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Recap: 2023 Heman Sweatt Symposium in Photos
View photos and highlights from this year’s Heman Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights By Jessica Sinn • November 10, 2023 Former student-athletes visited the Forty Acres to participate in the DDCE’s 38th Annual Sweatt Symposium on Civil Rights titled: “Game Changers: Excellence on the Field and Beyond.” This year’s event, held on Nov. 2 at Rowling Hall, celebrated the impact…
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Celebrating Our Spring ’23 Graduates
Five outstanding graduates reflect on their experiences at UT and share plans for the future By Jessica Sinn • April 28, 2023 With Spring Commencement right around the corner, we caught up with five outstanding Longhorns who have made the most of their experiences here on the Forty Acres and are planning bright futures ahead. We look forward…
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UT Austin Takes First Place at Battle of the Brains
Product Prodigy students claim $50K for first-place finish at HSI Battle of the Brains competition By Jessica Sinn • October 31, 2023 Eight students participating in the DDCE’s Product Prodigy Instituterecently took first place at KPMG’s annual Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) Battle of the Brains Competition, beating out 13 other universities and earning a $50,000 grand prize. With so many…
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The Fruits of Her Labor
An interview with College of Education doctoral student Reyna Flores By Jessica Sinn • October 31, 2023 While growing up in the borderland region of the Rio Grande Valley, Reyna Flores watched her mother work long hours in the fields harvesting crops as a seasonal farmworker. Looking back at those days, she’s grateful for the lessons her mother…
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Megan Rojo
By Jessica Sinn, Division of Diversity & Community Engagement Spend a day in Megan Rojo’s classroom and you’ll see that she has found her calling. Some might even say that teaching is in her DNA. The daughter of two educators, Rojo was determined to carve a different path in life. Yet the gravitational pull…
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