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Philosophy Professor Emeritus Norman Martin Receives Major Decoration From...

Professor Emeritus Norman Martin after receiving his award at Friday’s ceremony. Professor Emeritus Norman M. Martin (philosophy and computer science) has received a singular recognition: the French...

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Army ROTC Program Named Battalion of the Year, Advances in Brigade Ranger...

The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at The University of Texas at Austin has been named Best ROTC Program in the region. UT Austin is a member of the 5th ROTC Brigade, which is made...

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Rebhorn Translation Wins Prestigious PEN Award

Wayne A. Rebhorn, Celanese Centennial Professor of English, has won the PEN Literary Award for his translation of Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece The Decameron. The PEN Literary Awards have honored...

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Gordon Receives Presidential Citation

Edmund T. Gordon, chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department (AADS) in the College of Liberal Arts, was recognized on April 17 with a Presidential Citation from UT Austin President...

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Regents Honor Outstanding Teaching

Four liberal arts professors received the 2014 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards. They were among the 27 faculty award winners of the UT System Board of Regents’ highest teaching honor, which...

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Investing in Global Leadership

UT Welcomes African Entrepreneurs to Campus Austin is no longer simply the Silicon Valley of the Southwest—it’s an international hub of entrepreneurial know-how. At its center: The University of Texas...

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Inspiring Lifetime Readers

Full name: James D. Garrison, B.A. English ’65, Princeton University; Ph.D. English ’72, University of California at Berkeley Hometown: Bremerton, Washington James Garrison is the Archibald A. Hill...

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Pulitizer Finalist Tells Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People

The Pulitzer Prize nominating jury has named Jacqueline Jones, chair of the Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist in history for her book, A...

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15 Minute History Named Best Podcast of 2014

iTunes U has selected 15 Minute History, produced by the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of History, as one of the Best Podcasts of 2014. The podcast features short, accessible discussions...

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Two Liberal Arts Advisors Receive 2015 Vick Award

Texas Exes has named College of Liberal Arts advisors Joni Carpenter and Brad Humphries as two of its five 2015 Vick Award recipients. Carpenter, senior academic advisor for Asian Studies, has been...

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Teaching An Understandable World

2015 Pro Bene Meritis Name: Austin Gleeson, B.S. Physics ’60, Drexel Institute of Technology; M.S. Physics ’63 and Ph.D. Physics ’65, University of Pennsylvania Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...

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Architecture of Coexistence

Stephennie Mulder, an associate professor in the Departments of Art and Art History and Middle Eastern Studies, was invited to Tehran, Iran, in February 2016 to receive the country’s World Award for...

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People, Places and Pages of Influence

The Pro Bene Meritis award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts. Since 1984, the annual award has been given to alumni, faculty members and friends of the college who are...

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Breaking Their Silence

Women’s role in early American cinema is often overlooked, but English assistant professor Donna Kornhaber — recently named a 2016 Academy Film Scholar —hopes to change that with her research on female...

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Doing the Right Thing

The Pro Bene Meritis award is the highest honor bestowed by the College of Liberal Arts. Since 1984, the annual award has been given to alumni, faculty members and friends of the college who are...

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