Archive for: College of Liberal Arts

 
The Way Back: A Poet's Love of Texas

The Way Back: A Poet’s Love of Texas

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Borges with UT professor Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth outside Batts Hall. In 1961, Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges was aging and mostly blind, but his international...

 
 

Poetry Slam Dunk

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Since the prestigious Keene competition was established in UT’s College of Liberal Arts in 2006, no undergraduate student has ever placed—let alone won. But...

 
 

UT Linguist Helps Computers Understand Natural Language [Watch]

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They’re not taking over yet, but computers are rapidly becoming more intelligent. Katrin Erk, a computational linguist in UT’s College of Liberal Arts, has...

 
 

Harry Ransom Center Appoints New Director

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The Harry Ransom Center’s director of 25 years, Thomas F. Staley, will retire on Aug. 31, and the HRC has appointed the head librarian of the Folger Shakespeare...

 
 

Under One Roof

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Ever since Old Main was torn down in 1935, UT’s College of Liberal Arts has been scattered across the Forty Acres. Nearly 80 years later, its students and faculty...

 
 

UT Advocates Podcast: Jim Henson on Guns, Legislators, and UT

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Texas Politics Project director Jim Henson tells us what’s on the mind of Texas’ higher education-focused legislators. Henson is also the associate...

 
 
 
 
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