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Texas A&M president says she didn’t know about job offer changes that led to professor’s botched hiring

M. Katherine Banks told faculty she was unaware of successive, diminished offers to Kathleen O. McElroy, who was recruited to revive a journalism program. Professors demanded an investigation.

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Texas A&M's Treatment of Journalism Director Raises Academic Freedom Concerns

Political appointees should have no role in faculty hiring decisions.

Reason

Under the heat dome, renewable energy sources are keeping Texans cool

"Renewables likely saved consumers a billion dollars or more last week alone."

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Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

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With race-based admissions no longer an option, states may imitate Texas Top 10% Plan

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the practice unconstitutional, admissions experts say other states could look to Texas’ Top 10% Plan as a way to diversify their student bodies.

The Texas Tribune

UT-Austin only Texas public university affected by Supreme Court’s ending use of race in admissions

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

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Texas colleges provide job training for students with disabilities. Here’s how to access it.

Students with disabilities can find success in college, live independently and get jobs with the right kind of help. Here are college programs that provide support.

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Texas colleges offer job training for students with disabilities. Here’s how to use those programs.

Students with disabilities can succeed in college with the right kind of help. There are programs that can support them. The programs help them live on their own, find jobs, and make a difference where they live.

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With $1.4 billion investment, Texas hopes to sprint to the front of the microchip manufacturing race

Microchips are increasingly present in every day life, from phones and laptops to cars and washing machines. Gov. Greg Abbott approved last week a stimulus package in an effort to shore up the supply chain after the pandemic’s disruptions.

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Texas has gone big with renewable energy. Why can’t it go all the way?

The biggest barriers to making Texas’ power grid 100% renewable have little to do with politics.

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UT-Austin tried to hire a game theorist for its new free-enterprise think tank. He turned down the job because of fights over tenure.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to eliminate tenure, but his attempts have impacted the institute he helped create.

The Texas Tribune

House signals readiness to fight Senate over bills to ban tenure, diversity efforts at Texas universities

Rep. John Kuempel, R-Seguin, pledged to defend his legislation dialing back Senate bills that would eliminate tenure and ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices. But faculty and students say even the House versions will hurt higher education.

The Texas Tribune

Poll finds solid majority of Texans, even Republicans, favor raising age for gun purchases

The University of Texas survey also found stronger support for Sen. Ted Cruz, while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis remain popular among Republicans.

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Scientists Develop GPT Model That Interprets Human Thoughts

Researchers with the University of Texas at Austin have developed GPT-1, a generative pre-trained model that allows scientists to "read" a person's brain and return natural language descriptions of the process.

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Neuroscientists Trained An AI To Read Our Minds — Here's How It Could Go Terribly Wrong

Researchers are one step closer to enabling a computer to read our minds, sans surgery.

The Guardian - UK

AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text

Advance raises prospect of new ways to restore speech in those struggling to communicate due to stroke or motor neurone disease

The Texas Tribune

As Texas college students struggle with affordability, UT-Austin launches program to offset on-campus housing costs

Demand for on-campus housing has gone up across the country as off-campus costs have skyrocketed and students seek more affordable options.

The Guardian - UK

The Messi of maths: Argentinian Luis Caffarelli wins Abel prize

Caffarelli, 74, takes top trophy for work on partial differential equations, the first winner from South America

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This ‘electronic tattoo’ can tell when you’re stressed out

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a temporary “e-tattoo” for the palm that can track excitement and stress using the skin’s electrical conductivity. The e-tattoo could be a reliable way for people with conditions such as anxiety or depression to track their emotions.

The Texas Tribune

Bill would make UT-Austin center formerly known as Liberty Institute into its own college

Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, has filed legislation that would establish The Civitas School of Civic and International Leadership as a formal college at the University of Texas at Austin.

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