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Butler School of Music Professor Dan Welcher Receives Music Award from American Academy of Arts and Letters

The Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin announced that composition professor and director of the university’s New Music Ensemble, Dan Welcher, has received the music award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Eighteen recipients are honored with the award each year in music. The winners are selected by…
Campus

Summer Exhibitions at the Blanton Museum of Art Showcase Two Contemporary Art Collections

This summer, the Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents two exhibitions that examine methods and motivations for building art collections.
Academics

Four Colleges and Schools Receive Top Marks in U.S. News & World Report Rankings

Four colleges and schools at The University of Texas at Austin were ranked in the Top 10 in their areas by U.S. News and World Report, according to the 2013 graduate rankings released March 13.
Student Experience

Celebrating the legacy of Lady Bird Johnson

This year marks the centennial of Lady Bird Johnson’s birth. Watch a video about our environmental First Lady and the impact of her conservation efforts.
Campus

Broadway Dreams Begin at The University of Texas at Austin

Event: The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with Texas State University-San Marcos, is offering the inaugural Texas Musical Theatre Workshop, a three-week, pre-professional summer intensive for high school stude
Campus

The treasure amid the trash

“Trash Dance,” a film about the dignity of work by Associate Professor Andrew Garrison, premieres at South by Southwest Saturday, March 10.
Research

Can Romney reach the real South?

In our latest Elections 2012 video, Professor Paul Stekler discusses the results of Super Tuesday and what they mean for the November election.
Research

Iridescent, Feathered Dinosaur Offers Fresh Evidence That Feathers Evolved to Attract Mates

A team of American and Chinese researchers has revealed the detailed feather pattern and color of Microraptor, a pigeon-sized, four-winged dinosaur that lived about 120 million years ago. A new specimen shows the dinosaur had a glossy iridescent sheen and that its tail was narrow and adorned with a pair of streamer feathers, suggesting the…
Student Experience

$1.5 Million Gift Will Create Chair in Undergraduate Studies at The University of Texas at Austin

Tom and Jeanie Carter of Houston have pledged $1.5 million to benefit the School of Undergraduate Studies at The University of Texas at Austin. The bequest will ultimately create the Thomas L. and Eugenia G. Carter Chair in Undergraduate Studies, which will be held by the school’s dean.
Research

Microraptor suggests feathers evolved to attract mates

Julia Clarke, assistant professor of paleontology, discusses how a feathered tail on birds may have evolved as a function of communication and not of aerodynamics.
Research

Origami-Inspired Paper Sensor Could Test for Malaria and HIV for Less than 10 Cents, Report Chemists

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV for less than 10 cents a pop.
Student Experience

The University of Texas at Austin Events at SXSW

Cockrell School of Engineering and College of Natural Sciences Thursday, March 8