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AUSTIN, Texas  The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has acquired the archive of writer Ian McEwan (b. 1948), one of the most distinguished novelists of his generation.

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, will support more than 80 research fellows for 2014–2015, the 25th anniversary of the fellowship program.

The iconic American musician donated major portions of his personal collection, including song manuscripts, correspondence, photographs, platinum records and Indian headdresses. An upcoming exhibit is in the works.

Internationally famous singer-songwriter Willie Nelson has donated major portions of his collection of correspondence, manuscripts, records and awards to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin.

Mark Hitz, a graduate student in the James A. Michener Center for Writers at The University of Texas at Austin, has won the $50,000 Keene Prize for Literature for his stories “Shadehill” and “The Laws of Motion.”

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, announces the 11th Flair Symposium, “Cultural Life During Wartime, 18611865” to take place Sept. 1820.

Artist-in-residence Michael Sieben, BFA ’99, has created an underground skateboard world in the Visual Arts Center. Check out pictures of the installation and visit before May 10.

Can Twitter capture the complex narratives of American history? Follow along as noted UT historian H.W. Brands tweets the American saga 17 syllables at a time.

UT student musicians have captured the national spotlight, with recent stints on “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” “American Idol” and NPR’s “Tiny Desk Concerts.”

See what UT events, from faculty panels to a Shark Tank casting, are taking place during the SXSW conference March 7-16.

Meet senior neuroscience and jazz performance major Mason Hankamer, who has a unique brain condition that causes him to see music in colors.