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The College of Liberal Arts is the largest school at the university. We offer more than 55 majors through 20 academic departments and two-dozen centers and institutes. And we’re committed to the idea that understanding history, society and culture helps students better understand — and, ultimately, thrive in — the world beyond campus.

Anthropologist Works to Preserve Dying Sign Languages in Thailand

Angela Nonaka, assistant professor of anthropology who specializes in linguistics, works to preserve endangered sign languages that have gone unnoticed and undocumented in village communities in Thailand. By examining and documenting hand configurations, gestures, color terminology and baby talk, she is able to analyze and compare Ban Khor Sign Language to American Sign Language, as well as to all other natural human languages. Download the full-sized video to learn more about her research.

History's Toyin Falola Receives Lifetime Achievement Award

(Dr. C. Bantz, IUPUI chancellor; Toyin Falola; Chief Dr. Mrs. B. House Soremekun, conference convener and emcee)

Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor of History, won the inaugural Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Read more about Falola’s research.

Experts Available to Discuss Fort Hood Tragedy

One hundred miles from Fort Hood, The University of Texas at Austin has various experts available to discuss aspects of Thursday's shooting.

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News

Talk examines U.S.-Venezuela relations

Event: Bernardo Alvarez Herrera, ambassador of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the United States, will discuss "U.S.-Venezuela Relations and a New Era for the Americas." The event is co-sponsored by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and the Department of Government at The University of Texas at Austin. Media are welcome, but interview availability is limited and must be arranged prior to the day of the event. When: Tuesday, Nov

First impressions count when judging personality

First impressions do matter when it comes to communicating personality through appearance, according to new research by psychologists Laura Naumann of Sonoma State University and Sam Gosling of The University of Texas at Austin.

Winners of the Hamilton Book Awards announced

Thomas McGarity and Wendy Wagner won the $10,000 grand prize at the Hamilton Book Awards for their book, “Bending Science: How Special Interests Corrupt Public Health Research" on Oct. 28 at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin.

TLTC to develop low-cost alternative to textbooks

Carl Blyth, director of the Texas Language Technology Center (TLTC) at The University of Texas at Austin, has won a two-year award of $263,0000 from the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) to develop a sustainable publishing model for foreign language instructional materials to combat the rising costs of textbooks.

Six profs get prestigious teaching excellence award

Six faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin have been selected to receive the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award for 2009-2010 for demonstrating a consistent level of excellence in teaching.