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The Benson Latin American Collection presents the ninth annual ¡A Viva Voz!, “Machetes, Mariachis and Spy Kids: Elizabeth Avellán Makes Movies” in which film producer Elizabeth Avellán will discuss her life as one of the few Latina film producers who has been able to succeed in the male-dominated film business. The event takes place at…

The Fine Arts Library at The University of Texas at Austin has partnered with the Harry Ransom Center to host an exhibition of materials related to the college career of American playwright Tennessee Williams.

In a city that’s full of festivals, how does one stand out? Well, the Cohen New Works Festival happens to be the largest collegiate festival of its kind and is taking place March 28-April 2.

Howard and Nancy Terry of Houston have made a $1 million donation to support renovations and upgrades to student and visitor facilities at the Winedale Historical Complex, a division of the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin. In honor of the gift, the facilities will be named the…

In a Maya signature class, first-year students get a rare learning experience: to be taught by not one, but two of the university’s MacArthur fellows.

Plan II is more than a curriculum track. It’s a community, says the director. The honors program celebrates its 75th anniversary with an alumni reunion March 25-26.

Difficult Dialogues courses offer just as much of a learning experience to the students as they do to the faculty that teach them. Participate in a Difficult Dialogues public forum on March 29 with Lawrence Wright, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

Event: Lawrence Wright, author, playwright and staff writer for the New Yorker magazine, will discuss and sign his Pulitzer Prize-winning book “The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11” at The University of Texas at Austin.

The College of Education at The University of Texas at Austin, moved to the number 2 position among American schools of education, up from number 10, in the U.S. News and World Report 2012 Best Graduate Schools rankings. The Cockrell School of Engineering and the School of Law each increased their positions, to 8 and…

The Human Rights Documentation Initiative (HRDI) and the Benson Latin American Collection are collaborating with the Brazil Center at the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies (LLILAS) and Kinobras to bring a Brazil and human rights film series to The University of Texas at Austin.

Event: John-Mike Reed of Handmade Music Austin will guide a do-it-yourself music innovation workshop in the Visual Arts Center’s (VAC) Arcade gallery.