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Aug 31, 2024

Texas Athletics, Moody College train students on video production for SEC Network

The University of Texas’ move from the Big 12 to the Southeastern Conference brings monumental changes to Texas Athletics and college sports across the country. It’s also creating new opportunities…
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Aug 31, 2024

Literature (Taylor’s Version): English professor takes class into new eras with music from Taylor Swift

lizabeth Scala, an English professor in the College of Liberal Arts, considers herself a medievalist. She has taught about pre-Shakespearean English poetry and manuscripts studies, with a focus on Geoffrey…
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Illustration of Taylor Swift on an old book

Aug 31, 2024

From country stars to an eclipsing sun, UT’s events team brings campus experiences to life

When it comes to special occasions, everything is bigger in Texas. The University of Texas at Austin Events & Experience team plans more than 200 events annually, including fall’s Gone…
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People view the 2024 Total Eclipse while wearing eclipse glasses

Aug 30, 2024

Geologists test the use of AI in predicting Earthquakes

As the world continues to reckon with the future of artificial intelligence, researchers and educators at The University of Texas at Austin are exploring the possibilities for the technology. Recently,…
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Aug 30, 2024

Blanton exhibition uses photography, related media to show diversity of Native American and First Nations artists

The latest exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art puts the focus on Native American and First Nations artists. “Native America: In Translation,” curated by Apsáalooke artist Wendy Red Star,…
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Aug 30, 2024

Video game project aims to bring ancient Syria back to life

Spending time in the sands, immersing herself in a world of ceramics and ancient pottery at an archaeological dig site — for 12 years, this is how Stephennie Mulder spent…
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Aug 30, 2024

JapanLab students learn through game development

The year is sometime between 1945 and 1952. Japan is under U.S. occupation. A new bureaucrat has been appointed as a censor, and already he has a complaint. A woman…
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A video game is demonstrated to a group of people

Aug 29, 2024

Going the distance: For track and field coach Edrick Floréal, success is just part of the job

While the city of Austin sleeps, head track and field coach Edrick Floréal readies for work. Sometimes Floréal wakes up at 5 a.m. to lead the award-winning University of Texas…
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Aug 29, 2024

Professor finds strength in collaboration while editing sociology book ‘Portraits of Persistence’

Picture the stereotypical academic working on a book. Long hours of solitude, turning research into words on a page. Publish or perish. But in “Portraits of Persistence: Inequality and Hope…
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Studio photo portrait of man standing with arms folded

Aug 29, 2024

Researcher uses data from Erwin Center demolition to make future construction projects more sustainable

The roof is gone, and the walls have been stripped away. The 12 primary support columns hold the last of the building together, resembling a rib cage on a carcass.…
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Skeleton of Erwin Center

Apr 21, 2024

Globe-trotting Longhorns get help with travel documents at Passport Services

A slight buzz from the air conditioning dances with the light chatter that fills the small room in the Main Building where Passport Services has been temporarily relocated. Cubicles circle…
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Passport for the Hook 'Em mascot

Apr 21, 2024

Art Galleries at Black Studies exhibitions challenge how we understand cultural identities

Faces — or the absence thereof — dominate the works in the spring exhibitions of Art Galleries at Black Studies. But “Wave Patterns” by Michael A. Booker and “(un)knowing” by…
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