Student Experience

Event: Visit of delegation of Dr. Leonel Fernández Reyna, president of the Dominican Republic, to the IC2 Institute at The University of Texas at Austin. Where: IC2, 2815 San Gabriel St. View a map online.

The Travis County Medical Examiner has identified Colton Tooley, 19, as the student who killed himself earlier today (Sept. 28) on the campus of The University of Texas at Austin.

Press Briefing Police and university officials will provide an update for the shooting on The University of Texas at Austin campus Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010.

Updated at 3:12 p.m.: Message from the President: I am grateful to our campus community for the way it responded to the emergency that took place at Perry-Castañeda Library this morning. The University Police Department and the Austin Police Department responded quickly and professionally. Law enforcement teams from multiple agencies worked together to ensure that…

The person involved in this morning’s shooting on campus has been confirmed dead on the sixth floor of the Perry-Castañeda Library from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. No other injuries have been reported.

Event: Leslie Moonves, president and CEO of CBS Corporation, will receive the College of Communication’s 2010-11 William Randolph Hearst Fellow Award and will deliver the lecture “The Networks Strike Back: How Old Media Has Adapted to the New World.” This event is free and op

ConocoPhillips Chairman and CEO James Mulva and his wife Miriam have given a $15 million gift to The University of Texas at Austin to construct a new Liberal Arts building, which will include a floor for the university’s ROTC programs.

Barbara White, dean of the School of Social Work since 1993, plans to step down from that position in August 2011. White said she looks forward to taking sabbatical leave for a few months to focus on some personal goals.

Dr. Barbara W. White, dean of the School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin since 1993, plans to step down from that position in August 2011.

Russian-born violinist Stanislav Pronin will be an artist in residence in the College of Fine Arts (COFA) at The University of Texas at Austin until Jan. 31, 2011.

The Sept. 20 weekly roundup of campus kudos and press mentions.

Recovering a forgotten history of African American life was motivation enough for anthropology graduate student Nedra Lee and her peers to brave the Texas summer heat while excavating an old farmstead in southern Travis County.