Academics

Truancy, bullying and other conflicts among students are down, and in-school suspensions have declined 75 percent at a San Antonio middle school two years after University of Texas at Austin researchers helped implement “restorative discipline” as an alternative to “zero tolerance” in dealing with these issues, according to second-year findings involving a three-year initiative.

Charter school teachers shared best practices during a day of learning on campus.

AUSTIN, Texas — The School of Social Work and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin are establishing a dual degree program at the graduate level, the first of its kind in the United States.

From perfecting the pitch for the next great idea to cultivating the next generation of scientists, these programs extend Longhorn expertise beyond the Forty Acres.

A new report from The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) reveals a positive relationship between community colleges’ implementation of several “high impact” practices like offering supplemental instruction and creating learning communities and students’ completion of developmental courses and persistence from semester to semester.

Last year’s freshman class at The University of Texas at Austin returned to campus at higher rates, earned better grades and took and passed more credit hours than any other class on record.

The Ethics Unwrapped program gives students insights on how to live ethical lives and set an example for others to follow. Take a quiz to test just how ethical you actually are.

Incorporating ethics lessons into courses across majors helps students practice making tough decisions before they’re tested in the working world.

Take a look at rankings that show what UT offers outside the classroom, from happiness to health, social mobility to social media, and millionaires to money-saving.

From 3-D printing to a battery used by millions, these inventions from UT researchers are worth knowing about. 

Two professors from The University of Texas at Austin Wayne Rebhorn of the Department of English and Bill Minutaglio of the School of Journalism have been selected to receive PEN Awards from the PEN USA Center, a human rights and literary organization devoted to defending free expression.

The $50 million gift will establish the LIVESTRONG Cancer Institutes at the Dell Medical School. Read more about how the partnership will advance a new model of patient-centered care.