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TexanYearinReview_20142015

New faces, familiar places: Year in review

Daily Texan Staff May 8, 2015

LIFE&ARTS | This year brought the usual lineup of festivities to Austin. For two weekends in October, musicians including Eminem, Lorde and Outkast, made their ways to Austin City Limits. A number...

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News to look for in the coming months: New president, campus carry

Julia Brouillette May 8, 2015

Jefferson Davis Statue In their first month leading the student body, Student Government president Xavier Rotnofsky and vice president Rohit Mandalapu pushed for the removal of UT’s controversial...

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Chancellor appoints two new leaders

Wynne Davis May 7, 2015

As a part of his plan to increase the UT System’s influence and excellence in higher education, System Chancellor William McRaven hired two leaders from within the System to join his staff. David...

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Lawmakers propose halving UT-System’s portion of Permanent University Fund for University of Houston

Eleanor Dearman May 5, 2015

UT’s portion of the Permanent University Fund (PUF) might be cut in half to help fund The University of Houston.  Last week, Rep. Sylvester Turner (D-Houston) laid out a bill and constitutional...

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Regents, Chancellor assert regents’ access to records can be subject to limitations

Jordan Rudner May 5, 2015

The UT System Board of Regents and Chancellor William McRaven sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Ken Paxton arguing that individual regents’ access to records can be subject to limitations...

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Updated: System lawyers ask Attorney General to dismiss Hall’s request for advice

Jordan Rudner May 4, 2015

Updated (3:34 p.m.): In a brief submitted on behalf of Chancellor William McRaven and the UT System Board of Regents, lawyers for the System asked the Attorney General to dismiss Regent Wallace Hall’s...

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Lawmakers initially approve bill to set sexual assault guidelines

Eleanor Dearman April 28, 2015

State lawmakers are working to set state guidelines for how universities handle sexual assault.  The House gave initial approval Monday to a bill requiring universities to set definitions of sexual...

Vice chancellor to step down, teach full time

Josh Willis April 15, 2015

Last week, a UT System executive vice chancellor announced he will step down from his position. Pedro Reyes, UT System executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, will step down once a replacement...

New UT System Institute to focus on health care system quality

Josh Willis April 13, 2015

Lynda Chin, recently named associate vice chancellor for health transformation and chief innovation officer for health affairs for the UT System, is set to lead the newly created UT System Institute for...

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Regents vote to allow Hall to review investigation

Josh Willis April 9, 2015

The UT System Board of Regents voted at a meeting Wednessday to allow Regent Wallace Hall to review information collected during an investigation into UT admission practices. The Board released the...

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UTDivest, Unify Texas debate foreign divestment

Samantha Ketterer April 9, 2015

Student-led movement UTDivest will propose legislation to Student Government asking for the University of Texas Investment Management Company to pull investments from corporations the group believes facilitate...

New UT System associate vice chancellor named

Josh Willis April 7, 2015

The UT System appointed Lynda Chin on Thursday to the position of associate vice chancellor for health transformation and chief innovation officer for health affairs.  Chin, the former scientific...

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