#UTAustin

[ww92030]

8.19.2023 [Taken by T/copperproto for T/longhornfurries university event.]

[austinstudying]

Some pictures of campus throughout the week

I took a majority of them during the UT vs OU football game (a lot of people were in Dallas for that game hence why there aren’t that many people around)

We lost that game

[healthyhorns]

Celebrating a UHS Student Employee’s Graduation and Journey at University Health Services 

 Braydon Demasters, a longtime student employee at University Health Services (UHS), graduated on May 11 with a bachelor's of science degree in biology after serving in various roles at UHS for two years. 

Demasters joined UHS in the summer of 2022 as the Patient Education Management intern through the Texas Leadership Education and Development (Texas LEAD) summer internship program. 

“During my first internship role at UHS, I worked under Sheila Mahon in the Gynecology clinic,” Demasters said. “In that role, I went through all of the patient handouts and paperwork so that I could update the content when needed. This served as a really good introduction into all that University Health Services offered.” 

Demasters said he worked in the UHS administrative office, where he began building strong professional relationships with the staff. As his summer internship was coming to a close, the administrative team recognized his potential and offered him a position as a student assistant, allowing him to continue his journey with UHS.  

“I was thrilled to be invited to stay on,” Demasters said. “I worked as a student assistant for my entire junior year and I really enjoyed all of the people I was working with.” 

In the summer of 2023, Demasters worked with Renee Mathews, Director of Nursing Services at UHS, to create the Accreditation Optimization internship role. 

“We had just gone through the accreditation renewal process with Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care,” Demasters explained, “so I was given the task of organizing and categorizing all of the feedback we had received from that process.” 

Renee Mathews was one of Demaster’s supervisors while he was in the Accreditation Optimization internship role. She said from the start she knew he was going to be able to handle whatever they threw at him. 

“We learned pretty early on how capable he is,” Mathews said. “He is able to capture what we need quickly and eloquently and he has remarkable attention to detail which helps his ability to handle high-level work.” 

After Demasters finished up his second summer internship, he returned to his role as student assistant to the UHS administrative staff.  

“By this point, I was gaining more confidence in my work and was able to take more initiative,” Demasters said. “It was nice to collaborate with other areas in UHS to help in whatever ways I could.” 

Despite taking on various roles during his time at UHS, Demasters said that the experience has given him an immense appreciation for the exceptional level of care provided by the UHS team, from the providers to the nurses and the support staff.  

“Before my time at UHS, I didn’t realize the huge amount of work it takes to serve the student body at UT in this capacity,” Demasters said. “But I noticed very early on the amount of dedication that the folks at UHS have.” 

Demasters said he has always encouraged others to be proactive about their health, but since his involvement at UHS, this commitment has become even more of a priority. 

“Being a student at such a large institution can sometimes make you feel detached and like you are just a number,” Demasters said, “but the people at UHS are truly willing to give you a very personalized experience. It has been so rewarding to have this experience and to witness the amount of work and care UHS puts into their jobs. They want students to be able to feel their best and do their best, and it is amazing to see.” 

Mathews said she enjoys having students in the office so they can learn, grow and develop new skills. 

“Students are always willing to take on a project and devote their time to it,” Mathews said. “I do love to watch them grow. We work so closely with them so we are able to see their interactions improve in a professional setting on top of all the knowledge they are getting from doing their day-to-day tasks.” 

Demasters said he plans to take a gap year after graduation, but knows he wants to pursue a career in optometry. 

“This job has helped me solidify my love of working with patients and helping them advocate for their healthcare,” Demasters said. “I know the skills and things I have learned while working here will follow me into the future and one day into my career.” 

-Erin Garcia, Healthyhorns Outreach and Social Media Coordinator

[alexanderrogge]

The National Tenor Trombone Solo Competition Finals featured Nathanael Peters, Ross Ganske, and Riley Carr playing Fantaisie by Sigismond Stojowski in Division I at The U.S. Army Band 2024 American Trombone Workshop. #BiolaPride #Biola #UTAustin #Longhorns #HookEm #ValdostaState #VState #BlazerNation #TenorTrombone #Trombone #ATW2024 #ATW #Music

[clairwil]

Jen Easterly and Bobby Chesney talk cybersecurity at Texas Tribune Festival 2023

Jen Easterly, Director of The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) discusses cybersecurity with Bobby Chesney Dean of the University of Texas Law School at the Texas Tribune Festival 2023 CISA Jen Easterly & Dean Bobby Chesney It’s the first day of the 2023 Texas Tribune Festival in Austin and at the Omni Trademark Ballroom it’s a full-court press for CISA Jen Easterly and UT…

[gamma-xi-delta]

SORORITY RUSH WEEK VLOG (+ bid day) 2023 : The University of Texas at Austin

Published by Audrey Atienza

[mark-matos]

🧠✨MIND-READING AI REVEALS STORIES IN YOUR HEAD!📚🔮 #MindReading #AI

Remember those epic sci-fi movies where characters could read minds? Like in Chronicles of Riddick, Star Wars, The Matrix, and Dune? 🎥🚀 Well, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin are turning fiction into reality with a semantic decoder that translates brain activity into text! 😱

🔬 The system uses fMRI scanners and AI (similar to ChatGPT & Google's Bard) to transform brain activity from listening to or imagining stories into text - just like mind-reading powers in our favorite sci-fi universes! 🧠💥 No surgical implants needed! 🏥✨

🧪 This groundbreaking research brings us closer to the telepathic abilities we've seen in Chronicles of Riddick, Star Wars, The Matrix, and Dune! 🎬💫 Imagine communicating like a Jedi or a Bene Gesserit! 🤯

🚫 Fear not, sci-fi fans! The system only works with cooperative participants who've willingly trained the decoder. Untrained or resistant participants won't produce intelligible results, so no evil empires will misuse this technology! 🚷🔐

🔜 The system still relies on fMRI machines, but this research could pave the way for more portable brain-imaging systems, bringing us closer to the sci-fi world we've always dreamed of! 🌐💼

[angelhandstattoo]

Our last event on our big Saturday day of art and activity was this cool UT event at SXSW at Bangers, where our gal @karenmaness scored us VIP passes, as her students built 2 separate displays for the event. The first was a corrugated plastic replica of UT Tower, with various synchronized projections; and the second was a Lamborghini replica with some awesome LED lighting and projected images as well. After enjoying country group Lucius, we had some great food and cocktails until the “speakeasy” ended and we walked around a bit to check out the SXSW action - where I snapped that last pic from the HBO venue of that oh-so-iconic White Lotus line. It was a super fun night; we got to meet some of Karen’s students, enjoy some fun perks, have some deep conversation, and I got to walk the streets of Austin in my Buddy Holly tshirt and Tony Lama cowboy boots (sadly not pictured)…a wonderful end to the most amazing day of art and culture, with these cherished people 🥰🧡🐂 . . @joatwood @karenmaness @gutzrobert @vckijonespittman #austin #texas #sxsw #utaustin #bangersaustin #luciusband #countrymusic #oldfriends #artistsoninstagram #artist #art #hookemhorns #buddyholly #vip #speakeasy #cvjh #cvhs #sandiegans #sandiegotattooartist #tattooer #ladytattooers #texasartist (at Banger's Sausage House & Beer Garden) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cpvf5zxOaXm/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[utexjim]

Another awesome #TEDxUTAustin event 👏 always learning, Showcase was inspirational 👨‍🏫 #TEDxTalks #TED #tedtalks #howandwhy #UT #UTAustin #TEDxUTAustin2023 #TEDx (at LBJ Presidential Library & Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CpGmB5BpM9H/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[ww92030]

OPERATING SYSTEMS (CS439H) - 12 DAYS REMAIN

[austinstudying]

What I am doing today

I have a final exam for General physics 2 on Monday.

I will go skim through the chapters in the textbook and mindmap the concepts I don't fully understand.

I will be studying on the Amtrak train from Austin to home. TY to @amtrak-official for reminding me about how much I love the amtrak train.

Chapters I want to cover today:

Lens

Magnetism

Electromagnetism

[healthyhorns]

Center for Students in Recovery Student Technician Receives National Award 

In April, the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) announced their annual Collegiate Recovery Awards. These awards recognize ARHE staff and student member efforts and daily work as they seek to improve the lives of students in recovery. 

The ARHE is the only association dedicated to exclusively representing collegiate recovery programs and communities. It also advocates for the faculty and staff who support these programs and the students who are part of them. 

This year Ellie Morris, a student technician at the Center for Students in Recovery (CSR), was named Collegiate Recovery Student of the Year. This prestigious award honors an undergraduate or graduate student who has displayed excellence in academics and leadership in the field, exceeding the usual expectations of work/study responsibilities. 

Director for the Center for Students in Recovery Lilly Ettinger said that award nominations open up in February each year. She knew early on that she wanted to nominate Ellie for Collegiate Recovery Student of the Year.  

“Generally, you pick a student who has been outstanding, who shows up, and who has the respect of their peers,” Lilly said. “After I knew we were going to nominate Ellie, we began getting nomination letters ready from myself, other staff, and students.” 

Lilly said it was easy to write about Ellie and her accomplishments, both personally and academically, because Ellie’s journey was worth celebrating. 

Ellie’s began pursuing her undergraduate degree in biology in the fall of 2017. 

“At the time, it probably appeared as though I had it all together,” Ellie said. “It seemed like I was handling myself well.” 

Ellie said early on in her collegiate career, she could feel internally that she was hiding her struggles with substance use.  

“That is how I had learned to survive,” Ellie said. “It became progressively more difficult when it started to affect my grades and my mental health.” 

At the start of the pandemic, Ellie said she experienced a sharp decline in her mental health and it got much worse due to isolation. She had just moved into her own apartment by herself and was often alone.  

“I didn’t have a reason to hide it anymore,” Ellie said. “Things really started accelerating at that point. People began to notice that I was making very irresponsible choices. My relationships with friends and family were all rather tumultuous. My grades were slipping.” 

Ellie reflected on this difficult time saying that one thing that she will always remember are the professors who reached out to check on her, making sure she was okay. 

“People clearly noticed,” Ellie said. “I didn’t respond at the time, but looking back it means a lot to know that they had my best interest at heart and were genuinely concerned.” 

Ellie medically withdrew from classes after Spring Break in 2022, after already reducing her course load to part-time earlier that semester.  

“It was time to address that my mental health needed attention,” Ellie said. “After being sober for two weeks, I noticed a complete change inside me. It was at that time that I realized the connection between my mental health and substance use." 

After living at home and being sober for a year, Ellie decided to come back to UT Austin and finish up her degree.  

“In my heart and in my gut, I knew this was something I needed to see through,” Ellie said. “In the summer of 2023, I discovered the Center for Students in Recovery website and connected with Lilly. She was so welcoming and helped me learn more about the services and resources they offered. My parents and I felt a lot more comfortable knowing there would be a support system in place for me when I returned.” 

On the first day of classes in August of 2023, Ellie went to the CSR for the first time. By the end of August, she was hired on as a student technician.  

CSR Program Coordinator Richie King said Ellie has gone above and beyond as a student employee and has even taken on the role of an officer for the CSR student organization, Students for Recovery. 

“Ellie has definitely worn many hats,” Richie said. “From checking students in when they come into CSR, to leading meetings, to being someone that provides an openness to student peers and is there for them in many ways.” 

Ellie said she has been open about her experiences and shares her story with students who come into the CSR. She hopes that by doing so, they can connect and release the shame that is often associated with substance use. 

“This is all part of my story and it has made me stronger,” Ellie said. “I like to be really open with students so that they can see that they aren’t alone.” 

Lilly expressed her immense gratitude to Ellie for her outstanding leadership throughout her time at the CSR.  

“I am so proud of Ellie,” Lilly said. “It's so scary to come back to college in recovery, especially to the same college everything went down at. She didn't just like, survive it, she thrived and helped to create and foster an environment where other students can thrive as well.” 

After all her hard work both personally and academically, Ellie finished her degree and graduated this spring with a bachelor's of science degree in biology. 

Ellie plans to attend the 15th Annual Collegiate Recovery Conference in San Diego this summer where she can accept her award in person. She said she plans to bring her family, along with her mentors Lilly and Richie, to celebrate the occasion. 

“It feels really good to be recognized and celebrated,” Ellie said. “I am honestly so proud of myself and how I have changed, and I owe it all to the CSR. I could not have done any of this without them.” 

-Erin Garcia, Healthyhorns Outreach and Social Media Coordinator

[godoflaundrybaskets]

Hi godoflaundrybaskets - I'm a grad student and am doing a project on podfic listeners and creators. I've been an avid fanfic reader my whole life but more recently discovered podfics. They've opened a whole new world of fandom for me. I was wondering if you would be open to a conversation about podfics? I'd love to learn about your creative process and journey as a fan. Any information you can share is greatly appreciated. Hope we connect soon!

hey, this is from ages ago but I'm just starting to get back online. If you wanted to DM me feel free. Here's a place where I talked a bit about my process especially as I was getting started this is pretty close to my original method: https://godoflaundrybaskets.tumblr.com/post/713223902840668160/hi-honey-love-your-pod-work-and-wondering-if-you

I don't think I've really talked about this journey publicly anywhere so I'm just going to give a quick barely edited version so if I feel like elaborating later I have something to work off of, lmao

I have always loved audio books so that's always been a thing but I never connected it to fanfic for quite some time. My partner isn't much one for reading but I was able to get them to listen some fanfics I knew were going to be their thing by reading them aloud as a bedtime story 😂 (this fic to be specific (MCU amazingness https://archiveofourown.org/works/780222/chapters/1469389). Alas I didn't know recording was a thing and I have still yet to actually podfic this fic.

I got into podficcing after listening to this amazing teen wolf podfic "Play It again" by mothlights. This was where I kinda learned that podficcing was like a thing (listen here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/912147/chapters/1767674): I wrote a comment talking about that here: https://archiveofourown.org/comments/242686120

I did a couple test podfics before jumping in my first long podfic, though it was only like 60k at the time I started. "A Star To Steer By" an SG1/Star Wars crossover fic (here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4954960/chapters/11377159)

Funnily enough another podficcer, Dr_fumbles_mcstupid, started posting her version of the same fic like two weeks before I was ready. I decided to say fuckit and still post mine because I had already recorded and was in the middle of editing the first couple chapters. That turned out to be a great decision because she was immediately enthused and became a great friend and introduced me to the wider podficcing community which was mostly on twitter at the time.

After that I just kept making podfics and friends in the community! ✨✨

[alexanderrogge]

Division II of the National Bass Trombone Solo Competition Finals featured Connor Fallon, Dylan Halliday, and Eric Garcia playing Bass Lines: No. 2, Spain by David Fetter. #UNTProud #UNT #OklahomaState #OKStateMusic #OKState #GoPokes #UTAustin #Longhorns #HookEm #BassTrombone #Trombone #ATW2024 #ATW #Music

[podfic-pals]

Hi Podfic Pals - I'm a grad student and am doing a project on podfic listeners and creators. I've been an avid fanfic reader my whole life but more recently discovered podfics. They've opened a whole new world of fandom for me. I was wondering if you would be open to a conversation about podfics? I'd love to learn about your creative process and journey as a fan. Any information you can share is greatly appreciated. Hope we connect soon!

Hi 🤗🤗

Your project sounds intriguing and we’d be interested in more information about what kind of paper you’re writing or what thesis you’re posing. If you‘d be able to email us your questions, we could either answer them collectively or individually, though not every pal is comfortable answering questions or being mentioned by name.

We’d like to know a bit more before we give a definitive yes to participating. — We hope that’s okay with you and we look forward to your email at podficpals@gmail.com 😊