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For a second time, the Fifth Circuit dismissed Abigail Fisher's claim against the University of Texas at Austin , holding that the University's admissions policy, including the use of race as a factor, passes the strict scrutiny standard and is permissible under the Equal Protection Clause.

"I believe in what I would call a chitin economy. I personally believe, if properly developed, the material you can develop from chitin and the markets you could sell them in would make the shrimp shell worth more than the meat," said Rogers, an owner and founder of 525 Solutions, a startup company housed in UA's Alabama Innovation and Mentoring of ... (more)

On Tuesday evening, the University of Texas System Board of Regents unanimously named Admiral William H. McRaven the sole finalist to be the next chancellor of the system.

Attorneys for a woman is renewing her appeal of a federal appeals court ruling that upheld the use of race in University of Texas undergraduate admissions.

Randa Safady, center, University of Texas assistant vice chancellor, shakes hands with David Morales, right, deputy general counsel for the University of Texas System board of regents, as the regents' general counsel, Francie Frederick, left, watches after regents voted in favor of Navy Adm.

Earlier this year, the earth hit a frightening milestone: carbon dioxide in the atmosphere reached its highest level since humans have inhabited the earth .

The microbes living in the guts of males and females react differently to diet, even when the diets are identical, according to a new study.

Diet affects men's and women's gut microbes differently, says new research. The microbes living in the guts of males and females react differently to diet, even when the diets are identical, according to a study, " Individual diet has sex-dependent effects on vertebrate gut microbiotature ," appearing online July 29, 2014 in the journal Nature ... (more)

Daily News Flash with Robert Jensen on Syria Carnage, Ukraine Fighting, and White House Report on Costs of Climate Change - Plus Update on Gaza Uprising's guest expert Robert Jensen, an author and a Professor of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, analyzes today's news headlines: Sixteen hundred people have been killed in Syria in the ... (more)

Contributed photo Kaine Korzekwa graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with both a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and a Bachelor of Journalism on Saturday, May 17. During his time at UT, Korzekwa served as a communications intern at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, was a science writing/communications intern for the College of ... (more)

Members listen to committee reports at the Board of Regents meeting for The University of Texas System on Feb. 14, 2013.

The firm also officially named Dr. Bickel an SDG Fellow, which distinguishes him as a professional whose extraordinary contributions to analytic disciplines allow the firm to maintain its competitive advantage.

Experts at the University of Texas at Austin have developed mutant worms that "can't get drunk" and are believed to have the potential for the development of a new form of treatment for thousands of alcoholics in the United States.

By Zenitha Prince Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper A federal appeals court recently upheld the University of Texas at Austin's race-conscious admissions policy, which had been challenged as unconstitutional in a suit brought by White applicant Abigail Fisher.

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance announces the 2014-2015 Season! The five-performance Subscription Series offers an ambitious breadth of work including a landmark drama of the American Theatre canon, an inspiring musical, and a bold, new play created in collaboration with a nationally renowned theatre company.

Months after announcing the off-campus residence hall would undergo a $4 million renovation for the fall semester, the Carlton Group, which owns Dobie, announced Campus Evolution Villages will now manage the off-campus residence hall in July.

Here I am, tapping away on my smart phone screen in an apartment in Vienna, Austria.

Ryan Lee announces May Stevens: Fight the Power, an installation of work completed during the Civil Rights era in the United States, including a selection of drawings on exhibition for the first time from the formative Big Daddy series and a death portrait of Malcolm X. Related works by Stevens can be seen in Witness: Arts and Civil Rights in the ... (more)

In April, the White House announced an ambitious plan to combat sexual assault on college campuses.

If campuses with big football programs didn't coddle their drunken, violent athletes, then perhaps the woman who accused University of Texas athletes Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander of rape wouldn't have undergone the experience she did.