Today, upon my return home from Idaho, I read a very nice article on teaching and research. I was dean of the College of Engineering at UT from 1962 until 1969 and was the father of the “Teaching...

Consigned to the role of loyal opposition, Texas Democrats are poised to hand another victory to Republicans in next year’s U.S. Senate election. The lackluster potential and declared Democratic...

Last week, 25 UT students were hosted by local families for two nights at the halfway point of their bicycling journey from Austin to Anchorage, Ala. “LIVESTRONG TEXAS 4000, fighting cancer every...

Editor’s note: Among the many proposed reforms to Texas higher education are some that would modify or eliminate the current tenure system employed by colleges and universities. We asked UT philosophy...

Editor’s note: Among the many proposed reforms to Texas higher education are some that would modify or eliminate the current tenure system employed by colleges and universities. We asked UT philosophy...

The Sons of Confederate Veterans is not a veterans group, as Samian Quazi’s Monday column “Confederate plates: An utter disgrace” says. These are individuals that had an ancestor that...

Gov. Rick Perry reopened an old front in the war on education in Texas last Friday. Just days after the end of the special legislative session and on the brink of a busy holiday weekend, the governor’s...

“The higher education experience is not akin to shopping on iTunes or visiting Banana Republic.” — Randy Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, and the college’s executive...

I am appalled by the tone of the article titled “UT freshman badly injured, hospitalized after collision,” which ran in Monday’s paper, because it resembles an opinion article, as...

Today, as millions of Americans are firing up the grill, waving flags and remembering our nation’s birthday, hundreds of politicos, pundits and one Rick Perry are gearing up for a crack at the White...

Texas motorists may soon be able to sport a license plate with a Confederate flag logo if the Department of Motor Vehicles approves it this fall. The Sons of Confederate Veterans applied for such...

The City Council voted Wednesday to endorse the Formula 1 racetrack. The vote will most likely bring the Grand Prix to Austin in 2012 — an event that has promised the city a lot while asking for...