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<title>Learn about Intellectual Entrepreneur internship</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/arts/20130618/e12082</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Online.  The Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship is an opportunity for undergraduate students to work closely with a graduate student mentor and/or faculty member. Interns discover the unique aspects of graduate study such as conducting research, serving as teaching and research assistants and participating in seminars. Information is available at the link below.]]></description>
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<title>Courtyard Gallery features Thuy-Van Vu&#39;s &#34;Works on Paper&#34;</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/arts/20130618/e25147</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, AT&amp;T Executive Education and Conference Center (ATT), Courtyard Gallery.  The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts. This exhibit features the art of Thuy-Van Vu.<br /><br />A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Vu received her BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas in Austin in 2006, where she was a recipient of the David Bruton Jr. Graduate Fellowship. Vu&#39;s work has been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad.]]></description>
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<title>Study on scholarly use of primary sources seeks subjects</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/arts/20130618/e23200</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, School of Information, 1616 Guadalupe.  Researchers in the School of Information seek study participants to help us understand scholarly needs for keeping track of primary source materials. Participants must have experience with conducting research in the reading room of an archive. Contact the research team at star@ischool.utexas.edu.<br /><br />A quick description of the research study is located here.]]></description>
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<title>Rhythmic grouping study seeks volunteers</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/arts/20130618/e24916</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, College of Liberal Arts Building (CLA) 4.304.  Volunteers are needed for a 45-50-minute experiment studying how native speakers of English group rhythmic speech sequences. Compensation is $10. Contact Niamh Kelly at UTrhythmstudy@gmail.com to discuss eligibility and schedule a session.]]></description>
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<title>UT PTSD Treatment Study seeks participants</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e24657</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA).  The Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders, based at The University of Texas, is recruiting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers for a clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a brief enhanced exposure treatment. All patient information will be kept confidential. Call 512-404-9118 if interested.]]></description>
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<title>Applications available for Peers for Pride</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e10755</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Student Activity Center (SAC), Gender and Sexuality Center 2.112.  Peers for Pride is a peer facilitation program offered throughout the school year for academic credit. Students write a monologue during the first semester and perform monologues and facilitate conversations on LGBTQA identities and issues during the second. Contact Shane Whalley, GSC coordinator at swhalley@austin.utexas.edu. Read the Peers for Pride blog here.]]></description>
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<title>Participate with family in Children&#39;s Research Lab studies</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e25326</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 1.326.  Researchers at the Children&#39;s Research Lab (CRL) on campus conduct a wide range of experimental studies with infants and children of all ages, exploring questions of social, cognitive and linguistic development. Join the CRL database and give your child the opportunity to participate in unique and exciting studies about how children think and behave in the world around them. <br /><br />Joining the database enters your child for the chance to be selected for participation in a specific study.]]></description>
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<title>Participants needed for bilingual language study</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e25361</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Jones Communication Center A (CMA) and B (CMB).  Native Spanish-speaking participants are needed for a bilingual language study. The Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Acquisition (HABLA) Lab seeks participants for a study on bilingualism at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Email studyhabla@gmail.com for more information or to schedule a session.<br /><br />In order to participate you should:<br /><br />- Be a fluent speaker of both English and Spanish<br /><br />- Be a native speaker of Spanish<br /><br />- Have no history of language or learning disorders]]></description>
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<title>Daily Living Project seeks families for research study</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e22004</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA).  The Daily Living Project seeks families to participate in a study of family problem solving at The University of Texas at Austin. Participation entails visiting campus and completing a series of activities a few short questionnaires for a total of an hour or less. Contact <br /><br />Patrick Tennant at DailyLiving@Austin.UTexas.edu for details and eligibility.<br /><br />Each family will be compensated with $40 in gift certificates and t-shirts. <br /><br />To be eligible to participate in the study, your family must:<br /><br />- Have a child or children between the ages of 3 and 12 years old (all children in the family must be in this age range).<br /><br />- All members of the family must be present (evening and weekend sessions are available).<br /><br />- All children need to be the biological or adopted children of both participating adult partners. <br /><br />- All participants must be fluent in English.]]></description>
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<title>Women with body image or eating concerns sought for study</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e25415</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 5.126.  Women of all ages with body image and/or eating concerns are sought to participate in a research study designed to help women feel better about their bodies. Some participants will attend weekly meetings on campus. Contact sticelab1@utexas.edu or 512-232-2334.]]></description>
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<title>TV Camp registration open</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e25421</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, William Randolph Hearst Building (HSM).  At TV Camp, campers work in front of and behind the camera, learning about TV news and entertainment programming, to produce a television show that is broadcast throughout the City of Austin, on channel 29 and on cable. Sign up for camps now. Middle school camp takes place July 8-12, followed by high school camp on July 15-19.]]></description>
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<title>Depression study seeks participants</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e25619</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 4.310.  The Mood Disorders Lab at The University of Texas seeks individuals 18-45 years old to participate in an MRI study of neurofeedback to treat depression. All participant information is confidential. Compensation is up to $100. Call the Mood Disorders Lab at 512-475-6817 or email MDL@psy.utexas.edu.<br /><br />Qualified participants will complete initial phone screening, interview on UT campus and MRI sessions on campus.]]></description>
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<title>Healthy adults over 60 sought for sleep &#38; memory study</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20130618/e21696</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA).  The Learning and Memory Lab seeks participants ages 60-80 who are in good general health to participate in an MRI study of sleep and memory. The study consists of two sessions and the continuous wearing of a small wristwatch device that measures your sleep/wake activity for 10 days. Contact us at UTagingstudy@gmail.com or 512-232-7830.<br /><br />The first session (one hour) includes questionnaires and behavioral tasks. The second session (two hours) includes functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Your participation could help further our understanding of how age-related changes in sleep affect memory performance.]]></description>
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<title>Brain study volunteers sought</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20130618/e20058</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Hackerman Building (NHB) and Pickle Research Campus (PRC).  Fill out a short online survey to determine if you qualify for studies in the Poldrack Lab. The lab has multiple studies at various dates and times and seeks healthy participants for research on thinking and brain function. Visit link for survey. Contact subject.pools@gmail.com with questions.<br /><br />Lab visits could include playing simple computer games and/or a brain MRI. Studies pay $10-$25 per hour. For most studies, participants must be at least 18 years old, have at least an eighth grade education, speak English fluently and not be using any medicine for psychiatric reasons.<br /><br />Studies are directed by Dr. Russell Poldrack at The University of Texas at Austin.]]></description>
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<title>Diabetes, blood pressure, obesity study seeks participants</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20130618/e22990</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 4.111.  Overweight individuals with type 2 diabetes and/or high blood pressure are sought for a research study investigating the impact of metabolic and cardiovascular health on cognition and brain function in adults 40-60 years old. For more information and to sign up, visit the link below, call 512-471-7926 or email neurolab.ut@gmail.com.]]></description>
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<title>Innovation Camps registration open</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20130618/e25422</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Engineering Teaching Center (ETC); register online.  Sign your current 5th to 8th grade student up today for a residential week-long summer camps. Choose from Underwater Discover or Renewable Energy Innovation Camp, both hosted by the Cockrell School of Engineering. Learn more at the link below.]]></description>
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<title>Women sought for study on sexual health</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20130618/e24677</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 3.318.  The Sexual Psychophysiology Lab at The University of Texas at Austin seeks women for a 90-minute study on women&#39;s sexual health. Participation includes viewing short erotic film clips in the lab while physical and psychological arousal are measured. All data collected are completely confidential. Participants must be 18 or over, and either heterosexual or lesbian (not bisexual). Contact us at 512-232-4805 or utsexualitylab@gmail.com.]]></description>
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<title>Participants over 60 sought for speech study</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/science/20130618/e25629</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Jones Communication Building A (CMA).  The Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders seeks participants over age 60 with normal hearing for a speech perception study. Contact Su-Hyun Jin at shjin@utexas.edu or 512-471-1759. Subjects paid $15 per hour of participation.]]></description>
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<title>Participate in Online Nutrition (FEED) study</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/sports/20130618/e25105</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, UT Campus.  Mothers and their adolescent children ages 11-14 are invited to participate in a study examining the effect of the home environment on eating behavior and physical activity. Study involves answering two online questionnaires. Participants receive $10 compensation. Email feedstudy@gmail.com and complete the short survey provided in the link below.]]></description>
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<title>Applied Movement Science degree program accepts applicants</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/sports/20130618/e24872</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Anna Hiss Gym (AHG) 105.  The Applied Movement Science Program in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, College of Education, is accepting internal transfer applications from students currently enrolled at UT Austin. Visit the link below for more information, or contact Tere Ramirez at t.ramirez@austin.utexas.edu.]]></description>
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<title>Minority adults 50+ who have played sports sought for study</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, All-day event, Bellmont Hall (BEL) 327B.  Minority adults ages 50-80 who have played any type of sport at any level in their lifetime are sought for a study on how sport may be designed to help people age successfully and enhance quality of life. Contact Dave Walsh, Ph.D. student, at 210-386-3668 or at dwalsh@austin.utexas.edu.<br /><br />This research has been approved by the Institutional Review Board.]]></description>
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<title>Landmarks Video presents &#34;Semiotics of the Kitchen&#34;</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/arts/20130618/e25579</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 7 a.m., Art Building (ART), atrium, adjacent to Visual Arts Center galleries 23rd St. and San Jacinto.  Landmarks Video presents  &#34;Semiotics of the Kitchen,&#34; by Martha Rosler. In the six-minute black-and-white video, Rosler introduces several kitchen tools to the viewer on a set resembling that of a cooking show. In forceful and, at times, violent gestures she figures the instruments as weapons rather than kitchen gadgets. On view throughout June.]]></description>
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<title>ACE seeks full-time AmeriCorps members</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/arts/20130618/e24321</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 8 a.m., Austin, TX.  ACE: A Community for Education seeks over 100 full-time AmeriCorps members to serve as literacy tutors from Sept. 2013 to June 2014. Teach young children to read and give back to the community in and around Austin. For more information or to apply, visit the website below. Questions? Email ace.info@austin.utexas.edu or call 512-471-6764.<br /><br />]]></description>
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<title>Audre Rapoport Prize announces call for papers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 8 a.m., School of Law.  The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice extends a call for papers for the Audre Rapoport Prize for Scholarship on Gender and Human Rights. The $1,000 prize is awarded to the winner of an interdisciplinary writing competition. Papers from any discipline that address gender and human rights from an international, transnational or comparative perspective are welcome. Deadline is July 1. Learn more below.]]></description>
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<title>Volunteers sought for annual &#34;Mooov-In&#34; process</title>
<link>http://www.utexas.edu/know/events/lifestyle/20130618/e25628</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 8 a.m., UT Campus Residence Halls.  Be part of the community-building tradition of welcoming new and returning students to their residence halls on Mooov-In 2013, held Friday, Aug. 23, and Saturday, Aug. 24. Sign up to volunteer through July 10 at the link below. Need a paper sign-up sheet? Contact Brenda Solorzano at urhaleadershipweek@gmail.com.]]></description>
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<title>Maddox Lab seeks subjects for paid genetics &#38; learning study</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 8 a.m., Seay Building (SEA), Maddox Lab.  The Categorization and Decision Making Laboratory seeks participants for a study examining genetics and learning. Males and females, 25-35, with no history of psychological disorders are eligible. Participants can earn a total of $80 for completing all aspects of the study. Contact UTgenetics@gmail.com and mention &#34;Genetics and Learning Study.&#34;]]></description>
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<title>SoundBrain Lab seeks participants for auditory study</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 8 a.m., Jones Communication Building B (CMB) 3.112.  The UT SoundBrain lab seeks monolingual English speakers between the ages of 18 and 40 with no musical training to participate in an auditory study. Participants must have normal hearing. Contact utsoundbrain@gmail.com or call 512-471-8646 to make an appointment.]]></description>
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<title>Wildflower Center hosts tree nursery seed planting</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 8:30 a.m., Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, 4801 La Crosse Avenue.  Help the Wildflower Center and Campus Environmental Center plant 350,000 loblolly pine seeds. The trees will help reforest the Bastrop Lost Pines after last September&#39;s fires. Sign up to volunteer at the link below for any Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday through June 30. For questions, email Trees@UTEnvironment.org.]]></description>
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<title>&#34;News to History&#34; exhibits photojournalism across 13 presidencies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 9 a.m., Lyndon B. Johnson Library (LBJ).  The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History is proud to announce the exhibit &#34;News to History: Photojournalism and the Presidency.&#34; The exhibit, which runs through Oct. 1, showcases iconic photographs from 13 presidential administrations over a period of 80 years - from Franklin D. Roosevelt to Barack Obama. <br /><br />The Briscoe Center is an organized research unit of The University of Texas at Austin.]]></description>
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<title>Summer GIS Institute held</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 9 a.m., College of Liberal Arts Building (CLA).  The Department of Geography and the Environment offers GIS for the Classroom, primarily for pre-service and practicing 6-12 social studies teachers, on Saturday/Sunday, June 28-29. Learn more at link.]]></description>
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<title>Research participants sought for variety of experiments</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 9 a.m., Seay Building (SEA) 4.120.  The Maddox Lab seeks volunteers to participate in a wide variety of categorization and decision-making experiments. Contact the lab at maddoxlab@psy.utexas.edu to set up an appointment. Each session lasts 1-2 hours and pays $8 per hour.]]></description>
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<title>&#34;Literature and Sport&#34; exhibit comes to Ransom Center</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 10 a.m., Harry Ransom Center (HRC).  Sport holds a sacred place in Western culture and literature. Writers as diverse as Ernest Hemingway, Willa Cather, Norman Mailer, Marianne Moore, Don DeLillo, Joyce Carol Oates and David Foster Wallace have written about sport. Drawn exclusively from the Ransom Center&#39;s collections, this exhibition showcases the literature of sport through fiction, essays, poetry and plays. <br /><br />Organized by sport, the exhibition highlights some of the finest examples of literary writing about baseball, football, boxing, tennis, cricket, bullfighting and more. From Bernard Malamud&#39;s &#34;The Natural&#34; to Norman Mailer&#39;s &#34;The Fight,&#34; great literary works capture the appeal of sport and its ability to transform both the individual and society, all the while demonstrating how writers elevate language to literature.]]></description>
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<title>Photographic exhibit reflects Ransom Center&#39;s archive</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 10 a.m., Harry Ransom Center (HRC).  &#34;Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive&#34; was created in cooperation with the Lakes Were Rivers collective, an Austin-based group of artists working in photography and video. Collective members created a body of work influenced by the Ransom Center&#39;s space, purpose and collections. The new works are displayed alongside Ransom Center collection materials chosen by the artists.]]></description>
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<title>Juneteenth program and celebration announced</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:01:37 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 11:30 a.m., MLK Statue and Student Activity Center (SAC), Legislative Assembly Room 2.302.  The 2013 Juneteenth celebration and program begins at 11:30 a.m. with a reading of The Emancipation Proclamation at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Statue on the East Mall followed by festivities in the SAC, with Mr. Thomas VanDyke as the featured speaker. RSVP at the link below by June 12.]]></description>
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<title>Ransom Center offers free docent tours Tuesdays at noon</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, noon, Harry Ransom Center (HRC).  The Harry Ransom Center offers free docent-led tours of the exhibitions &#34;Literature and Sport&#34; and &#34;Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive&#34; every Tuesday at noon.<br /><br />Drawn exclusively from the Ransom Center&#39;s collections, &#34;Literature and Sport&#34; showcases the literature of sport through fiction, essays, poetry and plays. Organized by sport, the exhibition highlights some of the finest examples of literary writing about baseball, football, boxing, tennis, cricket, bullfighting and other sports.<br /><br />&#34;Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive&#34; was created in cooperation with the Lakes Were Rivers collective, an Austin-based group of artists working in photography and video. Members of the collective created a body of work influenced in some way by the Ransom Center - its space, its purpose, its collections. Approximately 50 new works are displayed alongside Ransom Center collection materials chosen by the artists, including photographs by Ansel Adams and Man Ray, manuscripts from the E. E. Cummings archive, William Blake&#39;s &#34;Songs of Innocence,&#34; an embellished Maurice Ravel score and props from the Robert De Niro collection.]]></description>
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<title>Free ESL classes offered weekdays by ESL Services</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 4 p.m., ESL Services, 811 W. 24th St..  Free ESL class are offered this summer Monday through Friday at both beginning and intermediate levels. Participants can enter a class at any time. Fill out an application at http://world.utexas.edu/celta under (Free English Classes/Clases de Ingl&#38;eacute;s Gratis by CELTA) or email celta@austin.utexas.edu.]]></description>
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<title>UEX walk-in advising session held</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 11:15:28 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 4 p.m., Hogg Building (WCH) 2.102.  Dr. Mike Raney, the University Extension&#39;s academic adviser, holds a two-hour session to meet with students. Email Raney at mike.raney@austin.utexas.edu with questions or to schedule an appointment. University Extension provides flexible course options and formats to individuals seeking to earn credit at The University of Texas at Austin.]]></description>
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<title>Zumba series offered</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 6 p.m., Student Activity Center (SAC) 2.310.  Kick off your summer with Zumba fun led by Grupo Flor y Canto. This is a low-impact class. Wear comfortable clothing: tennis shoes or dance sneakers. No flip-flops, bare feet or high heels. Bring water and a workout towel. Observers not permitted. Membership covers the entire first summer session.  Contact grupoflorycanto@yahoo.com.]]></description>
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<title>Sport Film Series screens &#34;Bang the Drum Slowly&#34;</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 02:54:09 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Tuesday, June 18, 7 p.m., Harry Ransom Center (HRC), Prothro Theater.  In conjunction with the exhibition &#34;Literature and Sport,&#34; the Harry Ransom Center kicks off the Sport Film Series with &#34;Bang the Drum Slowly&#34; (1973, 96 minutes), starring Robert De Niro and Michael Moriarty. Limited seating; line forms upon arrival of the first patron, and doors open 30 minutes in advance.

Star pitcher Henry (Moriarty) and slow-witted catcher Bruce (De Niro) develop an unlikely friendship as they cope with Bruce&#39;s terminal illness. De Niro&#39;s archive resides at the Ransom Center.]]></description>
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<title>Learn about Intellectual Entrepreneur internship</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Online.  The Intellectual Entrepreneurship Pre-Graduate School Internship is an opportunity for undergraduate students to work closely with a graduate student mentor and/or faculty member. Interns discover the unique aspects of graduate study such as conducting research, serving as teaching and research assistants and participating in seminars. Information is available at the link below.]]></description>
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<title>Courtyard Gallery features Thuy-Van Vu&#39;s &#34;Works on Paper&#34;</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, AT&amp;T Executive Education and Conference Center (ATT), Courtyard Gallery.  The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts. This exhibit features the art of Thuy-Van Vu.<br /><br />A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Vu received her BFA in painting from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1998 and her MFA in Studio Art from the University of Texas in Austin in 2006, where she was a recipient of the David Bruton Jr. Graduate Fellowship. Vu&#39;s work has been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad.]]></description>
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<title>Study on scholarly use of primary sources seeks subjects</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, School of Information, 1616 Guadalupe.  Researchers in the School of Information seek study participants to help us understand scholarly needs for keeping track of primary source materials. Participants must have experience with conducting research in the reading room of an archive. Contact the research team at star@ischool.utexas.edu.<br /><br />A quick description of the research study is located here.]]></description>
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<title>Rhythmic grouping study seeks volunteers</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, College of Liberal Arts Building (CLA) 4.304.  Volunteers are needed for a 45-50-minute experiment studying how native speakers of English group rhythmic speech sequences. Compensation is $10. Contact Niamh Kelly at UTrhythmstudy@gmail.com to discuss eligibility and schedule a session.]]></description>
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<title>UT PTSD Treatment Study seeks participants</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA).  The Laboratory for the Study of Anxiety Disorders, based at The University of Texas, is recruiting post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferers for a clinical trial investigating the efficacy of a brief enhanced exposure treatment. All patient information will be kept confidential. Call 512-404-9118 if interested.]]></description>
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<title>Applications available for Peers for Pride</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Student Activity Center (SAC), Gender and Sexuality Center 2.112.  Peers for Pride is a peer facilitation program offered throughout the school year for academic credit. Students write a monologue during the first semester and perform monologues and facilitate conversations on LGBTQA identities and issues during the second. Contact Shane Whalley, GSC coordinator at swhalley@austin.utexas.edu. Read the Peers for Pride blog here.]]></description>
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<title>Participate with family in Children&#39;s Research Lab studies</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 1.326.  Researchers at the Children&#39;s Research Lab (CRL) on campus conduct a wide range of experimental studies with infants and children of all ages, exploring questions of social, cognitive and linguistic development. Join the CRL database and give your child the opportunity to participate in unique and exciting studies about how children think and behave in the world around them. <br /><br />Joining the database enters your child for the chance to be selected for participation in a specific study.]]></description>
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<title>Participants needed for bilingual language study</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Jones Communication Center A (CMA) and B (CMB).  Native Spanish-speaking participants are needed for a bilingual language study. The Human Abilities in Bilingual Language Acquisition (HABLA) Lab seeks participants for a study on bilingualism at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. Email studyhabla@gmail.com for more information or to schedule a session.<br /><br />In order to participate you should:<br /><br />- Be a fluent speaker of both English and Spanish<br /><br />- Be a native speaker of Spanish<br /><br />- Have no history of language or learning disorders]]></description>
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<title>Daily Living Project seeks families for research study</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA).  The Daily Living Project seeks families to participate in a study of family problem solving at The University of Texas at Austin. Participation entails visiting campus and completing a series of activities a few short questionnaires for a total of an hour or less. Contact <br /><br />Patrick Tennant at DailyLiving@Austin.UTexas.edu for details and eligibility.<br /><br />Each family will be compensated with $40 in gift certificates and t-shirts. <br /><br />To be eligible to participate in the study, your family must:<br /><br />- Have a child or children between the ages of 3 and 12 years old (all children in the family must be in this age range).<br /><br />- All members of the family must be present (evening and weekend sessions are available).<br /><br />- All children need to be the biological or adopted children of both participating adult partners. <br /><br />- All participants must be fluent in English.]]></description>
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<title>Women with body image or eating concerns sought for study</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, Seay Building (SEA) 5.126.  Women of all ages with body image and/or eating concerns are sought to participate in a research study designed to help women feel better about their bodies. Some participants will attend weekly meetings on campus. Contact sticelab1@utexas.edu or 512-232-2334.]]></description>
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<title>TV Camp registration open</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Wednesday, June 19, All-day event, William Randolph Hearst Building (HSM).  At TV Camp, campers work in front of and behind the camera, learning about TV news and entertainment programming, to produce a television show that is broadcast throughout the City of Austin, on channel 29 and on cable. Sign up for camps now. Middle school camp takes place July 8-12, followed by high school camp on July 15-19.]]></description>
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