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Tinder serves as ultimate dating detector

Landry Allred February 13, 2019

How do you detect a partner desiring only a one-night stand from one desiring a long-term relationship? Tinder. For the past seven years, the infamous dating app, Tinder, has brought users entertainment,...

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Researchers develop new detection method for HIV

Lauren Rahman February 8, 2019

A UT researcher led developments of a new method to accurately measure hidden forms of HIV in immune cells, which will help better evaluate experimental HIV treatments in research and clinical trials. This...

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New master’s program seeks to transform health care delivery

Tien Nguyen January 24, 2019

A new one-year master’s program at UT seeks to spearhead change in health delivery and create high-value services in healthcare. The Master of Science in Health Care Transformation program, a...

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UT researcher better understands earthquakes through computer modeling

Lauren Rahman January 23, 2019

A researcher at UT is developing a new way of computer modeling to better understand earthquakes using findings from a 2011 earthquake in Japan. Thorsten Becker, the lead author of the paper and...

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Science versus scripture: the UT community reconciles faith and science

Grace Dickens and Cason Hunwick December 10, 2018

The intersection of science and faith can be a diverse and storied discussion. This fall, the two met constructively in a sermon series held by Rev. John Elford at the University United Methodist Church...

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UT Programming team heads to Portugal for international competition

Annie L. Zhang December 7, 2018

With ten minutes left in the competition, the word “accepted” finally popped on screen. Seniors Ethan Arnold and Ryan Rice and junior Supawit Chockchowwat rejoiced. They would be heading to...

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Rockin’ around the shopping mall brings stress

Sunny Kim December 7, 2018

Whether you like it or not, one thing that is inevitable about the holiday season is exposure to Christmas music. During December, shops pump out Mariah Carey to change people in the festive mood, but...

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Demanding path of pre-med has a purpose, experts and students say

Isabella Anderson December 7, 2018

Forty-one hours of prerequisites, volunteering, shadowing, Medical College Admission Test studying ­— sound familiar? Lesley Riley, director of the Health Professions Office at UT, said the curriculum...

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Teaching old doctors new tricks: Dell Med integrates health care with high technology

Samagra Jain December 7, 2018

The health care field experiences rapid growth and development, with new technologies and procedures constantly being added. Austin’s doctors must adapt to this technological boom. UT’s...

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Six tips for sustainable shopping around the holidays

Grace Dickens December 6, 2018

Household waste from food, wrapping paper and other holiday shopping list items increases by an estimated 25 percent, or about one million tons per week, between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day,...

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UT researchers find that speaking clearly helps listener better retain what was said

Kevin Dural December 6, 2018

A team of UT researchers found that speaking clearly allows for better information recall in listeners, with results that can be applied in academic, health and scientific settings. Rajka Smiljanic,...

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New Austin project aims to revive monarch butterfly populations

Lauren Rahman December 6, 2018

As it starts to cool down here in Texas, it’s time for the annual monarch butterfly migration. This year, the Austin Parks and Recreation department aims to create corridors of milkweed plants and...

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