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Sana Hameed is a student at the University of Texas at Austin majoring in Management Information Systems with a minor in Marketing and certificate in Elements of Computing.
Sana has a passion for all things creative. Her interest not only lies in brainstorming and creating interesting and persuasive content but in analyzing the resulting data for trends and ways to adapt. When Sana is not poring over a new project, you'll find her pouring herself an Arnold Palmer, watching obscene amounts of Netflix, or exploring all that Austin has to offer.
Alumna Anvita Jain had her first panic attack the spring semester of her senior year. She said she had never dealt with anxiety before, did not understand what was happening and did not know who to talk to. "You would be surprised by how many people silently suffer from mental health issues.
The UT chapter of Asha for Education, a nonprofit that supports the education of underprivileged children in India, held its first fundraising gala Saturday. Finance junior Caroline Cantrell began the gala with a presentation about the work the national chapter of Asha for Education has done.
Members of the new organization Texas Brain Exercise Initiative began volunteering last month with people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at a senior living community near campus, Brookdale Westlake Hills. The 74 members utilize activities meant to stimulate the brain's prefrontal cortex, which controls higher cognitive functions such as memory and verbal ability.
The pilot is the breeding grounds for experimentation, the trial and error that goes into molding the show into what it will become. It's safe to say SceneSave, as an app, is in its pilot phase right now. It's growing and changing, but it's driving force -it's mission- is a done deal.
Three year-old Avra Kuriachan's fingers skimmed the geometric patterns embedded in the architecture of the Ismaili Jamatkhana, Plano. It's a building more familiar than foreign to her, even though it's not the Jamatkhana she normally attends. In her frothy pink dress, she roamed the lobby as if it were a palace, oblivious to the bustle around her.
By Sana Hameed - Follow @sana21hameed At eight years old, my voice was my pen and my audience, my paper. Channeling my love for storytelling, I would self-publish novels using a stack of cardstock, Crayola markers, and a stapler, my heart chock full of ambition.
A snow lion danced into the social hall of Plano Jamatkhana, an explosion of energy and flailing furry limbs. It quivered and shook, rolled and rollicked, tousling the rainbow tassels which dangled from each plush ear. Finally, its waggling tongue unraveled as if it were a scroll to display two uniting words-"World Peace."
With time the DFW area has evolved to encompass more than just the implied cityscape of Dallas and Fort Worth. Plano, formerly regarded as a little known suburb, an outlier of Dallas, has grown in prominence recently as it has become the headquarters for renowned businesses like Toyota, Liberty Mutual Insurance, FedEx and more.