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AuSTIN, Texas — Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are teaming up to develop medication to treat alcoholism and drug addiction that could target individual genes or brain signaling systems.

AUSTIN, Texas — Although a plurality of Texans say candidates should not take an anti-tax pledge before the primary elections, such a pledge has strong support among voters who identify with the tea party movement, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.

AUSTIN, Texas — The K-16 Education Center at The University of Texas at Austin is proud to announce its first class of high school graduates from a partnership with the Nam My Vietnamese American Private School in Vietnam.

EVENT: 34th Annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, hosted by the College of Education’s National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development Conference WHEN: May 27-30 WHERE: Austin Convention Center, 500 E. Cesar Chavez St. BACKGROUND: The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development is the outreach arm of the College of Education’s Community…   » Continue Reading

AUSTIN, Texas — Following a successful track record of 23 years with University Health Services (UHS) at The University of Texas at Austin, Jamie Shutter has been selected as UHS’ new director. She has served as interim director of UHS since September 2011.

AUSTIN, Texas — The researchers exposed gestating female rats to vinclozolin, a popular fruit and vegetable fungicide. When they put the rats’ third generation of offspring through a variety of behavioral tests they found they were more anxious, more sensitive to stress, and had greater activity in stress-related regions of the brain than descendants of unexposed rats.

AUSTIN, Texas — If the 2012 Texas Republican primary election for the U.S. Senate were held today, Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst would fall short of the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff election, according to a University of Texas at Austin/Texas Tribune poll.

AUSTIN, Texas — Gage E. Paine is returning to her alma mater, The University of Texas at Austin, to serve as Vice President for Student Affairs. For the past five years, Paine has served in that post at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA).

AUSTIN, Texas — The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) will hold the 2012 Texas Water Summit: Securing Water for Texas’ Future at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on May 20-21. This summit will explore the major challenges of ensuring future water resources including supply and demand, water science and conservation, surface and…   » Continue Reading

AUSTIN, TX — The effect of global warming could potentially be ameliorated by engineering ways to reflect more sunlight back into space, according to a report by a professor at The University of Texas at Austin.