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Study reveals how cancer drug helps to restore immune system's ability to fight tumors

A group led by scientists at The University of Texas at Austin has discovered a brand-new, bio-inspired medication that restores the capability of immune cells to combat cancer. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Texas borrowers face hard financial choices after student loan pause ends

Payments resumed this month after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Biden administration’s student loan forgiveness plan is unconstitutional. For many, the pause meant the difference between saving and making ends meet.

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As brutal heat tests Texas’ power grid, batteries play a small but growing role in keeping the lights on

This summer, industrial scale batteries have helped boost the energy supply during critical evening hours. Battery storage represents a small fraction of Texas’ energy mix now, but it’s expected to rise sharply in coming years.

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Meet the newest class of Tribune fellows

Fellows play key roles in the most important work of the Tribune, helping with The Texas Tribune Festival and covering the biennial legislative sessions, education and the environment, among other important topics.

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‘A towering figure’: celebrating the impact of art critic Leo Steinberg

A new book, The Circulating Lifeblood of Ideas, looks at the expansive collection and defining criticism of the ground-breaking art critic

The Guardian - US

Elon Musk Is Silently Turning Population Crisis Talk Into Action As Filings Reveal $10M Grant To Texas University For Fertility Studies

Elon Musk has seemingly channeled his concerns about population collapse into action

Zenger

University of Texas at Austin and MD Anderson Cancer Center will partner to create a new $2.5 billion hospital

The new medical facility, to be located in downtown Austin, will help expand the University of Texas System’s reputed cancer center outside of the Houston area.

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Part 2: Texas backlash to Obama fueled conservative drive to reinterpret U.S. Constitution

Barraging the Obama administration with lawsuits, the Texas attorney general’s office wasn’t just trying to block policies. It was injecting disruptive, overtly Christian legal philosophies into the mainstream, and grooming a generation of conservative legal warriors.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M president says she didn’t know about job offer changes that led to professor’s botched hiring

M. Katherine Banks told faculty she was unaware of successive, diminished offers to Kathleen O. McElroy, who was recruited to revive a journalism program. Professors demanded an investigation.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M's Treatment of Journalism Director Raises Academic Freedom Concerns

Political appointees should have no role in faculty hiring decisions.

Reason

Under the heat dome, renewable energy sources are keeping Texans cool

"Renewables likely saved consumers a billion dollars or more last week alone."

Axios

Why the Supreme Court decision on affirmative action matters

Only a small portion of U.S. colleges have selective admissions, where race-conscious admissions can make a difference in who gets in. But the impacts of banning affirmative action are far wider.

WEKU

With race-based admissions no longer an option, states may imitate Texas Top 10% Plan

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled the practice unconstitutional, admissions experts say other states could look to Texas’ Top 10% Plan as a way to diversify their student bodies.

The Texas Tribune

UT-Austin only Texas public university affected by Supreme Court’s ending use of race in admissions

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

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Texas colleges provide job training for students with disabilities. Here’s how to access it.

Students with disabilities can find success in college, live independently and get jobs with the right kind of help. Here are college programs that provide support.

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Texas colleges offer job training for students with disabilities. Here’s how to use those programs.

Students with disabilities can succeed in college with the right kind of help. There are programs that can support them. The programs help them live on their own, find jobs, and make a difference where they live.

The Texas Tribune

With $1.4 billion investment, Texas hopes to sprint to the front of the microchip manufacturing race

Microchips are increasingly present in every day life, from phones and laptops to cars and washing machines. Gov. Greg Abbott approved last week a stimulus package in an effort to shore up the supply chain after the pandemic’s disruptions.

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Texas has gone big with renewable energy. Why can’t it go all the way?

The biggest barriers to making Texas’ power grid 100% renewable have little to do with politics.

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UT-Austin tried to hire a game theorist for its new free-enterprise think tank. He turned down the job because of fights over tenure.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to eliminate tenure, but his attempts have impacted the institute he helped create.

The Texas Tribune

House signals readiness to fight Senate over bills to ban tenure, diversity efforts at Texas universities

Rep. John Kuempel, R-Seguin, pledged to defend his legislation dialing back Senate bills that would eliminate tenure and ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices. But faculty and students say even the House versions will hurt higher education.

The Texas Tribune

Poll finds solid majority of Texans, even Republicans, favor raising age for gun purchases

The University of Texas survey also found stronger support for Sen. Ted Cruz, while Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis remain popular among Republicans.

Tom’s Hardware

Scientists Develop GPT Model That Interprets Human Thoughts

Researchers with the University of Texas at Austin have developed GPT-1, a generative pre-trained model that allows scientists to "read" a person's brain and return natural language descriptions of the process.

Inverse

Neuroscientists Trained An AI To Read Our Minds — Here's How It Could Go Terribly Wrong

Researchers are one step closer to enabling a computer to read our minds, sans surgery.

The Guardian - UK

AI makes non-invasive mind-reading possible by turning thoughts into text

Advance raises prospect of new ways to restore speech in those struggling to communicate due to stroke or motor neurone disease

The Texas Tribune

As Texas college students struggle with affordability, UT-Austin launches program to offset on-campus housing costs

Demand for on-campus housing has gone up across the country as off-campus costs have skyrocketed and students seek more affordable options.

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