The Longhorn Link Program helped first-generation high school and college student Elena Garcia find her place at The University of Texas and in her career. When Garcia graduates from the School of Nursing this week with honors, not only will she receive a diploma, but also the Outstanding Undergraduate Student in Nursing award. She will [...]

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College of Fine Arts Media Release Mezzo-soprano Barbara Smith Conrad will be the speaker for the College of Fine Arts spring commencement ceremony at The University of Texas at Austin on May 18 at 3 p.m. in Bass Concert Hall. “Barbara Conrad embodies everything the university could want in a graduate,” said Bill Powers, president [...]

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The 5th Annual Austin Asian Occasion:  Dances and music, the “Winner’s Concert” of the 6th Young Musicians Festival Competition and the “Master’s Concert” of the world acclaimed Asian artists. Ticket proceeds will support the mission of the People’s Community Clinic which provide primary health care services to the working people who have no health insurance. [...]

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Written by: Kappa Rho Pre-Medical Honor Society member The Kappa Rho Pre-Medical Honor Society volunteered at Dell Children’s Hospital in the playroom from 2 to 3:30 pm on February 24, 2012. The event was a success with 3 volunteers in attendance and about 15 patients participating at different times over the course of the event. [...]

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Written by Hali Hoyt, AmeriCorps VISTA Member/ Student Leadership Coordinator When the students of Reilly Elementary School arrived on the Monday after the Earth Day weekend they were in for quite a treat. Over the weekend their empty outdoor space had been transformed into a garden wonderland! On Saturday, April 21st, the UT Service Scholars [...]

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College of Communications major Jasmine Beitz learned she was a researcher at heart through the Intellectual Entrepreneurship Consortium‘s internship and mentoring program, the IE Pre-Graduate Internship.  Beitz worked in Assistant Professor Bharath Chandrasekaran’s SoundBrain Lab. “IE helped me to have a graduate school-type experience that I may not have been able to explore otherwise,” she [...]

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One organization and three individuals were honored by The University of Texas at Austin for their outstanding efforts forging new paths for Asians and Asian Americans in Central Texas and for their outstanding contributions to their communities. The Division of Diversity at The University of Texas at Austin hosted the Community Leadership Awards event in [...]

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Join the Asian/Asian American Faculty and Staff Association for their May membership meeting. When: Saturday, May 12 Where: West Enfield Park 2008 Enfield Road, Austin, TX 78703 http://austinparks.org/apfweb/park.php?parkId=376 Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm BBQ will be served with vegetarian options.  Please RSVP to Eileen Drake at eileen@austin.utexas.edu by Thursday, May 10th.

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Ms. Machree Garrett Gibson, the first African American female president of the Texas Exes, will be honored Friday, May 4, with a Heman Marion Sweatt Legacy Award. The black tie ceremony and reception honoring Ms. Gibson  is the culminating event of the 26th Annual Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights. The event is free and [...]

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Below are the final results of the UIL Tennis State Championships for Conferences 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A & 5A.   Conference 1A, World of Tennis at Lakeway Girls Singles Final Results Macie Morris, Seymour def. Emily Lusk, Canadian, 6-4, 6-2   Boys Singles Final Results Matt Banner, Mason def. Kennan Dishman, Knippa, 6-4, 6-1   [...]

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