Houston mayor Sylvester Turner said the UT System’s planned expansion into the city could hurt other Houston-based universities. “One the one hand, it is flattering for a Tier One institution...

Graduates from UT System schools earn about $150,000 more throughout their lifetime than students who attend a UT System institution but do not graduate, according to data collected by the UT System. The...

Chancellor William McRaven conceded to being “guilty as charged” of not collaborating with lawmakers on a plan to expand the UT System in Houston during a higher education board meeting...

UT System Regent Wallace Hall filed an appeal Thursday afternoon against Chancellor William McRaven in an attempt to access to confidential student records in the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals. The appeal...

All UT System institutions must submit draft rules regarding campus carry by mid-February for review by the UT System Board of Regents, according to a UT System press release. The announcement came...

The UT System made its first land purchase in southwest Houston on Friday in an effort to expand the System’s higher education presence in Texas’s largest city, according to a press release. The...

Although Abigail Fisher v. University of Texas will be heard for a second time on Dec. 9, the US Supreme Court has addressed the issue of affirmative action many times before.    Fisher,...

Medical researchers from the University have partnered with Synthetic Biologics Inc. to engineer two antibodies that could potentially treat and prevent pertussis in the developing world. Pertussis,...

President Gregory Fenves inaugurated Gregory Fenves was inaugurated as the new UT president in September. During his first few months as president, he commissioned a task force to make recommendations...

The Division of Housing and Food Service works to produce at least 16,000 meals per day for the dining halls on campus. Twenty three percent of the Division of Housing and Food Services’ $8 million...

Researchers released a sexual misconduct survey to a random sample of students across the 13 UT System schools on Nov. 4 as part of the Cultivating Learning and Safe Environment project. The results of...

The Faculty Council passed a campus carry resolution after adding an amendment to the proposal Monday.   The council proposed a resolution to prohibit guns from being allowed in the classroom, laboratories,...