Academics

From the Daily Texan: As freshmen take their first steps into college, a team across campus is aggressively working to make sure students graduate from UT in four years. [Infographic]

President Powers highlights the university’s accomplishments during the past year and outlines challenges and goals for the coming year. [Video]

African-American students who need to improve their academic performance may do better in school and feel less stereotyped as underachievers if teachers convey high standards and their belief that students can meet them, according to new psychology research from The University of Texas at Austin.

AUSTIN, Texas A $680,890 grant from the Embrey Family Foundation will bolster teaching, research and outreach efforts in the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies (CWGS) at The University of Texas at Austin, and will include funding for a new Women’s and Gender Studies professorship focusing on critical human rights.

To mark the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.’s iconic speech, scholars, staff and students reflect on its legacy. With images by the late photojournalist Flip Schulke.

The University of Texas at Austin is proud to introduce the world’s first synchronous massive online course (SMOC) in fall 2013. Introduction to Psychology (PSY 301) presents a rare opportunity for students not enrolled at the university to register for a course at the same time as regularly admitted students and take part in an…

AUSTIN, Texas The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has chosen 26 faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin to receive 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards, its highest teaching honor.

The Texas Education Consortium for Male Students of Color, a new statewide network of school districts, community colleges and public universities, officially launched this summer.

  MEDIA ADVISORY Event: The University of Texas Elementary School 10th Anniversary Celebration When: Wednesday, Aug. 21, 6 p.m.

As part of a UT Accounting class, 200 students left the classroom and headed out in the community to help file 18,310 tax returns for low-income residents. Read about the impact on others and themselves.

Engineering and business students at UT now have a way to gain professional experience overseas in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, thanks to a new summer internship abroad program. Read more about the BE Global.