Student Experience
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Longhorn Foundation Launches Campaign to Fully Endow Fred Steinmark Fund
To coincide with the release of the biopic film “My All American,” the Longhorn Foundation for Texas Athletics launches its first-ever crowdfunding campaign to fully endow the Fred Steinmark Fund.
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Famed University of Texas Mascot Bevo XIV Retires After Cancer Diagnosis
Beloved University of Texas mascot BEVO XIV, whose given name is Sunrise Studly, has been diagnosed with Bovine Leukemia Virus and, following a triumph in the AT&T Red River Showdown, is being retired effective immediately.
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Astronomer Daniel Jaffe Named Vice President for Research at UT Austin
Professor of Astronomy Daniel Jaffe has been appointed vice president for research at UT Austin.
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UT Austin Named a Leading Healthy Campus in the U.S.
UT Austin was named a winner of the inaugural 2015 Active Minds Healthy Campus Award, which recognizes the university as one of the healthiest campuses in the nation.
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UT Austin Honored with 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award
UT Austin has received the 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award (HEED) from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine for the fourth consecutive year.
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Coy Wilcox Named Director of UT Austin’s Petroleum Extension (PETEX™)
Coy Wilcox has been named director for the Petroleum Extension (PETEX™), a component of the Texas Extended Campus at UT Austin.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Public Forums to Discuss Campus Carry at UT Austin
UT Austin’s Campus Carry Policy Working Group is holding two public forums to gather comments about campus carry legislation (SB 11).
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Graduation, Student Retention, Diversity Rates Climb at UT Austin
The four-year graduation rate is now 57.7 percent — the highest on record and an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the previous year. More than 500 additional undergrad students graduated on time this year when compared with five years ago.
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Campus Sexual Assault Survey Details Prevalence at UT Austin and 26 Other U.S. Universities
A survey of sexual assault and misconduct at 27 university campuses across the nation shows that 23.1 percent of female undergraduates at the universities surveyed, and 18.5 percent of female undergraduates at UT Austin, reported being the victim of sexual assault by force or incapacitation since the time of their enrollment.
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Fenves Inaugurated as UT Austin President, Lays Out Vision for Campus
Gregory L. Fenves was formally inaugurated as the 29th president of UT Austin on Sept. 17 and he also delivered his first-ever State of the University address.
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Fenves Names Mike Perrin as Interim UT Men’s Athletics Director
UT Austin has appointed Houston attorney Mike Perrin to serve as Interim Men’s Athletics Director at least through August to replace Steve Patterson, who has resigned.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: UT Austin Hosts President Fenves’ Inauguration and State of the University Address on Sept. 17
Gregory L. Fenves will be inaugurated as the 29th president of UT Austin, and he will deliver his first State of the University address on Sept. 17.
