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Reeve Hamilton
Reeve Hamilton worked at the Tribune from 2009 to 2015, covering higher education and politics and hosting the Tribune's weekly podcast. His writing has also appeared in Texas Monthly and The Texas Observer. Born in Houston and raised in Massachusetts, he has a bachelor's degree in English from Vanderbilt University.
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Higher Education
Thousands Sign Up for UT-Austin’s First EdX Courses
On Thursday night, the University of Texas at Austin opened four massive open online courses for registration. By Monday morning, total enrollment in the free courses stood at 14,000 — and counting.
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Politics
Gun Control Just Got Stricter? Come to Texas!
UPDATED: As debates over gun control intensify across the nation, state senators on Tuesday tentatively approved a measure allowing Gov. Rick Perry to offer economic incentives to gun manufacturers that want to move to Texas.
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The Playlist: Change Your Mind
The strong message sent by Texas lawmakers to UT System regents about their plan to pay for an external review of UT-Austin is summed up in the first song on this week’s news-based playlist: Sister Hazel’s “Change Your Mind.”
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Higher Education
Pitts Amendments Would Limit Authority of UT Regents
Multiple amendments to the budget pre-filed by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, would limit the spending authority of the University of Texas System regents.
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Higher Education
Dewhurst Raises Concerns With UT Law Foundation Review
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst indicated Wednesday that he shares the concerns of state senators who have called on the UT System regents to use the attorney general’s office for an external review of the UT Law School Foundation.
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TribCast: Education, Tom Pauken and the Rest of Session
Reeve, Ross, Evan and Morgan talk about the debate over education standards in House Bill 5, the gubernatorial bid of former Texas Workforce Commissioner Tom Pauken, and how the last eight weeks of session might look.
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Higher Education
Chairman of UT Regents Responds to Senators’ Letter
University of Texas System regents chairman Gene Powell responded to a strongly worded letter from Texas senators, saying that a decision on how to proceed with a review of UT-Austin’s law school would be made in the “next few weeks.”
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Higher Education
Updated: Majority of Senators Sign Letter to UT System
A majority of Texas senators have signed the letter calling the University of Texas System’s planned review of the University of Texas Law School Foundation “unnecessary.”
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Health care
Feds Approve New Vaccine Facility in Bryan-College Station
The federal government has approved a $91 million influenza-vaccine manufacturing facility based in the Bryan-College Station area to be run by the Texas A&M University System and pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.
