Organization names four UT students ‘Most Promising’
University of Texas advertising seniors Christina Chan, Jocelyn Lai, Cecilia Wong and Linda Yang have been named 2009 Most Promising Minority Students by the American Advertising Federation. The federation chooses 40 seniors nationwide for its annual distinction.
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Electrical engineering senior Prudhi Tella bikes home from class Thursday afternoon.
More than 90 percent of biology and biological anthropology professors working at universities in Texas said there was no need to teach any form of intelligent design in science classes.
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State organization concerned about cost of textbooks, tuition
As the legislative session approaches, textbook affordability, tuition and student regent votership top the list of the Texas Student Association, a group of student representatives from 13 state universities.
The UT School of Law jumped from seventh to fourth place in the state for the highest passage rate for first-time state bar exam test takers, according to the Texas Board of Law Examiners.
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UT students, faculty team up to collect trash near campus
More than 200 students and faculty volunteered along Waller Creek, collecting trash and recyclable goods during the semiannual Waller Creek Cleanup on Saturday.
Nayana Ghosh-Choudhury hopes to provide better treatment to breast cancer patients through her project, which she presented at the Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology at UT on Saturday.
UT hosted more than 150 high school students this weekend from across the U.S. and Latin America who debated issues facing the Latino community.
Jill Kelly rocks an electronic drum set in the trunk of a Toyota Matrix along Red River Saturday night.
HOUSTON — A broken-up dogfighting ring in Texas that drew crowds of 100 people and bets as high as $1,000 kept detailed journals of fights and used crates to ship dogs internationally, authorities said.
The pursuit of spiritual change through material means has become part of American society, and at the center of it all is Oprah Winfrey, said Yale assistant professor Kathryn Lofton on Friday in Burdine Hall.
As economy suffers, Whole Foods patrons seek alternatives
Whole Foods earned 95 percent less profit in this year’s fourth financial quarter than it did last year. The Austin-based organic grocery store earned $1.5 million this quarter, down from $33 million in last year’s fourth quarter.
The Mother Nature Network, an environmental news and information Web site that launches in January, is holding a contest to find 70 student correspondents to establish virtual “green” bureaus on college campuses, including UT.
Katerina Stevens, 5, scans the shoe donations with her mother, Brandy Stevens, and father, Jon Gassaway, at Stand Down Austin, as part of a nationwide program that benefits the homeless.
On March 4, 2007, prison guards found the body of Idaho inmate Scott Noble Payne in the showers of Dickens County Correctional Center in Spur, Texas. Noble Payne had committed suicide.
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An electronic book published Monday by a New York-based photo agency offers solutions to reduce an increasing distrust in photojournalism.
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The UT Capital Punishment Clinic marked Thursday its 20th year of advocating for proper legal representation for impoverished Texans on death row, and what District Judge Charlie Baird called “the preservation of human life.
Following last week’s historic election, pundits across the nation analyzed the American political scene in newspapers, magazines and on television.
Voting starts today for a Student Government special election to reduce the assembly size for the next administration by eight representatives.
More than 50 years after his death, American journalism tycoon William Randolph Hearst’s name continues to resurface in newsrooms across the nation, literally.
Jon Neal, left, Kalyn Baur and Zak Kinnard participate in a corn dog eating contest in the west mall, Friday morning.
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A Colorado State University official said Thursday that university President Larry Penley will receive $389,000, the equivalent of a year’s salary, after announcing what students and lawmakers called his shocking resignation Wednesday.
Kinsolving celebrates 50th anniversary, invites alumni Kim Stanick-Mullins, a 1989 UT alumna, walked with two of her college friends through the halls of Kinsolving South on Saturday in celebration of the dorm’s 50th anniversary.
