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- University of Texas at Austin to allow guns in classrooms http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/university-of-texas-allows-guns-in-classrooms-116021800112_1.html 4 comments
- How Austin, Texas became the center of the QB universe https://247sports.com/article/sam-ehlinger-charlie-brewer-high-school-rivals-drew-brees-nick-foles-westlake-138971861/ 26 comments nfl
- University of Texas at Austin to take down 4 statues of leaders of the Confederacy https://www.dallasnews.com/news/higher-education/2017/08/20/ut-austin-take-4-statues-leaders-confederacy 28 comments politics
- University of Texas at Austin to allow students to carry handguns on campus http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/18/politics/university-of-texas-austin-students-guns-classrooms/index.html?sr=fbcnn021816university-of-texas-austin-students-guns-classrooms0242pmvodtoplink&linkid=21377252 59 comments politics
- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin develop an "ultra thin" invisibility cloak http://www.utexas.edu/news/2013/03/26/researchers-create-an-ultrathin-invisibility-cloak/ 3 comments technology
- University of Texas at Austin Removes Confederate Statues in Overnight Operation https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/21/us/texas-austin-confederate-statues.html?module=watchingportal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgtype=homepage&action=click&mediaid=thumb_square&state=standard&contentplacement=7&version=internal&contentcollection=www.nytimes.com&contentid=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F08%2F21%2Fus%2Ftexas-austin-confederate-statues.html&eventname=watching-article-click 6 comments politics
- University of Texas at Austin removing statues of four figures tied to Confederacy http://in.reuters.com/article/usa-protests-universityoftexas-idinkcn1b10dr?il=0 14 comments worldnews
- University of Texas at Austin team hijack a U.S. Government Drone in Midair http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-06/researchers-hack-government-drone-1000-parts 4 comments technology
- University of Texas linebacker Jake Ehlinger found dead, Austin police says https://abc13.com/jake-ehlinger-university-of-texas-football-player-found-dead-ut-jacob/10590410/ 29 comments sports
- Denis Johnson has died according to Michener Center for Writers Alums, University of Texas at Austin FB post https://twitter.com/MolotovLitZine/status/867956092222951424 58 comments books
- Rice University CS vs. University of Texas at Austin CS vs. Carnegie Mellon Information Systems https://www.reddit.com/r/cscareerquestions/comments/68jdk8/rice_university_cs_vs_university_of_texas_at/ 18 comments cscareerquestions
- The Young Conservatives of Texas announced Monday they will play a "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game" this week on the University of Texas at Austin http://bigstory.ap.org/article/conservative-students-stage-fake-immigrant-game 11 comments politics
- Drinking alcohol helps the brain remember, new study from University of Texas at Austin http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-04/uota-aht041211.php 3 comments reddit.com
- Breaking: A suspected gunman fired shots inside a library at the University of Texas at Austin http://www.cnn.com/2010/crime/09/28/texas.university.shooting/index.html?hpt=t1&iref=bn1 3 comments reddit.com
- Paleontologists from the University of Texas at Austin have identified a new species of ancient beaver from the fossilized remains found at several sites in the Texas Coastal Plain. https://www.sci.news/paleontology/anchitheriomys-buceei-11785.html 3 comments science
- 78% of Texas voters think abortion should be allowed in some form, UT poll shows | Only 15% of respondents to a recent University of Texas at Austin poll said access to the procedure should be completely outlawed. https://www.texastribune.org/2022/05/04/texas-abortion-ut-poll/ 82 comments politics
- Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have uncovered some evidence that people who have a more satisfying sex life are more “in sync” with their partner at a physiological level https://www.psypost.org/2020/02/sexual-satisfaction-linked-to-physiological-synchrony-in-romantic-couples-55842 3 comments science
- The Habitable Zone Planet Finder instrument on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at the University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory has found its first habitable-zone exoplanet, a miniature Neptune orbiting a red dwarf about 100 light-years from Earth. https://news.utexas.edu/2020/02/21/planet-finder-validates-its-first-habitable-zone-exoplanet-a-mini-neptune/ 12 comments science
- The Habitable Zone Planet Finder instrument on the Hobby-Eberly Telescope at the University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory has found its first habitable-zone exoplanet, a miniature Neptune orbiting a red dwarf about 100 light-years from Earth. https://news.utexas.edu/2020/02/21/planet-finder-validates-its-first-habitable-zone-exoplanet-a-mini-neptune/ 6 comments science
- University Of Texas in Austin expose blatant price manipulation by Bitfinex through Tether accountable for >50% of Bitcoin's rise last year. 60 page study authored by the same academic who exposed the VIX manipulation fraud. https://np.reddit.com/r/Buttcoin/comments/8qw7am/ 59 comments btc
- "Accepting a job below one's skill level can be severely penalizing when applying for future employment because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent, according to new research from a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin." http://www.psypost.org/2016/03/accepting-job-ones-skill-level-can-adversely-affect-future-employment-prospects-41416 12 comments economy
- "Accepting a job below one's skill level can be severely penalizing when applying for future employment because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent, according to new research from a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin." http://www.psypost.org/2016/03/accepting-job-ones-skill-level-can-adversely-affect-future-employment-prospects-41416 12 comments business
- The University of Texas at Austin will digitize more than 24,000 pages from the archive of Colombian novelist and Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez http://bigstory.ap.org/article/ee2282c5c9bf437f89cf91ad096e0a6b/university-digitize-pages-garcia-marquez-archive 3 comments books
- Texas universities brace for concealed guns in campus buildings. The law’s effective date, Aug. 1, is also the 50th anniversary of a mass shooting at the University of Texas at Austin that left 14 people dead and 32 wounded. http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-texas-campus-guns-20151110-story.html 74 comments politics
- Nude Austin man rubs himself on 'grandma' near University of Texas, says he's Buzz Lightyear http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/crime/article/nude-austin-man-rubs-himself-on-grandma-near-6399290.php 16 comments nottheonion
- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have successfully stopped cocaine and alcohol addiction in experiments using a drug already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat high blood pressure. http://www.nature.com/mp/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/mp201584a.html 8 comments science
- A push to remove a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis from the campus of the University of Texas at Austin has gained new momentum after last week's deadly shooting. http://www.texastribune.org/2015/06/22/momentum-builds-remove-uts-statue-confederate-lead/ 81 comments politics
- A simple new circuit design could double cellular and WiFi bandwidth: "WiFi and LTE radios are both limited to either sending or receiving data within a given span of time...Now, a group of engineers at University of Texas, Austin is claiming to have solved this problem" http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/194842-a-simple-new-circuit-design-could-double-cellular-and-wifi-bandwidth 4 comments technology
- Synthetic Molecule Makes Cancer Self-Destruct: Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions have created a molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by ferrying sodium and chloride ions into the cancer cells. http://www.utexas.edu/news/2014/08/11/synthetic-molecule-cancer-treatment/ 6 comments science
- A divided federal appeals court has upheld the University of Texas at Austin's affirmative action program, a year after the school was ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to scrutinize the school's use of race in admissions more closely. http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/07/15/us-texas-affirmativeaction-iduskbn0fk2hy20140715?feedtype=rss&feedname=topnews 7 comments politics
- Where The Girls Aren't: "Girls are not avoiding STEM majors and professions because they lack academic preparation or sufficient skills, according to a study from The University of Texas at Austin's College of Education." http://www.edb.utexas.edu/education/news/2013/wheregirls/ 4 comments science
- Physicists make breakthrough on ‘invisibility cloak’ - Physicists at the University of Texas in Austin created an invisibility cloak similar to the one foretold in Harry Potter and in Philip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly". http://iopscience.iop.org/1367-2630/15/3/033037/article 3 comments science
- Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a menu of 61 new strains of genetically engineered bacteria that may improve the efficacy of vaccines for diseases such as flu, pertussis, cholera and HPV. http://phys.org/news/2013-01-bacteria-vaccines.html 36 comments science
- Maximum running speed is the most important variable influencing mammalian eye size other than body size, according to new research from The University of Texas at Austin. http://phys.org/news/2012-05-eye-size-maximum-mammals.html 4 comments science
- The Obama administration has asked a federal appeals court to uphold a race-conscious admissions system at the University of Texas at Austin http://online.wsj.com/article/sb10001424052702303601504575153502859094306.html?mod=rss_politics_and_policy 3 comments politics
- Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have found that most people do not portray an idealized version of themselves on Facebook. Instead, they fairly accurately display their quirks, positive traits and negative traits. http://wellness.blogs.time.com/2009/12/03/the-psychology-of-facebook-profiles/ 3 comments science
- "I think history will be very kind to the President," said former Attorney General John Ashcroft, speaking recently at the University of Texas at Austin. "I don't have a mark on my conscience." http://rawstory.com/news/2008/ashcroft_some_forms_of_waterboarding_might_0327.html 4 comments reddit.com
- Shades of Wall Street in Austin, Texas: University of Texas regent and investment manager got $1 million bonus despite $2.5 billion loss to UT system's investments http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6248476.html 3 comments politics
- At this year's American College of Sports Medicine meeting in New Orleans, researchers from the University of Texas at Austin reported that a bowl of wheat flakes with milk was just as effective in boosting exercise recovery as a specially formulated sports drink http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-eat20aug20,1,5470583.story?coll=la-headlines-health 9 comments reddit.com
- William Kristol, founder of the Project for a New American Century (the organization that allegedly engineered 9/11), attempted to speak at the University of Texas in Austin but was heckled and booed by the audience. http://www.dailymotion.com/badkitty/video/x1dhia_pnacs-william-kristol-heckled-in-au 6 comments reddit.com