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The Project is one of the largest days of university community service in the country. This year students volunteered in the Holly St. neighborhood in East Austin.

The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a winter storm warning for Central Texas for this evening. The University of Texas at Austin asks that those on campus use extreme caution in anticipation of this winter storm. The campus will officially close at 10 p.m. tonight, March 3, 2014, due to the possibility of winter…

During Tuesday’s joint primary elections, voters across the state will cast ballots for the high profile positions of governor, attorney general, railroad commissioner and others. Candidates have been addressing pressing public issues such as religious freedom, taxes and Obamacare. Experts at The University of Texas at Austin who are engaged in the state’s political and…

The Tower will glow orange all weekend, in celebration of the men’s swimming and diving Big 12 championship on Saturday and Texas Independence Day on Sunday. Hook ’em!

Public beer and wine sales at select UT Athletics spring sports events will begin tomorrow at Red and Charline McCombs Field when Texas Softball hosts the Texas Invitational.

Today, the White House announced that President Barack Obama will deliver the keynote address at a Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library on The University of Texas at Austin campus Thursday, April 10, 2014. First Lady Michelle Obama will attend the summit with the president.

Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, UT prepares a slate of events, including a Civil Rights Summit featuring two former U.S. presidents. Learn more.

It’s time for Explore UT 2014! Come on down to the Forty Acres and dive into a learning adventure. Check out the schedule of activities and join us March 1.

The University of Texas at Austin’s Explore UT is expected to draw more than 50,000 visitors of all ages from throughout the state March 1 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., when nearly 400 free activities in six realms of discovery will be featured on the university’s main campus.

More than 2,000 University of Texas at Austin volunteers are expected to participate in The Project, one of the largest one-day student-run service events in the nation.

The LBJ Presidential Library, located on The University of Texas at Austin campus, will host a Civil Rights Summit on April 8-10 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. President Lyndon Baines Johnson drove passage of the legislation and signed it into law. 

We’re celebrating love at UT, with alumni and student love stories, the best campus dates and romantic research. Plus, love-ly UT Facebook cover images just in time for Valentine’s Day.