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$6 Million Award from Cancer Agency Supports Bringing Researcher to UT Austin

A Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas award will underwrite the hire of a leading cancer researcher to serve as chair of the Department...

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Center for Infectious Disease Named for Dr. John Ring LaMontagne

A research center at The University of Texas at Austin will be renamed for Dr. John Ring LaMontagne, a scientist who combated infectious diseases to...

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Researchers Win $2 Million Grant to Develop Atomically Thin Semiconductors

Xiaoqin Elaine Li's team could help enable bendable computer screens and wearable electronics

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Military Children Will Receive More Support for Learning Math Under Dana Center Contract

The Charles A. Dana Center at UT Austin has been awarded a $12.7 million contract by the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity to advance...

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Freshman Researchers Receive Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Groundbreaking Mosquito Diagnostic Plan

Undergraduate researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are creating diagnostics to test mosquitos for blood-borne pathogens such as malaria, dengue fever and chikungunya...

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