Meet a Forty Acres Scholar: Emily Gruener

July 8th, 2011 ~ Posted in: Academics Features, Articles, Campus & Community, first-year students, Forty Acres Scholars, scholarships, Students Features, Texas Exes, Texas Exes Scholarship Foundation, undergraduate education, UT Home & Core Page Features

Ten new Longhorns will start the fall semester as Forty Acres Scholars. In this student profile, get to know Emily Gruener from Langham Creek High School in Houston, Texas.

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Peer review

July 7th, 2011 ~ Posted in: Academics Features, Articles, Austin, Campus & Community, community engagement, Community Engagement Features, dispute resolution, Faculty Features, law clinic, mediation, middle school, mock trials, Policy & Law, pro bono, school of law, Students Features, UT Home & Core Page Features, Youth Court

Students at Austin’s Webb Middle School set up their own dispute resolution forum with the help of School of Law students and professors.

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100 years and building

July 5th, 2011 ~ Posted in: 3D modeling, About UT Features, Academics Features, Allison Hsiao Gaskins, Amir Yazdan, Arts & Humanities, Boone Powell, CAD, Campus Closeup, Campus Life Features, computer aided drafting, Crasig Dykers, David Heymann, Elaine Molinar, Faculty Features, Fritz Steiner, hand drawing, Matt Fajkus, School of Architecture, Science & Technology, Students Features, study abroad, sustainable design, UT Home & Core Page Features, Video, World & Culture

After celebrating a century of innovation and education, the School of Architecture is tackling the next generation of built design.

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Nine pounds of wool and grommets

July 1st, 2011 ~ Posted in: About UT Features, Articles, Campus & Community, Campus Life Features, flag, Fourth of July, Independence Day, Jim Nicar, July Fourth, service flag, Texas Exes, Texas Independence Day, University of Texas, UT History Central, UT Home & Core Page Features, World & Culture, World War I, World War II

A 93-year-old service flag from World War I was recently uncovered in university archives. Read the story behind this precious piece of UT history.

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Learning from lemurs

June 29th, 2011 ~ Posted in: Articles, College of Liberal Arts, College of Natural Sciences, conservation, Department of Anthropology, Faculty Features, lemur, Liza Shapiro, physical anthropology, primate, Rebecca Lewis, Research Features, Science & Technology, UT Home & Core Page Features

Ten thousand miles away on the island of Madagascar, anthropologist Rebecca Lewis studies primates and boosts the local economy.

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