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'Change agent' for the Field Museum
In choosing controversial former University of Oregon President Richard Lariviere as its likely next chief executive, the Field Museum has opted for a "change agent," according to the man hiring him, and a "gentleman with elbows," according to one of...
Tags: Politics, University of Pennsylvania, Education, Science and Technology, Charity
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'Mad Men' recap: Season 5, Episode 5: 'Signal 30'
"I can't believe I have to explain that I was doing my job to a man who just pulled his pants up on the world" -- Pete Campbell Five seasons in, we know this much about Pete Campbell: He's entitled, he's never happy, he can verge on super-creepy and he...
Tags: College Sports, Wilt Chamberlain, Robert Frost, Sex Crimes, Vincent Kartheiser
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If you got 'em, you can't smoke 'em
KIAHAt least not on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The UT System Board of Regents made the UT flagship the fourth UT school to ban tobacco use. That’s all tobacco use, son. That means you can’t smoke, dip or chew. UT already had a...Tags: Cancer
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Supreme Court will hear case on affirmative action at colleges
Los Angeles TimesThe Supreme Court cast doubt Tuesday on the future of affirmative action at the nation’s colleges and universities, agreeing to hear an appeal from a white student in Texas who seeks an end to "racial preferences" in college admissions. The...Tags: Politics, Minority Groups, University of Michigan, Students, Colleges and Universities
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Supreme Court to Debate Affirmative Action in Higher Education
The Supreme Court announces it will consider new limits on racial preferences in college admission processes. The announcement comes as a new case is filed by a white student who says the University of Texas at Austin denied her admission because of... -
Forget Texas, Florida needs to go its own way
Gov. Rick Scott's fixation with all things Texas is on the verge of moving from harmless emulation (his signature black cowboy boots embroidered with "45th Governor") to unchecked obsession.
Scott has looked to Texas Gov. Rick Perry when formulating...Tags: Government, Environmental Issues, Politics, Florida State University, Rick Perry
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2/23/2012-Trouble Ahead
Poverty is at the core of the achievement gap. There's no getting around it.
Poverty affects families in so many profound ways. Solutions have been proposed, such as redrawing school districts to mix poor and wealthy students. People at the top of the...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Students, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Supreme Court to revisit affirmative action college admissions like that decided in 2003 in University of Michigan case
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas. The court said Tuesday it will return to...Tags: Trials, Washington, DC, University of Michigan, Justice System, Colleges and Universities
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To Keep Research Funding, Universities Mull Tobacco Ban
Texas Tribune
Despite polls showing overwhelming public support and endorsements from celebrities like Lance Armstrong, efforts to establish a statewide workplace smoking ban have fallen flat in recent sessions of the Texas Legislature. But a state...Tags: Texas Tech University , Politics, Education, Science and Technology, University of Houston
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Connecting Through Smartphone Games
When we showed up to the University of Texas at Arlington, there was this fear that no one would be playing Words with Friends during the lunch break. That fear quickly disappeared.
“We have little challenges, competitions, and see who wins,&...Tags: Zynga Inc., Words With Friends (game), Google Inc., Scrabble (game)
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UT-Austin Unveils Plan to Boost Graduation Rates
Texas Tribune
Updated, 5:30 p.m.: UT-Austin President Bill Powers issued a campus-wide email this afternoon acknowledging his receipt of the task force’s recommendations to boost the school's four-year graduation rate to 70 percent by 2016....Tags: Judith Zaffirini, Education, Students, Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities
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Sugar Land dental office provides Valentine's smile
KIAHDo you want a Valentine's gift that will really make you smile? No, we're not talking about the roses or candy you're receiving from Prince Charming. How about free Valentine's dental care instead? The Fix dropped by Made Ya Smile, where more than...Tags: Health, Dentistry and Dental Health
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