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David Yeager on How to Critique a Young Person's Work
Does a compliment sandwich really work? Not on young people! Listen to Psychology Department professor David Yeager discuss how to motivate young people and learn more in his latest book, 10 to 25 The Science of Motivating Young People: A Groundbreaking Approach to Leading the Next Generation—And Making Your Own Life Easier

Every open house during Liberal Arts Week 2024 will have free food, swag, and beverages. What are you waiting for? Tag the department or center you plan to visit in the comments to find out which swag item or food they're serving up! FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: /MONDAY: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/events/liberal-arts-week-day-1-2 /TUESDAY: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/events/liberal-arts-week-day-2-2 /WEDNESDAY: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/events/liberal-arts-week-day-3-2 /THURSDAY: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/events/liberal-arts-week-day-4-2

Are you as excited as we are to #CelebrateFirstGen with our community of 10,000+ #FirstGenLonghorns — 2,780 of whom are COLA students? Remember to join us tomorrow from 4-6pm in the DIES Center (RLP) for a special COLA First Gen reception!

Calling all newly minted Longhorns: join us next week for Gone to Liberal Arts which will take place directly before the official Gone to Texas event! This is your first chance of the semester to join your COLA peers and kick off the academic year. There will be food, photo ops, face painters, and much more! Make sure to wear your new COLA shirt from orientation for a chance to win prizes. 🤘 #ut27 #utaustin2027 #whatstartshere #gonetotexas

In episode 3 of the Into the COLAverse podcast, UT Department of English Prof Aldama talks to UT Classics Prof Deborah Beck about Greek myths, embodied cognition, storytelling, and society. Check out episode three and others on 🧩Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7iejhOI2U7V61mUgHko4FU 🧩 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/into-the-colaverse/id1649236860 Clip below 👀

2022 COLA Book Fair
MARK YOUR CALENDARS ⏰ The first annual COLA Book Fair, featuring over 50 titles from the past year written and edited by COLA faculty, will take place on 📖Friday, November 4 from 1pm–5pm in the Glickman Conference Center, Patton Hall (RLP). Come for the BOOKS and stay for the snacks, live music, and free COLA merch! #COLABookFair2022 #COLABookFair #COLAuthors #utcola

Poetry on the Pond returns TOMORROW (Sept 28th) at 6pm next to Turtle Pond on the north side of the Tower 🐢 Join us for a twilight poetry event as we celebrate what it means to belong on the 40 acres. Light refreshments will be served, and we’ll be handing out limited-edition stickers for the occasion.

Psychologist Jamie Pennebaker on His Life's Greatest Influences

New Years Resolutions
We’ve all heard the saying, “Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” So why then, year after year, do we make New Year’s resolutions that, for most of us, won’t last through February? How can we end this cycle of insanity? The University of Texas at Austin psychology professor Art Markman says it’s all about training our brains to replace old habits with new habits — which is easier said than done, “especially when we’re fighting against millions of years of evolution that have created mechanisms that want us to maintain our behaviors.” Read more at Life & Letters online: https://bit.ly/2RSmFOs

Beyond the Battlefield
"I started the Veteran's Suicide Prevention Channel because I understand what that feeling is, what drives a lot of veterans to commit suicide, because I have been there. And I know that art is a great way to dispel that feeling out of your system." Glenn Towery, one of few African Americans to serve as quartermaster in the United States Navy during the Vietnam War, details the racism and adversity he faced on and off the ship. His road to recovery began with art and a commitment to veteran communities. One such community is the Warrior Chorus at The University of Texas at Austin, a scholar-led workshop housed in the Department of Classics (@UT Classics) and supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, that brings together veterans to study classical literature as it relates to contemporary America. Read more about Towery in "Beyond the Battlefield: The War Rages on, but This Time It’s Personal" on Life & Letters: http://lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2018/11/beyond-the-battlefield-the-war-rages-on-but-this-time-its-personal/

Art Markman on "Dear HBR"
"Annoying Subordinates": Psychology Department professor Art Markman is the featured expert on the new episode of Harvard Business Review's Dear HBR: a workplace advice podcast. Listen to the full episode and read the transcript: https://hbr.org/podcast/2018/06/annoying-subordinates.html

UT Austin Sociologist Christine Williams Elected President of ASA
Professor Christine Williams was elected president of the American Sociological Association (ASA), the first from The University of Texas at Austin to hold the position. “Sociologists address some of the world’s most pressing social problems, including economic inequality, gender and race discrimination, and political violence and oppression,” said Williams. “Becoming ASA President is an opportunity to showcase the excellent research being done on these topics and its potential to explain and improve people’s lives.” Read more: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/public-affairs/news/12933

H.W. Perry Surprised in Classroom with Friar Award
WATCH: Dozens of faculty and students gathered outside UT-Austin Department of Government associate professor H.W. Perry’s "Constitutional Interpretations" classroom earlier this month, ready to barge in and surprise him with news that he had been selected by students for this year’s Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship at The University of Texas at Austin.

Watch Your Step: How Vision Leads Locomotion
Using new technologies to track how vision guides foot placement, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin come one step closer in determining what is going on in the brain while we walk, paving the way for better treatment for mobility impairments — strokes, aging and Parkinson’s — and technology development — prosthetics and robots. Read more about this research: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/public-affairs/news/12778

UT Austin MAPATHON Helps With Disaster Relief
Following the recent hurricanes and earthquake, the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies joined the PCL and the UT Libraries and people around the world in using the OpenStreetMap platform to donate their time to hurricane relief efforts through open-source mapping. To participate, visit tasks.hotosm.org.

Big 12 Champions for Life: Olamide Aborowa
International Relations & Global Studies junior and Texas Longhorns Women's Basketball forward Olamide Aborowa wants to use her education to create a nonprofit organization to help young girls in Nigeria. Read more: http://big12championsforlife.com/texas/olamide-aborowa/.

Grown & Flown Donates Dorm Supplies to UT Austin Freshmen
Plan II alumna Mary Dell Harrington and her Grown and Flown co-founder Lisa Heffernan lightened the load for Longhorns in need this week by organizing a mass donation of 22,000 dorm items to 225 students in the UT Austin Foundation Scholars Program. Read more: http://lifeandletters.la.utexas.edu/2017/09/longhorn-lightens-the-load-for-incoming-students/

Humanities Highlights: From Jawsmania to Shark Week
Just in time for Shark Week: Janet M. Davis (American studies and history) and the Humanities Media Projecton "Jaws" and its impact on sharks.

Black History Month 2017
Happy #BlackHistoryMonth. For a list of upcoming events, visit http://bit.ly/2kXxD58. Also, keep an eye on the websites and social media accounts of University of Texas African and African Diaspora Studies Department, The John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies and Institute for Urban Policy Research & Analysis.