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Event: The Department of Theatre and Dance presents a play for all ages.

Department of Theatre and Dance Professor Susan E. Mickey received the 2011 Joseph Jefferson Award this week for her costume design for the Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of “The Madness of George III.”

Event: The Centennial Celebration for historic Battle Hall on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin. The event is free and open to the public. When: 5-8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 11.

Architecture students design a new green complex to bring education, clean water and sustainable food sources to the Maasai people of East Africa that reflects their unique cultural identity.

The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin presents “Go West! Representations of the American Frontier,” an exhibition exploring the pioneering American West as both a physical terrain and an idea deeply rooted in the American psyche.

Joshua Gunn, associate professor of communication studies, reveals why we’re so intrigued by stories of the supernatural and paranormal.

Department of Theatre and Dance Distinguished Professor of Playwriting Steven Dietz received the Creative Research Award last week at the Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards, an annual event honoring the scholarship of faculty members.

The Miró Quartet has announced the appointment of William Fedkenheuer as the quartet’s second violinist. He replaces violinist Sandy Yamamoto, who retired from the quartet after a remarkable 15-year tenure to spend more time with her young children. This fall, Fedkenheuer joined the faculty of The University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music, where the…

The personal archive of publisher, author and artist Fleur Cowles has been donated to the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin.

Bill Powers, president of The University of Texas at Austin, presented a check for $725,000 to the Austin Community Foundation Thursday, Oct. 20, representing the net proceeds from the Oct. 17 “Fire Relief: The Concert for Central Texas” at the university’s Frank Erwin Center.

The Ransom Center’s literature curator combed through the Nobel-winning writer and alum’s archive and discovered more than his elegant handwriting.