The University of Texas at Austin is one of 18 colleges and universities given an A grade for its core curriculum in a report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni. Meanwhile, Harvard University,...

Only one-fifth of high school seniors in 2009 were at or above proficiency level in science, according to the results of a nationwide test released Tuesday. Of the approximately 11,100 seniors tested...

The UT Police Department will keep meeting a set of international conduct standards because of a continued affiliation with two public safety associations. UTPD Chief Robert Dahlstrom announced...

The four recipients of this year’s Presidential Citation Award come from a diverse range of fields, but they share a common dedication to the University and its impact on the community, UT...

Two UT professors have discovered a process to harness sunlight to split hydrogen from water and use it as a fuel source. The process could eventually lead to the creation of a clean, affordable...

University Democrats and College Republicans may butt heads on most issues this legislative session, but both will lobby to fight higher education funding cuts. “Obviously, we disagree with the...

Both polite questions and angry accusations marked a College of Liberal Arts open forum Tuesday night, when students and college deans met to discuss a $1 million recommended cut to various ethnic and...

Student Government passed a set of broad reforms to its internal structure and external operations in its first meeting of the semester Tuesday. An SG Internal Reform Task Force began work over the summer...

Kindergarten students might be more concerned with finger painting than with paintings from the Italian Renaissance, but this year they will have more opportunities to explore the works at the Blanton...

Only five of the University’s 18 schools and colleges created and posted plans to address gender inequality in the faculty that a special task force reported in 2008. The University’s...

Note: This is the second in a three-part series examining what student organizations are doing to lobby the 82nd Texas Legislature. University Leadership Initiative, a UT group that supports...

A Red McCombs School of Business publication that features faculty research about big ideas in business recently started using social media to reach a wider audience. The editors of TexasEnterprise.org,...