Greg Fenves Named Sole Finalist for UT President
It’s a regime change, but not a radical one: Greg Fenves will, in all likelihood, be the 29th president of UT-Austin. The announcement of Fenves as the sole...
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#NotOnMyCampusUT Campaign Gains Steam
One night last fall, UT senior Edwin Qian got a text message from a friend who had been at a campus party. “I was raped,” it said, “and I don’t...
Austin After Dark [Watch]
Can’t see this video? Click here. Andrew Takano does his best work when everyone else is sleeping. At 4 a.m., he’ll head to the Capitol grounds or the...
UT Shines in U.S. News’ Grad School Rankings
With an enrollment of more than 11,000 students, UT’s Graduate School is one of the biggest in the country. And if you put any stock in the latest U.S. News...
The Forgotten Pharoah
In her new book on the pharaoh Hatshepsut, Egyptologist Kara Cooney, BA ’94, argues that history isn’t kind to strong female leaders. Pop quiz: How many female...
TXEXplainer: The Hazlewood Act
For nearly a century, the Hazlewood Act has helped Texas veterans pay for college. But burgeoning costs and possible changes to the act have questions swirling about...
Mapping Modern Slavery
More people are enslaved now than at any point in human history. The Texas Slavery Mapping Project aims to change that. Not long ago, Noël Busch-Armendariz visited...
Chalk Talk
Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Like many of his fellow PhD students in UT’s physics department, Frank Lee spends ample time in the grad student lounge...
Omid Kokabee Accepts Award From Behind Bars
In a letter from his prison cell in Iran, former UT graduate student Omid Kokabee has accepted a Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award from the American...
Statesman Names Three Frontrunners for UT President
If the Austin American-Statesman’s anonymous sources are correct, there are three frontrunners for the job of UT-Austin president: Greg Fenves, Andrew Hamilton,...
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