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The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Fresh candidates prepare campaigns for SG elections

Donovan Sanders January 25, 2011

A new group of student leaders is preparing to run for Student Government after election filing began Jan. 18. To file for a position, students must pick up and turn in a filing packet in...

UT sees rise in mental health cases, reflects national trend

Matthew Stottlemyre January 24, 2011

More UT students who go to the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center have urgent needs or serious mental health issues than in the past, according to center administrators. This trend parallels...

Gathering sheds light on pieces of past

Lauren Giudice January 24, 2011

Scientists from three archeological and history centers helped between 400 and 500 people identify artifacts for UT’s biannual Identification Day on Sunday. The experts from Texas Natural...

Ethernet inventor takes professorship, brings corporate smarts to technology

Matthew Stottlemyre January 23, 2011

A principle inventor of Ethernet joined the Cockrell School of Engineering this month as its only professor of innovation. Robert Metcalfe brings years of private sector and large-scale commercialization...

Students study abroad in China, learn of upcoming superpower

Jake Hong January 23, 2011

China’s rising prominence is likely to encourage greater enrollment of UT students in study abroad programs to the country, said Tracy Dahlby, the journalism professor with the Reporting China...

Genes a contributing factor to skin cancer, research finds

Preethi Srikanth January 23, 2011

Researchers from UT and the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center have found a gene that indicates non-threatening nonmelanoma skin cancer susceptibility. The new find can lead to more information...

University gaining vast social media presence

Allie Kolechta January 21, 2011

Although only about 6,000 people follow UT on Twitter, a website recently ranked UT one of the top-10 most influential college Twitter accounts in the U.S. along with universities like Stanford, Syracuse...

UT, ESPN join in establishing intercollegiate TV network

Austin Laymance January 20, 2011

Everything’s bigger in Texas, even television contracts. University President William Powers Jr. announced a 20-year contract agreement Wednesday between the University, ESPN and multimedia...

Mentors keep positive to promote recovery

Audrey White December 8, 2010

Editor’s Note: This is the last installation in a three-part series about students involved in UT’s Center for Students in Recovery — their paths to addiction and how they achieved...

Departments work to reform benefits for GLBT partners

Audrey White December 8, 2010

Advocates of equal benefits for GLBT faculty and staff won two victories this semester, as the UT Human Resource Services department and the Division of Housing and Food Service are each reviewing policies...

Applications being accepted for clean energy incubators

Yvonne Marquez December 8, 2010

The Austin Technology Incubator’s UT branch and the State Energy Conservation Office are accepting applicants for two new clean energy incubators at Texas universities. Clean energy incubators...

Foundation invests money for bilingual scholarships

Yvonne Marquez December 8, 2010

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health will invest $1.5 million to fund their bilingual scholarship program for three more years, said Octavio Martinez Jr., executive director of the foundation. This...

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