Student Experience

Ten new Longhorns will start the fall semester as Forty Acres Scholars. In this student profile, get to know Joey Rafael Domínguez from Klein Oak High School in Spring, Texas.

A $250,000 challenge grant to support the William C. Powers, Jr. Graduate Fellowship Program has been awarded to the Graduate School at The University of Texas at Austin.

Ten new Longhorns will start the fall semester as Forty Acres Scholars. In this student profile, get to know Ashley Chang from Victoria East High School in Victoria, Texas.

Ten new Longhorns will start the fall semester as Forty Acres Scholars. In this student profile, get to know Connor Healy from Parish Episcopal School in Dallas, Texas.

The June 15 roundup of campus kudos and press mentions.

Gowalla, a location-based social networking site, recently released a fleet of new custom stamps for The University of Texas at Austin. Check in and check us out.

White House Executive Pastry Chef Bill Yosses rolled up his sleeves recently to garden and cook with eager UT Elementary School students.

With Texas’ largest enrollment, highest ranked programs and highest four-year graduation rate, we are very productive. And we do this with tuition of less than $10,000 per year.

Leslie Cedar has been named the new executive director and CEO of Texas Exes, the alumni association for The University of Texas at Austin. Cedar will succeed Jim Boon, who announced last July that he would step down after 16 years to lead the newly formed Texas Exes Scholarship Foundation.

Read and watch U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison’s address at the university’s 128th spring commencement Saturday, May 21.

The June 1 roundup of campus kudos and press mentions.

Event: Chefs attending the 33rd annual conference of the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP), including Bill Yosses, White House executive pastry chef, will condu