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Harvard University has had the largest academic endowment since 1986.

Education

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

5:01am November 10, 2022

by David Gura

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.

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U.S. Mathematician Becomes First Woman To Win Abel Prize, 'Math's Nobel'

3:21pm March 19, 2019

by Bill Chappell

"I find that I am bored with anything I understand," Karen Uhlenbeck once said. That sentiment is part of why she won what many call the Nobel of mathematics Tuesday.

The smaller the bubble in that glass of champagne, the higher the pitch — and the price.

Size (And Sound) Matters When It Comes To Bubbles In Your Sparkling Wine

12:50pm December 28, 2017

by April Fulton

Scientists at the University of Texas listened to the bubbles in a champagne and a sparkling wine and found that the more expensive product had smaller, busier bubbles.

A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee is removed from the University of Texas campus, early Monday morning in Austin.

Confederate Statues Come Down At The University Of Texas

3:29pm August 21, 2017

by Doreen McCallister

President Greg Fenves ordered the immediate removal of statues of Robert E. Lee and three other figures from a main area of campus. The removals should be complete by mid-morning Monday.

John Goodenough's work led to the lithium-ion battery, now found in everything from phones to electric cars. He and fellow researchers at the University of Texas, Austin say they've come up with a faster-charging alternative.

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At 94, Lithium-Ion Pioneer Eyes A New Longer-Lasting Battery

10:56pm May 22, 2017

by Mose Buchele

In 1980, John Goodenough's work led to the lithium-ion battery, now found in everything from phones to electric cars. He and fellow researchers say they've come up with a faster-charging alternative.

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After he received a C on a paper when he was 19, Gregory Watson went on a mission to get a constitutional amendment ratified.

The Bad Grade That Changed The U.S. Constitution

12:28pm May 05, 2017

by Matt Largey

The 27th Amendment had languished for nearly 200 years before a Texas student made passing it a personal cause. The amendment was ratified 25 years ago this weekend.

Proponents of a law allowing concealed-carry handguns at Texas state universities say it could prevent incidents similar to the Aug. 1, 1966, University of Texas shootings which left 14 dead. The law went into effect 50 years to the day of the massacre.

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50 Years After Texas College Shooting, 'Campus-Carry' Becomes Law

6:19pm August 01, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

Memorials to the 14 killed and 31 wounded by clocktower shooter Charles Whitman on Aug. 1, 1966, coincided with the legalization of concealed-carry handguns on Texas state universities.

Attorney Bert Rein speaks to the media while standing with plaintiff Abigail Noel Fisher after the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in her case in 2012 in Washington, D.C.

Education

Roundup: Reactions To This Week's Supreme Court Decision On Affirmative Action

3:40pm June 24, 2016

by Ericka Cruz Guevarra

The Supreme Court rejected a challenge to an affirmative action program at the University of Texas at Austin brought by a white woman who claimed she would have gotten in if she weren't white.

Abigail Fisher, who challenged the use of race in college admissions, speaks to reporters outside the Supreme Court on Dec. 9, 2015. The Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas' affirmative action program in a 4-3 decision.

Supreme Court Upholds University Of Texas' Affirmative Action Program

2:00pm June 23, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

In a 4-3 decision, the court ruled that the university's "race-conscious admissions program" is constitutional.

Workers wrap protective materials around a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis as they prepare to move the sculpture on the University of Texas campus in Austin, on Sunday.

Jefferson Davis Statue Comes Down At University of Texas

2:53pm August 30, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The larger-than-life sculpture of the president of the Confederacy was removed after an appeal to block the move was rejected last week.