The UT System announced a deal on Thursday accepting up to $2.4 million a year from the pharmaceutical company Sanofi to fund biomedical research. As government research money dwindles, private funds are playing a larger role, and that comes with worries.
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UT, Mexico Sign Deal to Collaborate on Research
The Mexican government signed a deal with the University of Texas at Austin on Thursday that will bring some of that country’s top science and technology researchers to work temporarily in Austin.
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Former Morning News Editor to Lead UNT-Dallas
Bob Mong, the recently retired longtime editor of The Dallas Morning News, has been tapped as the next president of the University of North Texas at Dallas.
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Colleges Heighten Focus on Sexual Assaults
A combination of publicity, heightened scrutiny and a new state law is leading colleges across the state to place more emphasis than ever on preventing and responding to sexual assault.
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After Closed-Door Session, UT Regents Urge Hall to Drop Suit
UPDATED: University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall was asked to leave a closed-door regents meeting Wednesday in which his lawsuit against UT Chancellor William McRaven was discussed. The regents later voted to urge Hall to drop his lawsuit.
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A Small Step in Baylor’s Sexual Conduct Policy
It won’t go down as a landmark achievement in gay rights, but a recent change in Baylor University’s student sexual conduct policy has nonetheless heartened gays at the conservative Baptist school.
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TCU, UNT Teaming Up to Start Medical School
Texas Christian University and the University of North Texas Health Science Center have announced plans to jointly launch a new medical school in Fort Worth.
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Supreme Court to Again Hear Challenge to UT’s Admissions Rules
The future of the University of Texas at Austin’s use of race in some admissions decisions is again in doubt after the U.S. Supreme Court indicated Monday that it will rehear a challenge to the school’s admissions rules.
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A Texas Tech Professor Crusades Against Tenure
James Wetherbe of Texas Tech University is the rare professor who thinks tenure is terrible. His opinions have him tangled up in a long-running lawsuit against the university where he teaches.
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Tony Buzbee Wanted Top A&M Regents Post
Tony Buzbee, the Texas A&M regent who oversees Rick Perry’s team of criminal defense lawyers, asked Gov. Greg Abbott’s office a few months ago to consider him for chairman or vice chairman of the university system’s governing board.