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Regents debate Russia divestment By Alex Wilts @alexwilts
The UT System will further consider divesting funds from Russia as relations between the U.S. and the Russian governments worsen because of conflict in Ukraine, according to System officials. At a Board of Regents meeting in September,
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Regent Alex Cranberg brought up the possibility of divesting from Russia “It is important because Russia is threatening the USA through NATO,” Cranberg said in an email. “As President Obama has said, Putin has ripped up the ‘rule book.’ He is resurrecting the national and ethnic rivalries, which were so devastating to the 20th century.”
The University of Texas Investment Management Company, or UTIMCO, has about $200 million invested in Russia currently, according to Bruce Zimmerman, CEO and chief internal officer of UTIMCO. Zimmerman said this is a relatively small amount of money compared to the $35 billion the organization has invested in other parts of
the world. “Divesting from Russia, in and of itself, would not necessarily be an overly significant event,” Zimmerman said at the meeting in mid-September. “The larger concern I think would be if we did begin putting in changes to the investment policies related to political
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Senior wide receiver John Harris recorded six catches for 89 yards and one touchdown. Harris, who has now scored in each of Texas’ first four games, joins former Texas wide receiver Jordan Shipley as the only Longhorns to ever accomplish this feat.
interception of his career, which resulted in a 42-yard field goal by junior placekicker Nick Rose. The Texas defense has now recorded nine interceptions on the season, after
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picking off only 10 passes in all of 2013. “We are attacking the ball,” Diggs said. “We are catching those things; we’re not dropping them. I think that’s tremendous difference. And
those guys up front are continuing to eat, so they make our job so much easier.” Swoopes picked up his first victory as a starter but
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The College of Pharmacy and the Forty Acres Pharmacy partnered with UTPD on Saturday to collect expired or unused medications as part of National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. From 10 a.m.-2 p.m. outside the Pharmacy Building, students and other members of the Austin community were allowed to return any unused or expired drugs to make sure the medications were disposed of properly. The program reduces the risk of drug misuse and prevents the drugs from being flushed down toilets, which can cause harm to water supplies. The Drug Enforcement Administration worked with communities around the country for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Although Saturday marked the first time the University participated in the program, APD has participated in the past. Pharmacy professor Carolyn Brown, clinical assistant professor Nathan Pope and pharmacy graduate student Andrew Thach worked with the Green Fee Committee to receive a grant which helped cover costs to bring the event to campus. Brown said one of her goals for the event was to show how important it is for older adults to keep track and dispose of unused or expired medications. “Through this event, we want to encourage the older adults to come out,” Brown said. “This is to help encourage them to clean out their cabinets and get rid of the medicine they
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Study finds ways to keep students enrolled in community college
Jo Worthy, language and literacy studies professor and Tasha Beretvas, associate dean for research and graduate studies, received the College of Education’s Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award.
By Adam Hamze @adamhamz
A recent University report aimed to find which practices could increase the rate of course completion among students who enroll in a twoyear college. Of these students, 54 percent either receive a degree, earn a certificate or are still enrolled six years later. The report, developed by the Center for Community College Student Engagement in the College of Education, revealed 13 “high impact” practices that would help raise the current percentage of completion, including supplemental instruction, tutoring, learning communities and structured academic goal setting and planning. Titled “A Matter of Degrees: Practices to Pathways,” the report was the
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had driven 79 yards to the Texas five-yard line. To cap it off, senior linebacker Jordan Hicks added to the team’s interception total with a pick early in the fourth quarter, the second
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By Matthew Adams
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LAWRENCE, Kan. - The Longhorns never got into an offensive rhythm Saturday, but some big plays on defense helped them blank Kansas 23-0 to move to 1-0 in conference play. “You look at the road, and it is tough to go into someone’s place and beat them, especially when playing within the conference,” head coach Charlie Strong said. “This is a big win for us.” The Texas secondary intercepted four Jayhawk passes in the game, the first being a tipped pass grabbed by senior cornerback Quandre Diggs in the end zone to prevent Kansas from scoring in the first quarter. Junior cornerback Duke Thomas had two interceptions, one of which he returned for 24 yards to set up a seven-yard touchdown run by sophomore quarterback Tyrone Swoopes in the second quarter. Thomas made another huge play in the third quarter when he broke up a pass on fourth down to force a turnover after the Jayhawks
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The University’s Center for Community College Student Engagement in the College of Education released a report aimed at improving completion rates of community colleges, such as Austin Community College.
final piece of a three-year study conducted by the center and funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates and Lumina foundations. Evelyn Waiwaiole, the center’s director, said the study was
intended to improve the student experience as a whole, in addition to closing the gap between students who enroll in classes and students
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Faculty receive prominent award By Wes Scarborough @westhemess13
Jo Worthy, language and literacy studies professor, and Tasha Beretvas, associate dean for research and graduate studies in the College of Education, both received the College of Education Dean’s Distinguished Teaching Award,
the college’s most prominent award, last week. Worthy, a former elementary and middle school teacher, specializes in children’s reading interests and bilingual education. She also focuses on the alternatives to ability grouping, which she said is the method of categorizing and sectioning young students based
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on expectancy of success in academics. “Putting kids into these ability groups can be really harmful,” Worthy said. “If we’re not teaching them as a whole, then they don’t get the equal treatment that encourages success.” Worthy said group
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