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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Hogg Foundation funds grant to aid mental health non-profits

Liz Farmer August 5, 2011

Workers who help low-income Houston youth will better understand children’s mental health thanks to grants from UT’s Hogg Foundation for Mental Health. The workers who will be trained...

UT receives documents from influential Mexican-American judge

Diego Cruz August 4, 2011

The University has received documents donated by the family of a Mexican-American judge who was influential in shaping Texas and U.S. law. The documents donated by the late Judge Filemon Vela’s...

Budget cuts may cause closure of Austin Women’s Hospital

Will Alsdorf August 4, 2011

Because of increasing operating costs and decreased state funding, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston may cease operating the Austin Women’s Hospital located at University Medical...

Additional women’s sexual, reproductive health services to be covered under insurance

Liz Farmer August 4, 2011

Women’s health advocates are celebrating a new set of guidelines from the Obama Administration that require insurance providers to cover a slew of sexual, reproductive and mental health services...

Ramadan proves challenging but worthwhile sacrifice in summer heat

Huma Munir and Victoria Pagan August 4, 2011

After Ramadan began Monday, UT’s practicing Muslim students will abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset — a challenge when temperatures have reached 107 degrees twice this week. Ramadan...

Budget Control Act cuts subsidized loans for graduate students to save Pell grants

Huma Munir August 4, 2011

The bill to raise the debt ceiling that passed Congress this week offers mixed results for students as it preserves Pell grants but cuts from subsidized loans for graduate students. The stalemate...

UT professor mines language for clues about behavior

Diego Cruz August 3, 2011

What we say may not reveal as much about ourselves as how we say it, says a UT professor in his upcoming book. Professor and Psychology Department Chair James Pennebaker and his students have been...

Student entrepreneur group unveils results of summer program

Diego Cruz August 3, 2011

UT student entrepreneurs presented the results of their eight-week-long summer business-building program at the Austin Technology Incubator on Tuesday. The Student Entrepreneurship Acceleration...

Tower to get 3-D treatment for Longhorn Network commercials

Elizabeth Hinojos August 3, 2011

A production company will cast 3-D lights on the UT tower Tuesday and Wednesday nights, then film the results for a series of University service messages set to debut Aug. 26. The Longhorn Network,...

Texas high school football exhibit opens at Bullock Museum

Brandon Luedtke August 2, 2011

High school football fans now have somewhere to explore the state’s fascination with Friday nights after the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum opened an exhibit about Texas high school football...

New grant program to help give research practical applications

Syeda Hasan August 1, 2011

The National Science Foundation is seeking applications for a grant program that will push research into practical applications through commercialization. Through the Innovation Corps program, the...

Program for graduate students to teach running of non-profits

Allison Harris August 1, 2011

A new portfolio program announced Thursday will teach graduate students how to manage museums, theaters, libraries and other non-profit cultural organizations. The Portfolio Program in Arts and...

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