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University Health Services will require fall 2020 students to show proof of measles vaccination

Austin Martinez January 28, 2020

The University will now require incoming students to show proof of measles immunity, according to the University Health Services website.    This requirement will only apply to students entering...

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UT study links HPV to head, neck cancer

Mariane Gutierrez January 27, 2020

A recent UT study found that human papillomavirus, better known as HPV, is linked to 73% of head and neck cancers. Dr. Laura Chow, an oncologist at the UT Health Austin LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes,...

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Forty Acres Pharmacy uses QR codes to share medication information with patients

Nataleah Small January 27, 2020

Forty Acres Pharmacy is cutting down on paper waste by printing QR codes with medication information on prescription receipts starting this semester.  By scanning the QR code with their mobile...

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Center for Dewey Studies opens in India

Neha Madhira January 23, 2020

A UT associate professor helped establish the first academic research unit dedicated to the ideas and works of American philosopher John Dewey in India earlier this month. Scott Stroud, a communication...

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UT Libraries introduces new library service platform

Areeba Amer January 23, 2020

For the first time in about ten years, UT Libraries updated its service platform this month, said Travis Willmann, communications officer for UT Libraries.  Willmann said the new platform has all...

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Physics professor wins Wolf Prize for twistronics research

Nataleah Small January 21, 2020

UT professor Allan MacDonald won the Wolf Prize in Physics for his theoretical and experimental work on the field of study twistronics, on Jan. 13. This work, which changes the electronic properties of...

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UT scientist works with NASA to find first habitable zone

Mariane Gutierrez January 21, 2020

A team of NASA scientists, including a UT researcher, discovered an Earth-sized planet in the star’s habitable zone, according to a College of Natural Sciences press release published on Jan. 8. Star...

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UT School of Architecture ranked No.1 for programs with under 100 graduates

Mariane Gutierrez January 21, 2020

The UT School of Architecture was ranked as No. 1 among architecture programs with 70-99 graduates, according to DesignIntelligence, an architecture and design industry publication. The School of Architecture...

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UT-Austin releases 17 names of faculty, staff in violation of sexual misconduct policy

Lauren Grobe January 9, 2020

Three faculty members and 14 staff members were found in violation of the University’s sexual misconduct policies between November 2017 and December 2019, according to records released Thursday by...

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Timeline: University, student response to Coleman Hutchison, Sahotra Sarkar

Lauren Grobe December 10, 2019

Students held four protests this semester against faculty sexual misconduct and the continued employment of English associate professor Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, an integrated biology and philosophy...

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Former UT System regent pleads guilty to violating federal election law

Lauren Girgis December 9, 2019

An engineering company led by a former Univeristy of Texas System regent was charged last month with evading federal election laws by making donations in the company’s employees’ names to election...

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Fall 2019: Looking back, looking forward

The Daily Texan Staff December 9, 2019

Looking Back Homelessness In October, the Austin City Council banned camping on sidewalks and within 15 feet of business doors and the governor sent the Texas Department of Transportation to clear...

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