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President Powers to Lead Group of Top Research Universities
By Andrew Roush
UT-Austin President Bill Powers will chair the Association of American Universities, the organization of the nation’s elite research universities. America’s...
TXEXplainer: Is Prop 1 a Good Deal for Austin? Yes
By Andrew Roush
Early voting started Monday in Travis County. Central Health Prop 1 will determine the fate of a UT-Austin med school. Part of the UT M.D. campaign, the video above...
UT-Austin at the Front of New Online Learning Partnership
By Andrew Roush
The University of Texas at Austin will be leading the UT System in a global initiative to provide massive open online education courses. The UT System Board Of...
UT Opens Groundbreaking Drug and Biotech Lab
By Andrew Roush
UT-Austin is closing the “critical gap” between research and treatment with an innovative new laboratory. The University of Texas at Austin is forging...
UT Launches Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program
By Andrew Roush
The University of Texas at Austin is incentivizing on-time graduation in order to reduce student debt. It’s all part of a monumental push to save students...
UT-Austin Cracks Top 25 in Latest Worldwide Rankings
By Andrew Roush
UT-Austin bucks a trend of American universities falling behind their Asian competitors. The world’s most prestigious rankings list, released today, shows...
A Medical School Could Change the Game
By John Beckworth
Institutions, like people, have defining moments. These are times when a decision reverberates in ways that only become clear decades later. The University of Texas...
Another Bonus of Going to UT: Austin, Of Course [Watch]
By John Fitch
Part and parcel of being a UT alum is reminiscing about what we experienced on the Forty Acres. When current and past students boast about the benefits of attending...
Student Leaders: ‘We Refuse To Be Complacent’ About UT
By Bianca Moragne
For the past two years, there has been an unfortunate ritual at the end of the spring semester at The University of Texas at Austin. While students are cramming...
UT’s 6-Year Graduation Rate Competitive With Tier 1 Peers’
By Tim Taliaferro
Six-Year Graduation Rates at Peer Universities (Click graph to see larger. Source: U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences. Data was gathered...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor