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Texas THON holds semi-annual Pancake Night fundraiser

Alexander Mansky February 21, 2020

Hundreds of people ate pancakes for a cause at Texas THON’s semi-annual Pancake Night, held from 7 p.m. Thursday to 3 a.m. Friday at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house.  Texas THON is a...

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Preliminary UT Senate survey results find students unhappy with tuition increase

Anna Canizales February 20, 2020

An anonymous biennial Senate survey on tuition allocation suggests students oppose the recently announced 2.6% tuition increase. The final results have not yet been processed for the survey sent last...

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Psychologist Edmund W. Gordon speaks about academic achievement gap

Sanjna Reddy February 20, 2020

Psychologist Edmund W. Gordon spoke about the academic achievement gap in the American education system Wednesday in the Gordon-White Building named in his honor.  As this year’s W.E.B Du...

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Blanton Museum of Art to redesign exterior following $5 million donation

Neha Madhira February 17, 2020

The Still Water Foundation donated $5 million to the Blanton Museum of Art to remodel the building’s exterior, according to a UT press release on Tuesday.  The foundation donated an additional...

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UT-Austin students celebrate Black accomplishments in STEM with festival

Tori Duff February 17, 2020

Students attended the second annual Black Excellence in STEM Festival on Friday to celebrate diversity and success of Black people in STEM fields.  The Cockrell School of Engineering and the College...

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College of Liberal Arts receives $1 million endowment for secular studies professorship

Cecilia Garzella February 14, 2020

The College of Liberal Arts received a $1 million endowment to establish a new professorship in secular studies from a retired psychology professor from the Illinois Institute of Technology and University...

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Exhibit highlights 50 years of Center for Mexican American Studies

Amanda Figueroa-Nieves February 14, 2020

The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection displayed the origins of the UT Center for Mexican American Studies on Thursday at the exhibit “CMAS at 50: A Legacy of Scholarship, Teaching, and...

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UT-Rio Grande Valley has lowest student debt of any national public institution

Laura Morales February 13, 2020

UT-Rio Grande Valley has the least graduate debt of public institutions in the nation, while UT-Austin graduates have double the amount of debt UTRGV has, according to U.S. News & World Report’s...

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UT-Austin School of Information professor receives $1 million grant for unbiased artificial intelligence research

Brooke Ontiveros February 12, 2020

An assistant professor at the UT School of Information received more than $1 million last month in grant funding to research how to create more accurate and representative artificial intelligence applications,...

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UT-Austin names first cohort of Distinguished Service Academy

Hannah Williford February 10, 2020

Five faculty members were chosen to be a part of the first cohort of UT’s new Distinguished Service Academy, according to a Feb. 4 press release from the College of Education. The academy recognizes...

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McCombs ranks in top 6 in U.S. for social responsibility, according to Positive Impact

Anna Canizales February 10, 2020

UT’s Red McCombs School of Business was ranked among the top six business schools in the United States for positive social responsibility and impact, according to the 2020 Positive Impact Rating...

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Students of color defend UT-Austin affirmative action policies in court filing

Laura Morales February 7, 2020

UT students of color have filed testimonies with a civil rights association to defend the University’s affirmative action policy. The students are defending the policy against a national organization...

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