Academics
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UT Austin’s School of Architecture Establishes Initiative on Race, Gender and the Built Environment
The School of Architecture at UT Austin has established a new Initiative on Race, Gender, and the Built Environment, and appointed Anna Brand and Andrea Roberts as its first emerging scholar fellows.
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UT Austin Honors Five Texas High School Teachers For Excellence
The OnRamps program at UT Austin honored five outstanding educators from across the state with the OnRamps Instructor of the Year Award on July 22, 2016.
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New UT Austin Undergraduate Degrees Focus on Sustainability, Organizational Dynamics
The College of Liberal Arts at UT Austin created two new undergraduate degrees, focusing on the environment and the human and social aspects of organizations.
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UT Austin Selected for National Experiment with Funding for Nontraditional Students
UT Austin is one of eight universities selected to participate in a new, experimental U.S. Department of Education program that will allow nontraditional students to have access to $17 million in financial aid.
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UT Professors Create New Repository for Research into Education of Black Males
UT Austin’s College of Education Professors Louis Harrison and Anthony Brown launched The Black Male Education Research Collection.
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UT Austin Launches Communication and Leadership Undergraduate Degree
Moody College of Communication has created a new bachelor’s degree in communication and leadership which will open for enrollment starting in the fall 2016 semester.
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#BevoInRio: Longhorns at the Olympics
While current and former Longhorns compete against the best athletes on Earth, four student reporters from UT Austin will be covering the Olympics alongside some the world’s top journalists.
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Genetics Play Role in Character Traits Related to Academic Success, Study Says
Character traits, such as grit or desire to learn, have a heavy hand in academic success and are partially rooted in genetics, according to a psychology study.
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Blue-Collar Training in High School Leaves Women Behind, UT Study Says
Vocational training without a strong college-preparatory focus in blue-collar community high schools led to wider gender disparities among some millenials, according to sociologists at UT Austin.
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Forecasting Common Challenges for Incoming College Students Can Reduce Inequality, Study Shows
Knowing that challenges in college are normal and temporary helps minority and first-generation college students succeed at a higher rate, according to a UT Austin study.
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CFP Foundation Donates $1 Million to Create Scholarships for Under-Resourced Students
CFP Foundation is donating $1 million to the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin to establish a Subiendo Endowed Scholarship for Rising Leaders.
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UT College of Education to Lead Governor’s Literacy Initiative
UT Austin’s College of Education has been awarded $4 million to design and launch the state’s new literacy and reading-to-learn academies.
