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A brave, new fashion world
Student designers chat about their collections, where they see themselves in the years to come and what inspires them now.UT prof tackles conservation
Sahotra Sarkar urges that locals be consulted and their needs taken into account in creating preserves, parks.High Fashion-ology
On April 29, the graduating designers in the Division of Textiles and Apparel will showcase their designs in the annual Fashion Show. Check out the hip video promo:Cures for Kids
From research lab to bedside, scientists and doctors collaborate to conquer childhood diseases.Discussion with Astronomers at Hubble 3D IMAX Movie
Event: Astronomers will host discussion at the Hubble 3D IMAX movie at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum When: April 24, noon - 2 p.m. Where: Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum Background: The Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and the University of Texas atAustin McDonald Observatory are hosting a screening of "Hubble 3D" in...
Undergraduates study H1N1 at U.S.-Mexico border
Microbiology undergraduates Sami Miller and Kelly Broussard traveled to Brownsville to research tuberculosis alongside the world’s foremost disease detectives, Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch. Upon arrival, Miller and Broussard’s research shifted focus to confront the global emergence of the H1N1 strain of influenza. By Christopher PalmerA jewel's true colours
Parrish Brady and Molly Cummings found that a Southwestern scarab beetle can perceive circular polarized light, one of only two species known to be able to do so. More on Nature.com and The American Naturalist.Catching Evolution in Action
Natural fluorescence of Acropora millepora, viewed under a dissecting microscope. Photo: M. Matz and J. Wiedenmann. Our oceans are getting warmer and more acidic every year, and as a result, coral reefs are rapidly dying. Biologist Mikhail Matz has been carefully monitoring this decline, awaiting evolutionary developments that may signal bette...
Marine Science Institute Receives $595,626 to Study Mission-Aransas NERR Nutrients
Goal of project is to describe where and how nutrients, such as nitrogen and phosphorus, enter and leave the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve (NERR) and how nutrients are used and reused in the NERR.
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