Every day, universities across Texas are generating new ideas and creating technologies that make our communities safer, stronger, healthier and more prosperous. In this special 30-minute segment of State of Tomorrow™, you’ll discover what researchers are doing to protect us against natural and manmade viruses. You’ll meet real-world heroes who are developing new treatments for cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. You’ll learn what higher…
Every day, universities across Texas are generating new ideas and creating technologies that make our communities safer, stronger, healthier and more prosperous. In this special 30-minute segment of State of Tomorrow™, you’ll discover what researchers are doing to protect us against natural and manmade viruses. You’ll meet real-world heroes who are developing new treatments for cancer, heart disease and the effects of aging. You’ll learn what higher…
In Lubbock, the devastating tornado of May 1970 has never been forgotten. Twenty-six people were killed, 500 were injured, and more than $530 million in property was damaged. In Tornado Alley, you'll see the commitment of higher-education researchers to improving building safety and saving lives before the next deadly twister hits our state. When you see a flying 2x4 smash into a normal - or reinforced - wall in their laboratories, you'll understand…
In the airplane cockpit or the hospital emergency room, effective group communication can save lives. UT Austin social psychologist Robert Helmreich talks about the interpersonal dynamics that can avoid - or create - disaster in To Err Is Human.
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The University of Texas at Austin
How can we sustain the energy needs of our own country - as well as the rapidly multiplying markets of developing nations like China and India? Higher-education experts across the state are working on new technologies to recover existing oil, alternative sources like nuclear and solar energy, and innovations like cleaner-burning coal plants. Find out what we need to do to satisfy our planet's growing thirst for fuel in The Future of Energy.
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Clearing the Air focuses on a region and city determined to create a healthier environment for its citizens. Drawing on help from higher-education institutions, the City of Houston is committed to greatly decreasing its pollution without stifling its continued economic growth. Can the city designated one of the most polluted in the nation become a model for the rest of the country?
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City of Houston,…
Game and movie animation are becoming blockbuster economic forces in the entertainment industry. In Visualizing the Future, you'll see what a new generation of talented students are creating at Texas A&M's visualization laboratories. Then travel to Texas cities to see this burgeoning new industry, where many of these students will one day work.
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Texas A&M University
As modern-day Texas' population surges and becomes increasingly urban, the planning and design of our cities and transportation systems assume critical importance to our state's quality of life. In The New Urban Century, experts from UT Austin explore sustainable design, the forces that shape our cities and suburbs, and the relationship between the manmade environment and public health.
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The University…
How relevant is art to our daily lives? To our society? A Texas State University art and art history professor, James Housefield, is exploring the convergence of art and life. In Creative Capital, he will show us how art is changing the way the world around us looks.
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Texas State University
State of Tomorrow™ is a documentary series that focuses on issues that are critical to Texans — and to all Americans. Traveling across the state to Texas' public institutions of higher education, this series highlights extraordinary work, groundbreaking research and the state's most innovative thinkers who are committed to solving the greatest challenges of this new century. The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University
State of Tomorrow™ is a documentary series that focuses on issues that are critical to Texans — and to all Americans. Traveling across the state to Texas' public institutions of higher education, this series highlights extraordinary work, groundbreaking research and the state's most innovative thinkers who are committed to solving the greatest challenges of this new century. The University of Texas System, The Texas A&M University System, The Texas State University System, Texas Tech University System, University of Houston System and University of North Texas System have all collaborated in this unprecedented series that highlights extraordinary work going on at campuses around the state.
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