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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.

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.