Professor Yale Patt Receives 2017 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship

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The white walls in Yale Patt’s office aren’t decorated with much. A calendar where he’s penned in his trips to Sweden, Barcelona, and China hangs on one wall....

 
 

The Big Get: Governor’s University Research Initiative Brings Alumna Back to UT

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Nine top researchers are packing up their labs and heading to Texas this year—and UT is getting one of them. A $34 million program, the Governor’s University...

 
 

History’s New Home

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UT’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History gets a facelift—and a larger-than-life Jefferson Davis. If you first heard of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American...

 
 
Remembering UT Distinguished Alumna Margaret Berry

Remembering UT Distinguished Alumna Margaret Berry

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Margaret Berry, BA ’37, Life Member, Distinguished Alumna, passed away just after midnight on Sunday morning, taking a piece of UT history with her. She was 101. “I...

 
 

The Great Dying: UT Study Says Climate Change Elevated Mass Extinctions

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Sixty-five million years ago, the earth faced one of the most infamous periods of mass extinction. Though the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event failed to completely...

 
 

A Family Affair At Texas’ Pro Day

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As D’Onta Foreman crossed the finish line at Texas’ pro day, between a narrow aisle of NFL scouts, a blonde-haired woman shouted her enthusiasm. “That’s...

 
 

TXEXplainer: 85th Legislative Budget Proposals

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As the 85th Texas legislative session picks up, the Senate has proposed a bill to cut funding to higher ed across the state. But what does that mean for UT-Austin?...

 
 

Late to the Game: Foreman’s Frame

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D’Onta Foreman is about to make recent Texas history. Maybe. Probably? I’m bad at predictions, which means I’m technically one of the world’s...

 
 
 
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