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The passion Gerre Hancock had for music is center stage in this Longhorn Network video. The respected professor passed away Jan. 21.

Event:  The Courtyard Gallery features the artwork of faculty and alumni of the Department of Art and Art History in the College of Fine Arts.

Gerre Hancock, one of America’s most highly acclaimed concert organists and choral directors and professor of organ and sacred music at The University of Texas at Austin’s Butler School of Music, passed away on Jan. 21 due to cardiac arrest.  He was 77.

Event: “Super Sousa Sunday” is a free concert featuring the Austin Symphony Brass Quintet performing works by John Philip Sousa. When: Sunday, Feb. 5, 1 2 p.m. Where: Gregory Gym, 2101 Speedway, The University of Texas at Austin campus.

The International Relations and Global Studies major, the fastest growing Liberal Arts major, is challenging a new generation of global leaders.

In this behind the scenes video, artists, curators and more work together to install the “El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote to You About Africa” exhibition on display at The Blanton until Jan. 22.

The Butler School of Music at The University of Texas at Austin announced today that it will host the 2014 Menuhin Competition from Feb. 21 to March 2. This biennial competition, the pre-eminent international competition for young violinists, will be held in North America for the first time in its 29-year history.

Event: The Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin, hosts The David Foster Wallace Symposium.

“The King James Bible: Its History and Influence,” an exhibition at the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas at Austin, demonstrates that four centuries after its first printing, the King James Bible (1611) remains one of the most influential books in the English language.

Small groups of workers can use communication tactics to agitate for democracy, transparency and fighting spirit within their unions, according to the new book “We ARE the Union: Democratic Unionism and Dissent at Boeing” (University of Illinois Press, 2011) by Dana Cloud, associate professor of communication at The University of Texas at Austin.

The Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin is proud to announce a new graduate seminar course starting in spring 2012. “Staying in the Game” will focus on preparing studio artists for success in their professional careers. Austin-based visual arts executive Sue Graze will lead the seminar.

Classics and Religious Studies Professor L. Michael White won the Hamilton Book Awards Grand Prize for his scholarly book “Scripting Jesus.”