Student Experience

Event: The School of Journalism at The University of Texas at Austin, Huston-Tillotson University and KAZI-FM will co-sponsor a community forum to discuss and make recommendations on the crisis in local media coverage in the Digital Age.

Event: The University of Texas at Austin has a deep tradition of athletics beyond football, baseball and basketball. Longhorn swimmers, divers and track and field athletes have made names for themselves beyond Texas on the national and international stages via the Olympics.

The University of Texas at Austin’s “Longhorn Halloween” will provide a fun and safe environment this weekend for children of faculty, staff and students from the university to participate in traditional Halloween activities.

Judy Ashcroft, dean of Continuing and Innovative Education (CIE) at The University of Texas at Austin, has resigned that position, effective Oct. 28, to become founding dean of the new University College at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Fla.

The Tower lights on Oct. 27 will recognize the Army ROTC Ranger Challenge Team, which placed first in this major intercollegiate competition.

Event: Media is invited to view James Naismith’s original rules of basketball, which are on loan to The University of Texas at Austin, and discuss them with Longhorns coaches Rick Barnes and Gail Goestenkors and former coach Jody Conradt.

The Campaign for Texas has had an immense impact on our students, faculty and campus. Watch how investing in UT can change the world.

Watch “Look Up,” the third of the university’s five new TV spots featuring alumni projected in grand style on the Tower.

The Tower lights Friday evening (Oct. 14) will recognize six alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally and through service to the university.

Students and faculty led the university’s response to Bastrop’s September wildfires, and an Oct. 17 benefit concert carries on the spirit of giving.

About 11,000 staff members keep the university running like a well-oiled machine. Four staff members share how they help make that happen.

As part of a campus-wide effort to better coordinate and expand services for undergraduates, the School of Undergraduate Studies (UGS) is pleased to welcome its newest addition, the Sanger Learning and Career Center.