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Meet R.B. Brenner, UT’s Next J-School Director

March 7, 2014 2:38 pm | no comments

UT’s School of Journalism is celebrating its centennial this year, and this week it kicked off its next 100 years by announcing a key hire: R.B. Brenner, a...

Report: UT’s Startup Incubator Has Created 6,520 Jobs

March 6, 2014 1:04 pm | no comments

For the past quarter-century, the Austin Technology Incubator—a startup hub based out of UT’s IC² Institute—has been quietly chugging along at the Pickle...

Independence, Education, and Texas

March 2, 2014 11:23 am | 21 comments

Texas history was my favorite class in middle school, and possibly of all time. (Sorry, band, you were a distant second). Thank you, Mrs. Cheshire, for telling...

The Invisible Man

March 1, 2014 9:00 am | 1 comment

Invisibility cloaks aren’t just for Harry Potter anymore. Imagine bending light, redirecting sound waves, or making an object invisible with the flip of a switch....

The Play’s the Thing

March 1, 2014 8:30 am | 4 comments

After 400 years, we still have much to learn from Shakespeare. In an educational climate focused on buzzwords like efficiency, STEM, and MOOCs, one UT scholar reminds...

Reframing the Constitution

March 1, 2014 8:00 am |

Red or blue, everyone venerates the Constitution. But one UT professor believes we need change. It has become almost a convention of contemporary American politics—like...

From Addiction to Recovery: Moyers Family Shares Their Story

February 28, 2014 11:29 am | 2 comments

In 1994, Bill Moyers—nationally renowned journalist, political commentator, and Distinguished Alumnus—found himself at an Atlanta crack house, picking up his...

UT’s J-School Turns 100

February 26, 2014 3:36 pm | no comments

It’s an understatement to say a lot has changed in UT’s School of Journalism since its inception in 1914. Gone are the pervading smells of ink and rumbling...

The Bellmont Stakes

February 26, 2014 12:33 pm | no comments

New athletics director Steve Patterson talks Charlie Strong, paying athletes, and whether Texas will ever play A&M again. Tim Taliaferro: You were previously...