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The scholar and teacher was elected to the Academy of the Hebrew Language in November for his seminal contributions to Hebrew studies.

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired as a gift the professional and personal papers of Dominick Dunne, the acclaimed journalist and writer. Before his death in August 2009, Dunne directed that his papers should eventually be placed in the Briscoe Center’s News Media History collection,…

Bestselling novelist and Vanity Fair writer Dominick Dunne donated his personal and professional documents to the Briscoe Center’s journalism history archives at the university.

Nineteen undergraduate students from the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin will visit Santa Rosa, Honduras, Jan. 2-8 to finish construction on a school and community center they helped design and build.

Sixteen students spent four weeks in China navigating the ins and outs of international reporting. View a selection of photographs taken during their time studying abroad.

The Tower lights on the evening of Friday, Dec. 2 will recognize Professor William Lewis, who will be named to a prestigious French order.

From a music career to CEO of an AIDS research nonprofit, alumnus Kevin Robert Frost describes his journey in a recent column for The New York Times.

The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System has approved the renaming of the John Nance Garner Museum in Uvalde, Texas. to the Briscoe-Garner Museum, in honor of the late Governor Dolph Briscoe. Both Garner and Briscoe were Uvalde natives and historically important political figures from Texas.

American Studies Associate Professor Elizabeth Engelhardt serves up stories on Southern food culture just in time for Thanksgiving.

For three College of Liberal Arts undergraduates, conducting research with professors helped them discover what they wanted to do next.

Not one error but a series of miscommunications and mismanagement from all parties at all levels caused the Deepwater Horizon disaster, aggravated by the world’s relentless demand for energy, according to a new book released by Tad Patzek, chair of the Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, and…

In this Longhorn Network academic content preview, watch how the Heart of Texas Writing Project helps teachers and students find their inner author.