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Hall, Saban, and Cigarroa: The Higher Ed Week in Review

Editor’s Note: This post has been updated to correct an error. It originally stated that Regent Wallace Hall contacted Nick Saban’s agent when, in fact,...

 
 

Transparency Committee Sets Agenda for Regent Investigation

After nearly an hour and a half in a closed executive session this afternoon, the Texas House select committee on government transparency laid out an ambitious...

 
 

With Conditions, Regents Approve Funding for Engineering Center

After years of planning and fundraising, UT now has the money it needs to break ground on its engineering epicenter. As UT System regents polished off breakfast...

 
 

Regents to Consider Funding for UT’s Engineering Research Center

At a board meeting tomorrow, UT System regents will consider a plan to help fund UT-Austin’s proposed engineering hub, the Engineering Education and Research...

 
 

Minding His Own Business [Watch]

UT neuroscientist Russell Poldrack is on a very personal quest to better understand mental disorders. In an era when data-crunching wristbands, mobile apps, and...

 
 

Building the Texas Bookshelf with Stephen Harrigan [Podcast]

Author Stephen Harrigan, BA ’70, is poised to pen the first installment of the Texas Bookshelf, an ambitious project from UT Press that aims to publish...

 
 

Our Man in Washington

The UT System’s Office of Federal Relations is building connections in the nation’s capital, and its Longhorn leader is doing it with a song in his heart—and...

 
 

Rejoice: LHN Comes to Time Warner Cable

Hours before kickoff, America’s second-largest cable provider adds UT’s much-maligned cable network. Austin’s biggest cable company has finally...

 
 

The Spirit of ’63

Fifty years ago, the Texas Longhorns won their first national championship, despite doubts and outright derision from the national media. We take a look back at...

 
 

Q&A: David McWilliams on Coach Royal and the ’63 Longhorns

David McWilliams, BA ‘64, Life Member, is associate athletics director and head of the T Association, the organization of UT letterwinners. He served as head coach...

 
 
 
 
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