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Top 10 Percent Plan Shifts Students to Public Colleges, Study Finds

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Texas’ so-called “Top 10 percent plan”—it’s really more of a Top seven percent plan—has been both praised and maligned for offering...

 
 

A Year Later, Boston Bombing Survivors Living With “Hope, Strength, Optimism”

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Patrick Downes and Jessica Kensky have had a lot of good days this year. There was the day when Jess met her beloved service dog, a loyal black lab named Rescue...

 
 

They Live: The Saga of the Maroon Bluebonnet Continues

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Editor’s Note: UT has issued a statement on the bluebonnet chronicles, indicating that the university has no official plans to remove the maroon bluebonnet...

 
 

Jordan Spieth Is a “Gold-Plated Billboard” for UT, His Former Coach Says

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University of Texas Men’s Golf head coach John Fields is a proud man today, after watching his former player Jordan Spieth fall just short of making history...

 
 

Looking for a Tax Refund? So Are Identity Thieves

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The April 15 tax deadline is almost here, and with that comes the perfect time for identity thieves to steal your information and your tax return. UT cybersecurity...

 
 

Obama Honors LBJ in Civil Rights Summit Keynote

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As the audience at the LBJ Library eagerly awaited President Obama’s arrival Thursday morning, so did a crowd of a few hundred students, faculty, and staff...

 
 
Report: UT Regent May Have Broken Law

Special Counsel Report: UT Regent May Have Broken Law

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Last week, a report concerning UT System regent Wallace Hall found its way to multiple statewide media outlets before being made public this week. The draft report,...

 
 

A Storied Summit at the McDonald Observatory, 75 Years Later

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Sandra Preston, BBA ’79, has spent 35 years building the education and outreach programs for the McDonald Observatory at the University of Texas at Austin where...

 
 

Center for Students in Recovery Celebrates 10 Years

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After a decade of making sure that no student is alone in their struggle with addiction, UT’s Center for Students in Recovery (CSR) celebrated their 10-year...

 
 
Telling the Stories of the Whitman Shooting [Podcast]

Telling the Stories of the Whitman Shooting [Podcast]

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On a hot August day in 1966, Charles Whitman carried a footlocker full of guns and ammunition to the top of the UT Tower and started firing. The incident changed...

 
 
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