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• Blandina Cardenas: president, University of Texas, Pan American

  - 2007-04-01

  Run down the resume of Dr. Blandina "Bambi" Cardenas, president of the University of Texas-Pan American, and you will come across a non-stop record of achievements in education and civil rights. "When I think about all of this, what is amazing to me is the staying power," she laughs...

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• Former Bush Press Aide Provides Tales from the Hot Seat During Greater Fort Worth PRSA March Meeting

  - 2007-03-05

  FORT WORTH, Texas -- Scooter Libby, Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. Hilary Clinton . . . These names can be found in the news any day. What's it like to work in the public relations hot seat for high-profile politicians? Learn from Anne Swanson, who has worked behind the scenes. Join...

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• State Fair of Texas Chooses Daktronics to Provide ProStar® High Definition Video Display for Cotton Bowl; Daktronics Also to Provide New Sound System

  - 2006-08-17

  BROOKINGS, S.D. -- The State Fair of Texas has chosen Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq:DAKT) of Brookings, S.D., to design and build a true high definition HD light emitting diode LED video display for the Cotton Bowl, home of the annual AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic, the Red River Rivalry featuring national champion...

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• 660 K-SKY and UT Longhorns Corral New Two-Year Contract; UT Fans Hear National Champs Defend Title on Weekly Broadcast

  - 2006-08-09

  IRVING, Texas -- News Talk 660 KSKY-AM and the Texas Longhorns have signed a new two-year contract to broadcast University of Texas games to UT fans in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex, according to a joint announcement today. The first Longhorns Sports Network broadcast on News Talk 660 KSKY under...

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• Business leaders show optimism

  - 2005-06-01

  Continuing to show a modest gain for the second quarter of 2005, the Texas Business Leaders Confidence Index increased 2.7 points to 65.7, signaling that business leaders believe that the state and national economies are growing stronger, but at a reserved pace. The BLCI is conducted quarterly by panelists across...

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• UT Dallas Professor's Paper Among Most Influential in 50-Year History of Journal Management Science; Description of 'Bass Model' Makes Publication's 'Top 10' List.

  - 2004-05-03

  Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, May 3 AScribe Newswire -- Members of the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences INFORMS have voted a landmark paper describing a method to predict consumer product sales, written by Professor Frank Bass of The...

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• U. T. Dallas Economist to Join Harvard Debate on Intellectual Property Rights in Cyberspace; Are Music Downloaders Criminals or Targets of Persecution?

  - 2003-08-25

  Byline: University of Texas at Dallas RICHARDSON, Texas, Aug. 25 AScribe Newswire -- A debate is raging in the worlds of entertainment, law and technology: when "Little Johnny" downloads his favorite rap tune from the Internet for free, is he engaging in a criminal...

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• Arlington, Texas, University Chief Fights Budget-Cut Plans.

  - 2003-03-05

  By John Moritz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 5--AUSTIN, Texas--The acting president of the University of Texas at Arlington told a legislative panel Tuesday that the fast-growing institution would be devastated if lawmakers slashed its budget by...

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• Rebuttal to TSN columnist sparks flap.

  - 1999-10-01

  Wefald struck deep into the heart of Texas on Wednesday. Of all people, it was issued by K-State president Jon Wefald, who by Thursday had issued an apology on the same site. Wefald's comments were included as part of a letter he sent this week to...

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