoming year. The 85th Texas...

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Predictive analytics determines student success

Van Nguyen November 11, 2016

Forty-one percent of universities, including UT–Austin, are using predictive analytics for targeted student advising, adaptive online coursework or forecasting class size and financial aid need,...

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Activists protest UT land use in front of McRaven’s office

Van Nguyen October 31, 2016

Close to 15 pro-environment activists from Environment Texas dressed as zombies and polar bears from a post-global warming world and marched outside UT Chancellor William McRaven’s office Friday...

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UT System and Texas A&M System investment fund looking for CEO

Van Nguyen October 20, 2016

The corporation that manages investments benefiting the University of Texas System and Texas A&M System is looking for a new CEO after Bruce Zimmerman, the previous CEO, resigned last week.  Zimmerman...

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Students await future of Dell Medical

Carlynn Hickenbotham October 20, 2016

Nursing sophomore Celeste Hinojosa sat next to her fellow students as her professor told the class that in less than fives years, the Dell Medical School would be connected to the school of nursing.  At...

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McCombs and Dell continue collaboration to tackle healthcare delivery

Burhanuddin Calcuttawala October 18, 2016

Dell Medical School and the McCombs School of Business are partnering to tackle issues within the healthcare system by applying business principles to the industry. This collaboration involves new initiatives...

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$1.5 million plan approved to enrich UT System branding

Will Clark October 13, 2016

The Board of Regents approved a $1.46 million budget Tuesday for a branding initiative in which the UT System will partner with creative agencies to better unite the UT System brand. Teri Thompson,...

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UT land added to 11 Most Endangered Historic Places list

Van Nguyen October 12, 2016

Located on UT System-owned land in west Austin, one of Texas’ first desegregated golf courses was added to the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places...

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No Board of Regents members have donated to Trump so far

Cassi Pollock October 11, 2016

None of the nine UT System Regents have donated to current GOP nominee Donald Trump so far, despite their longtime associations with high-dollar donations to Republican candidates, adding to the unconventionality...

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UT ranks No. 4 in Reuters’ innovative universities list

Reagan Ritterbush October 4, 2016

The University of Texas system jumped from No. 7 to No. 4 on the Reuters list of the world’s most innovative universities. According to Reuters’s analysis released last week, UT rose...

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UTHealth urology professor elected president of Sexual Medicine Society

Brittany Wagner October 3, 2016

Run Wang, who works at MD Anderson Cancer Center, will be the first UT professor to serve as president of the Sexual Medicine Society of North America, an organization informing researchers on sexual health...

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Lawsuit against McRaven appealed for the second time

Van Nguyen September 30, 2016

UT System Regent Wallace Hall recently filed an appeal with the Texas Supreme Court for access to confidential student records, his second in the case he brought against Chancellor William McRaven in...

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