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Bring your family and friends to campus this holiday season. From fine art and Tibetan monks to a design icon and the refurbished LBJ Library…it’s all waiting for you!

Kevin Powers’ novel about two soldiers in the Iraq War has garnered praise and prizes since its Sept. 11 release. “It’s really quite incredible,” he says.

Author Jan Reid’s comprehensive book, “Let the People In,” published by The University of Texas Press, tells a personal story about the former Texas governor.

Join the celebration of “Basket Ball” on campus this fall: See the original rules, view images of the game and hear from a Hall of Famer.

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents “Restoration and Revelation: Conserving the Suida-Manning Collection,” an exhibition on view Nov. 17, 2012, through May 5, 2013, that puts the preservation of Old Master paintings and drawings from the 16th through 18th centuries under a metaphorical microscope, underscoring how the convergence…

University of Texas at Austin sociologist Chandra Muller and economist Sandra Black have received a $3.2 million grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the effects of cognition on health, mortality, education and employment from high school and beyond. The findings will provide important insights into three key areas of American public policy…

The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance presents “And Then Came Tango,” Nov. 30Dec. 2 at the Oscar G. Brockett Theatre. A heartwarming story, “And Then Came Tango” tells the tale of two male penguins eager to become parents.

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History’s documentary film “When I Rise” has won two awards at the International Filmmaker Festival of World Cinema in Kent, United Kingdom.

The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, has opened the papers of British novelist Nicolas Freeling (1927-2003) for research. Freeling received numerous international awards for his writing, including the Grand Prix de Roman Policier (1964, France), the Edgar Allan Poe Award (1966, United States) and…

Researchers use today’s imaging technology to take a very close-up look at the 350-year-old book that showed microscopy to the world.

The Contemporary Resonance of Terezi­n – The three-day symposium will feature musical and dance performances, a photography exhibit, lectures, and more.

The nationally acclaimed, ensemble-based theater collective Rude Mechs has been appointed as the resident theater company of The University of Texas at Austin Department of Theatre and Dance.