The Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas at UT received a $270,000 grant to fund the center’s general operating costs and the pay for the center’s annual conference, the Austin Forum,...
Educators scoffed when Gov. Rick Perry proposed a $10,000 bachelor’s degree in February, but the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board is taking steps to make his idea a reality.
The board...
Fatal injuries in rugby are extremely rare, despite the sport’s limited protective gear and aggressive nature, said a men’s rugby coach.
UT women’s rugby club captain Stephanie...
Biomedical engineering junior Juan Carlos Rodriguez started his own clothing line, Platypus T-shirts, last summer. He said his business is still in the startup stages and he is trying to market his...
In 1967, 22-year-old attorney Sarah Weddington joined forces with the Women’s Liberation Movement and took on one of the most perpetually controversial Supreme Court cases in American history...
A bill requiring women seeking abortions to view a fetal sonogram 24 hours before the procedure easily cleared a key House committee vote Wednesday, paving the way for the full House to consider the...
Rice farmer Ronald Gertson uses millions of gallons of water each year to maintain his crop in southeast Texas. A full Lake Travis is the lifeblood of marina owner Janet Caylor. The Sierra Club’s...
Although Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens made his fortune in the oil industry, he pushed for the use of alternative energy sources at an on-campus lecture Monday.
More than 1,000 students...
Students can look forward to an influx of job opportunities in health care professions and some information technology and business fields, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
By 2018,...
Austin, known as one of the primary hubs of the video game industry, may soon find the next generation of game artists, designers and programmers studying within the walls of UT this fall.
Bruce...
Gold and green may not be UT’s colors, but the University may be seeing more of both.
Beginning in September 2009, the University of Texas Investment Management Company spent $767 million...
The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies announced that donations matched $6 million grant from the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Foundation to continue providing a multi-disciplinary Jewish Studies...
