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Fenves Calls for an Excellent, Effective, and Efficient UT

To the sound of a choral choir, with the mace of leadership in his possession, and with a new class ring on his finger, Gregory L. Fenves, Life Member, officially...

 
 

Here’s What President Fenves’ First Day Was Like

If Greg Fenves was feeling any first-day jitters Wednesday, he didn’t show it. On his first day as UT president, Fenves sailed through a packed schedule of...

 
 

Powers Wins Prestigious Fleming Award for Legal Scholarship

Bill Powers is being awarded for his work in tort law with one of the field’s most prestigious prizes. UT president Bill Powers is the 2012 co-recipient of...

 
 

Powers Reiterates “Tremendous” Value of Prop 1 at UT Nursing School

With a week until election day, UT-Austin President Bill Powers emphasizes the need to pass Prop 1, and the importance of a medical school for the University and...

 
 

Prop 1 an Innovative Way to Fund a Medical School

 Dallas, Fort Worth, Lubbock, and San Antonio all have medical schools. Houston has two, not counting one in nearby Galveston. El Paso has a medical school. College...

 
 

UT Front and Center As Texas Named Top for Business

When CNBC reporter Scott Cohn reported live last week to name Texas as America’s top state for business, he did so from ground zero of economic engines: The University...

 
 

A Hit, A Miss, And A Swing

In May, the UT System Board of Regents made multiple decisions that will have a dramatic impact on the Forty Acres. What they got right, where they went wrong, and...

 
 
 
 
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