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With Powers Off the Docket, Regents Meet

Swords Down: Regents Pursue Peace After Controversial Week

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The stage was set. With national media attention pointed at UT, Thursday’s UT System Board of Regents meeting was poised to be a textbook example of political...

 
 
Student Leaders Back Powers

Student Leaders Back the President (and Other Updates from the Powers Struggle)

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On the eve of possibly the most anticipated Board of Regents meeting in the history of UT, more voices from both sides of the struggle over UT-Austin president...

 
 
Cigarroa Defends His Ultimatum to Powers

Cigarroa Defends His Ultimatum to Powers

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Since last Thursday, the ongoing tensions between UT-Austin and its governing board have overtaken the political discourse and swallowed up column inches in news...

 
 
Outcomes TxExplainer: The 2017 Legislative Session Is Over. So Now What??

Chancellor to Conduct System-Wide Admissions Inquiry

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A report released this week by the UT System found that letters of recommendation from legislators may in some cases have carried extra weight in UT-Austin admissions—and...

 
 
International Students Get a Texas Welcome

International Students Get a Texas Welcome

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While a student at UT, Carlos Zaffirini Jr., BBA ’03, JD ’06, Life Member, studied abroad in Monterrey, Mexico. Like most international students, he enjoyed...

 
 
Cigarroa Relents: Powers to Keep Job Until 2015

Despite Tension, Regents Keep Powers as UT President

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At a closely watched UT System Board of Regents meeting, the System’s top administrator acknowledged a tense relationship between regents and UT-Austin president...

 
 

Regents Endorse Review of Records Compliance

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Regents have ordered a review of UT’s compliance with the Texas Public Information Act as a records controversy continues to make headlines. Update: 5:10...

 
 

Regents Honor Top Faculty with $1.6 Million in Awards

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The best educators in the University of Texas System are about to get a little something extra for all their hard work. The UT System Board of Regents will award 63...

 
 

Chancellor Honored by Top Hispanic Leadership Group

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UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa is poised to receive national honors for his leadership in education and medicine. When the Congressional Hispanic Caucus...

 
 

Regents Yield to Legislative Wishes

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After pressure from legislators, the board votes to turn over documents relating to UT-Austin but will ask the attorney general to investigate the UT Law School...

 
 
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