The College of Natural Sciences will be offering about one-third fewer courses in summer 2015, according to the college's dean, Linda Hicke. Last week, the Office of the Executive...

Based on new data, 86 percent of current University sophomores are on track to graduate within four years, according to David Laude, senior vice provost for enrollment and graduation management. As...

University students in fall 2014 hail from 226 out of 254 different Texas counties, primarily from the eastern half of the state, according to data from the Office of Institutional Reporting, Research,...

The manner in which the UT System governs its institutions could again be a topic of discussion during the 2015 legislative session. State Sen. Kel Seliger, R-Amarillo, has filed Senate Bill 177, which...

Paul Foster, Board of Regents chairman, announced a new UT System website on Monday to accept nominations from the public for the next UT-Austin president.  With President William Powers Jr....

For the second year in a row, the UT System delayed sending the University the information needed to form its Tuition Policy Advisory Committee, the group in charge of recommending any tuition changes...

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined Abigail Fisher’s request Wednesday for a full panel of judges to hear her affirmative action case against the University. Of the court’s 15...

Students offered to participate in the Path to Admission through Co-Enrollment program in 2014 had a higher enrollment rate in the program than those offered to participate in the UT Coordinated Admission...

In its first ever global university ranking released Wednesday, U.S. News and World Report recognized UT as the 30th-best university in the world.  The publication previously listed the University...

University faculty and staff have contributed less than $8,000 to major candidates in the Austin mayor’s race this year, significantly less than the total amount of contributions to the state race...

UT released its affiliation agreement Monday between the UT System Board of Regents, the University and the Seton Healthcare Family regarding the Dell Medical School.   “UT Austin and Seton...

In a special meeting Thursday night, the UT System Board of Regents announced the System’s commitment to being prepared to utilize its resources for protecting citizens from public health threats, including...

Since state requirements over UT’s automatic admission policy changed in 2011, the average SAT score of accepted freshman has continued to increase. For the first time since 2010, the University...

According to University documents, UT expects to receive $596 million in tuition for the 2014-2015 fiscal year, which is .34 percent higher than the $594 million it budgeted to receive last year. In May,...

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell isn’t the only one who’s been paying attention to football head coach Charlie Strong’s core vales.  At a special meeting over telephone conference...

UT has been recognized as the 28th-best university in the world and sixth-best among public universities in the U.S., according to the 2014-2015 Times Higher Education World University ranking released...

In the University’s first semester offering a guaranteed tuition plan, the number of students who signed up for the four-year fixed rate fell below University projections. The UT System Board...

The UT System will further consider divesting funds from Russia as relations between the U.S. and the Russian governments worsen because of conflict in Ukraine, according to System officials. At a Board...

After being denied access to interviews relating to the external investigation of UT’s admissions process, state Rep. Lyle Larson, R-San Antonio, said he is concerned the investigation may focus...

Decreasing international crude oil prices may affect the money available to the UT System, according to Bruce Zimmerman, CEO and CIO of the University of Texas Investment Management Company. From June...

The University reported the class of 2014, which graduated in the spring semester, had a 55.1 percent four-year graduation rate — 3.1 percent higher than the class of 2013’s graduation rate. In...

While both the Dell Medical School and the UT-Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine will educate more physicians in Texas, a panel of doctors at The Texas Tribune Festival on Saturday, along with state...

After receiving harsh criticism from some students, faculty and staff members during the 2013-2014 school year, Shared Services has made some changes. Kevin Hegarty, vice president and chief financial...

The UT System Board of Regents unanimously voted Monday to deny requests from two state legislators to monitor interviews relating to the external investigation of UT’s admissions process. At...

With President William Powers Jr. set to resign June 2015, the UT System announced Monday the full list of members on the search committee to find candidates to replace him. Headed by Pedro Reyes, the...

The UT System Board of Regents will discuss issues relating to the external investigation of UT’s admissions process by Kroll Associates, Inc., a risk mitigation response firm, at a meeting over...

It’s been a year since UT launched its first massive open online courses, or MOOCs, and, despite low completion rates, Steven Mintz, executive director of the UT System’s Institute for Transformational...

UT dropped one spot to 53rd on the 2015 U.S. News and World Report national university ranking released Tuesday. University spokesman Gary Susswein said the University’s drop in rankings...

The Technology Commercialization Committee published a report Wednesday that discussed ways to improve the commercialization of technology developed at the University. The committee was formed based...

Recent increases in oil production in West Texas have also increased the amount of money available to the UT System, according to Scott Kelley, the System’s executive vice chancellor for business...

Tuesday, construction crews broke ground on the Seton Medical Center at UT, a $295 million teaching hospital. Located on the site of the Dell Medical School on Red River and 15th streets, the 211-bed...

With President William Powers Jr. set to leave his position in June 2015, Paul Foster, UT System Board of Regents chairman, is in the process of forming a search committee to find candidates to replace...

The UT System hired Kroll Associates, Inc., a risk mitigation response firm, in August to conduct an investigation into the University’s admissions process, according to System spokeswoman Jenny...

With women outpacing their male counterparts in average GPAs in every college at UT, some faculty members say the reasons could range from gender socialization to the realities of the job market. Across...

Along with bringing four U.S. presidents to the University, the Civil Rights Summit also brought an increase in donations to the LBJ Foundation, according to LBJ Library spokeswoman Anne Wheeler. The...

Beginning in fall 2014, Austin high school students will be offered the opportunity to receive college credit in computer science through UT’s OnRamps dual-credit program.   The Austin Independent...

Nonconforming clothing shows competence, according to a recent study published in the Journal of Consumer Research. The study states that individuals can demonstrate higher status and competence in...

As students walk down the stairs in the East Mall every day, they may fail to notice they are walking over the Computation Center, an underground building built in the 1970s to house the University’s...

The effects of mothers’ stress on child development during pregnancy may be low, according to ongoing research by economics professor Sandy Black. At a lecture Monday, Black discussed her preliminary...

At a Thursday lecture, UT alumna Lauren Petersen said that unlike American slavery in the 1800s, ancient Roman slaves from Pompeii were not distinguished by race or ethnicity.  Petersen, an...

The omnipresence of the Internet and search engines such as Google has not made professor Matt Richardson’s search for black queer films, literature and music any easier. Richardson, associate...