Student Experience

ConocoPhillips has contributed $1 million to support academic programs at The University of Texas at Austin.

The Tower lights with a No. 1 celebrate the School of Law’s national championships at trial advocacy and moot court competitions.

Washington Post columnist Sally Jenkins will deliver the inaugural Frank Deford Lecture in Sports Journalism, a speech titled “Why Games Matter: Stories We Tell Ourselves about Ourselves,” at 4 p.m., April 20 in the Student Activity Center auditorium at The University of Texas at Austin.

A team of geoscience students from The University of Texas at Austin beat finalists from 11 global regions to win the Imperial Barrel Award, the world’s largest and most prestigious competition in petroleum geosciences hosted annually by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG).

Told by the Board of Regents to transfer to Texas AandM if they wanted to rodeo, a group of ’50s-era students built their own arena, a thrilling team and a swinging country-western scene instead.

On April 16, the Tower lights will celebrate the students recognized at Honors Day and will mark the 100th anniversary of the Friar Society.

Deputy Secretary for the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and LBJ School of Public Affairs alumna Kathleen A. Merrigan will deliver the convocation address on Saturday, May 21, to the graduating class of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

High school students Dennis Luna and Rene Mendoza, both from Edinburg, Texas, were named “Students of the Year” on Monday, April 11, by the Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program at The University of Texas at Austin.

Working in a research lab setting has helped Human Biology major Jose Ybarra nurture his critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

Geological Sciences senior Brandon Okafor has a megawatt smile, a humble demeanor and the university’s first Student Employee of the Year award.

In honor of National Library Week, Professor Barbara Immroth, former president of the Texas Library Association, reminds us why libraries and reading are cool.

The inaugural class of Service Scholars, a program dedicated to community service, was inducted recently. The group of 37 students plan to complete 11,100 hours of community service by 2013.