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Precision medicine gives cancer run for its money

Samah Khan March 3, 2016

Thanks to precision medicine, scientists are advancing in the battle against cancer. UT computer science professor Chandrajit Bajaj is developing computational techniques, called precision medicine,...

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Shared housing startup launches in Austin

Cassandra Jaramillo March 3, 2016

College students looking for roommates and subleases typically search through Craigslist and Facebook advertisements, but a startup called Roomi, available in Austin as of March, is trying to streamline...

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First Person Vision exposes hidden behaviors

Zia Lyle March 3, 2016

In the future, wearable cameras could diagnose autism. During a talk on March 1 in the computer science department, Georgia Institute of Technology professor Jim Rehg discussed how combining wearable...

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Microbe rules underground, extends tree of life

Samah Khan March 3, 2016

Hades, the Greek god of the underworld, is no longer a myth. UT microbiologist Brett Baker recently exposed a genetically unique microbe in the subsurfaces of South Africa, Yellowstone National Park...

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Who run the day? Girls.

Laura Zhang March 2, 2016

On Feb. 27, girls took over UT campus to program robots, identify organs and manufacture lip gloss.  UT’s Women in Engineering Program hosted its annual Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day...

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UT graduate students change the world of energy

Sachit Saksena March 2, 2016

UT students are lowering electricity bills, using nanoparticles to look at oil reservoirs and making phone batteries last longer.   This year, UT students won $6,500 for cutting-edge research at...

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Recognizing UT’s rising chemistry star

Maluly Martinez Benavides March 2, 2016

Christopher J. Ellison, chemical engineering associate professor,led his research team in a series of groundbreaking nanotechnology projects — from increasing the storage capacity of hard drives...

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McCombs Executive Summit discusses disruptive technologies

Raza Retiwala March 2, 2016

From the Industrial Revolution to the age of Netflix, technological innovation often comes at a price.  Last month, students and officials in the McCombs School of Business discussed this issue...

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Warren Spector departs from UT

Lawrence Goodwyn March 1, 2016

The founder and director of the UT Denius-Sams Gaming Academy is going back into video game creation.  This month, Warren Spector announced his decision to leave UT and return to work on his 1990s...

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UT Chemical engineering grad student co-invents breakthrough hepatitis C drug

Freya Preimesberger March 1, 2016

A UT graduate student has helped reduce hepatitis C treatment from 18 pills a day to just one. Angela Wagner, a chemical engineering Ph.D. candidate and member of UT professor Nicholas Peppas’...

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Ask a nutrition student: Beat the “bonk”

Stacey Arnold March 1, 2016

I want to immerse myself in the Austin fitness scene and signed up for the Longhorn Run. Do I need to carb-load on the night before my first 10K? —Leggy Longhorn You’ve always thought...

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UT alumna serves as character technical director for DreamWorks’ ‘Kung Fu Panda 3’

Laura Zhang February 29, 2016

Meet Megha Davalath: UT computer science alumnus, DreamWorks character technical director and fervent panda enthusiast. Davalath worked on the set of “Kung Fu Panda 3” where she specialized...

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