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| Sept. 9 | Experts Available to Talk About Breast Cancer
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss the illness from the importance of screening to how people use communication strategies to cope with major illnesses.
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| Sept. 8 | International Economics Expert Kapstein Joins Faculty at LBJ School and McCombs School
Ethan B. Kapstein, one of the world's foremost scholars in international economic relations, is joining the faculty of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs. Kapstein will hold a Tom Slick Professorship in International Affairs and offer two seminars in the spring 2010 semester, one on economic development and the other on the economics [...] |
| Aug. 27 | Harrington Fellows Program Names 12 Faculty and Graduate Fellows
The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program, one of the most well-endowed visiting scholar and graduate fellow programs in the nation, and the most prestigious fellowship program at The University of Texas at Austin, is beginning its ninth year with a new group of 12 outstanding scholars.
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| Aug. 26 | Terry Quinn Becomes Director of Institute for Geophysics
Terry Quinn, associate director of the Institute for Geophysics at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named director of the institute. Quinn was interim director during the national search for a director this past year.
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| Aug. 20 | The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs Welcomes Benedicte Callan
Benedicte Callan, principal administrator of health for the Biotechnology Division of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), will join the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs research team as a Sid Richardson Fellow focusing on health policy and innovation and will be a research affiliate of the Center for Health and Social [...] |
| Aug. 20 | Ramadan, Islamic and Arab Experts
This week, followers of the faith of Islam will begin to celebrate Ramadan, one of the religion's most important observances, which will continue through Sept. 20. Scholars at The University of Texas at Austin are available to discuss the Islamic faith, history and culture, and the Arab world from a variety of perspectives.
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| Aug. 12 | Unprecedented Number of Female Faculty Hired
About half of the 49 professors who will be joining the College of Liberal Arts faculty in 2009-2010 are female. That includes an unprecedented five women coming in as full professors from such schools as Harvard University, the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Southern California.
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