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Mac Engel: Texas’ Rodney Terry has the Longhorns in a wonderfully great, and terrible, position

The University of Texas boasts the best athletic department in the nation, except in the sports that matter, which are a bit of a mess.

Tribune News Service

Man survives record-breaking 70 years inside iron lung machine against all odds

Paul Alexander contracted poliomyelitis when he was six years old, in 1952, but managed to study and become a practising lawyer and reach 76 years of age thanks to the iron lung in Dallas, Texas, US

Daily Mirror

“Hunting for warm places to go”: Austinites cope as outages linger

While families search for warmth, light and distractions, line workers race to restore normal life.

The Texas Tribune

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Texas biotech company, UT win $42 million patent case against Boston Scientific

A small Dallas biotech company and the University of Texas took on big pharma and won.

Tribune News Service

Rhasidat Adeleke sets new Irish record with brilliant run

The Dubliner was representing the University of Texas in the Dr MLK Invitational and posted a winning time of 22.52 seconds

Irish Mirror

Arch Manning lost his student ID … twice

The Texas Longhorns QB is already taking part in the time-honored freshmen tradition.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Jordan Spieth catches fans gambling on his putt in Hawaii: ‘I’d be doing the same thing’

Clearly, the University of Texas product could hear some bystanders wagering on whether he would make his putt.

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Game clock has run down for Chris Beard

Men who hit women tend to be multiple offenders. Especially men who throttle and bite them, as Beard is alleged to have done.

Chicago Sun-Times

UT suspends head basketball coach after family violence arrest

Chris Beard was hired in 2021 and is one of the University of Texas’ highest-paid employees.

The Texas Tribune

Mac Engel: Don’t confuse Daniel Trejo for actor Danny Trejo; the Texas punter’s story is real Hollywood

FORT WORTH, Texas — Daniel Trejo figured his entire life came down to this punt.

Tribune News Service

As Harvard's endowment abandons fossil fuels, oil-rich University of Texas catches up

Royalties on oil and natural gas, along with lease payments on millions of acres of land, are helping the University of Texas, which is in second place, narrow the gap with Harvard.

WEKU

How the Supreme Court has ruled in the past about affirmative action

Since its first major decision on the subject in 1978, the court has repeatedly upheld universities' ability to consider the race of applicants as one of many factors in admissions decisions.

WEKU

Paxton, Cornyn and Cruz prod U.S. Supreme Court to end affirmative action in college admissions

The high court heard oral arguments Monday in two cases brought by a group led by the same man who previously lost an affirmative action case against the University of Texas at Austin.

The Texas Tribune

Reminder: Sign Up For Virtual Supreme Court By November 1 For Mentoring Session

Teams of two HS students will write a brief and present oral arguments on Students for Fair Admission v. University of North Carolina

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The Texas Tribune

Two-thirds of board members overseeing Texas public universities are Abbott donors. They’re not shy about wielding influence.

High-money donors are concentrated on larger boards, including those of the University of Texas System and Texas A&M University System.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tiffany Jackson, former Texas standout and WNBA player, dies at 37

Jackson, who was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, died Monday. She was hired as head coach at Wiley College in April.

Inverse

20 years ago, astronomers rediscovered the first exoplanet ever found

51 Pegasi b is often seen as the first confirmed exoplanet. But seven years before, astronomers found something at Gamma Cephei A b — they just had to prove it was real.

Tribune News Service

Where is Beto O’Rourke’s best chance to beat Greg Abbott? Not in North Texas, poll says

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott has a double-digit lead over Beto O’Rourke in North Texas in the race for governor, according to a breakdown of voters in a new poll from The Dallas Morning News and the University of Texas, Tyler.

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This Big Truck Makes Artificial Earthquakes At The University Of Texas

The weight can strike the ground with as much as 60,000 pounds of force and can go so fast that a camera can't pick up the movement.

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Getting strokes? Scottie Scheffler is used to the opposite, but he’ll take it to start the Tour Championship

So when was the last time Scheffler got strokes in a match?

Zenger

Newly Found Mammoth Butchering Site Proves Humans Were In North America Much Earlier

A newly discovered mammoth butchering site proves that humans were in North America nearly 15,000 years earlier than thought, scientists have revealed.

Zenger

New Mattress ‘Tricks Body Into Falling Asleep Faster’

A new high-tech mattress tricks people into falling asleep faster by manipulating the body’s core temperature.

Texas Observer

The Hills Have Allies

Just west of Austin, preservationists fight to hold onto an ecological rarity as a Dallas billionaire's development looms.

The Independent UK

New high-tech mattress ‘tricks body into falling asleep faster’, researchers find

On average, the participants fell asleep 58 per cent faster when they used the mattress’s cooling-warming functions

USA Today Sports Media Group

3 Conference Expansion Moves That Would Shock The World: Daily Cavalcade

College football expansion has been crazy enough - what other off-the-wall ideas are we not thinking about?

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