TXEXplainer: Guns on Campus
On Aug. 1, 2016—the 50th anniversary of the Charles Whitman UT Tower shooting—Senate Bill 11 will go into effect, making it legal for concealed handgun licensees to...
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Four Things to Know About the Changes Coming to Speedway
As any UT student will tell you, crossing Speedway Avenue during the change of classes is akin to playing a game of Frogger. Throngs of students walking to class...
TXEXplainer: The AAU Campus Sexual Assault Survey
Campus sexual assault has been steadily making headlines for the past two years—and each new scandal, from Columbia to Hobart and Smith to the University of North...
Former UT Chancellor Dan Burck Dies at 82
R.D. “Dan” Burck, BBA ’56, Life Member, died Sept. 12 after a battle with lung cancer. He was 82. Burck was a leader at the University of Texas System...
Ranking the Rankings
Within higher education circles, the annual U.S. News & World Report college rankings are a little bit like junk food: Our appetite for them is insatiable,...
Julian Castro at UT: ‘We Face a Growing Gap Between Rich and Poor’
Where you are born within the U.S. can profoundly shape your future. In July, researchers at Washington University in St. Louis found that a child born in the poor...
Down to the River
Something terrible happened to Steve Davis, BBA ’78, and he turned his suffering into an incredible fly fishing camp for kids on Idaho’s Snake River.
Orange and White Welcome Hooks Students on Texas Exes
Thousands of UT students pass by 2110 San Jacinto Boulevard on any given day. They walk briskly, zip past on bikes, glide by via skateboard, and inch their cars...
UT Regents Approve System-Wide Admissions Policy
The UT System Board of Regents voted 8-1 to approve a new admissions policy Thursday morning. The policy, which applies to all UT System academic institutions,...
Davis Statue Will Be Moved to Briscoe Center
After a century of debate, the final word is in: The statue of Confederate president Jefferson Davis will be moved from UT’s Main Mall to an exhibit at...
