Student Experience

University of Texas at Austin mascot BEVO XIV, recently diagnosed with Bovine Leukemia Virus, passed away in his sleep on Oct. 16. 

As the Hidden Pines fire continues to burn over thousands of acres in Bastrop County, faculty members at UT Austin offer their expertise on tracking the wildfire spread, preserving personal items of victims, and the impacts of fires on landscapes. 

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.

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.

Professor of Astronomy Daniel Jaffe has been appointed vice president for research at UT Austin. 

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.

UT Austin has received the 2015 Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award (HEED) from INSIGHT into Diversity magazine for the fourth consecutive year.

Coy Wilcox has been named director for the Petroleum Extension (PETEX™), a component of the Texas Extended Campus 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).

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.

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.

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.