Maria Mendez

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Female UT students in 'TWINS Project' will promote science at local children’s museum

August 6, 2017

UT students will help kids become interested about science this fall in the new “TWINS Project,” a collaboration between the Thinkery children’s museum and UT’s Women in Natural Sciences program.
Updated popular UGS course to tackle “Race in The Age of Trump”

August 6, 2017

The Age of Obama is over, but the Age of Trump is just beginning.
Support for sober students grows with new on-campus, off-campus housing options

August 6, 2017

College culture is commonly tied to drinking, but two new housing initiatives seek to expand sober spaces for UT students in recovery from addiction.
UT community leads discussion about Planned Parenthood

August 6, 2017

Wearing pink Planned Parenthood button pins, about 80 people gathered at a local electrical workers union for the Planned Parenthood Summer of Defiance Town Hall on Healthcare meeting last Thursday.
UT introduces first-year students to Living Learning Communities

August 6, 2017

The Division of Housing and Food Service will welcome freshmen into the first Living Learning Communities on UT campus in the fall.
UT Housing introduces first-year students to new Living Learning Communities

July 24, 2017

The Division of Housing and Food Service will welcome freshmen into the first Living Learning Communities on UT campus in the fall.
UT System grads out-earn peers in Texas and U.S., but salary disparities persist

July 21, 2017

A new study from Georgetown University released Wednesday morning showed higher earnings for University of Texas System bachelor’s degree holders, while emphasizing the importance of a student’s major, gender and background on salary outcomes.
Bridging Disciplines Programs to debut undergraduate pre-law course in fall

June 30, 2017

In collaboration with the University of Texas School of Law, the Bridging Disciplines Programs will introduce a new course called “Thinking Like A Lawyer” for undergraduate students in the fall.
PBS and NPR highlighted at new LBJ Museum exhibition

June 29, 2017

The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum opened its new exhibition, “On the Air: 50 Years of Public Broadcasting,” on Saturday, highlighting the iconic Public Broadcasting Service and National Public Radio programming made available by LBJ’s Public Broadcasting Act of 1967.
Nueces Mosque connects with Latino community over shared meal

June 21, 2017

Inspired by the “Taco Truck at Every Mosque” campaign that began in Santa Ana, California, the Nueces Mosque in West Campus hosted a community gathering Tuesday night to connect and show solidarity within the Latino community.
Briscoe Center shares story of opera singer UT alumnus Barbara Smith Conrad

June 17, 2017

Following the recent death of world-famous opera singer Barbara Smith Conrad, the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History plans to use its documentary and archives about Conrad to continue sharing her life story as one of the first black students admitted to UT in 1956. Conrad died on May 22 of Alzheimer’s complications.

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