Student Experience
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New Director Starts Work To Build University-wide Recruiting Center
A student-driven initiative has come one big step closer to fruition with the hire of a new leader. Her first task? To begin plans for a premier facility where employers will interview and recruit The University of Texas at Austin’s best and brightest.
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University’s First African American Vice President Dies
Dr. James L. Hill, senior vice president of The University of Texas at Austin and life-long educator, who helped the university make significant progress in the recruitment of students from underrepresented communities and build strong relationships with the East Austin community, died Sunday. He was 84.
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DKR: The Royal Scrapbook
Just in time for football season, a new book from UT Press takes an intimate look at Darrell K Royal, “The Coach.” Take a sneak peek with our DKR photo slideshow.
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Gloria Steinem to Speak at Family Violence Conference
Gloria Steinem, feminist writer and advocate, will give the keynote address titled “Feminism: Past, Present and Future” sponsored by the Gender and Sexuality Center in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement and the Texas Council on Family Violence at the Texas Council on Family Violence 2012 Statewide Conference.
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Belo Center for New Media Opens for Classes Aug. 29
Located at the northeast corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe streets, the $54.8 million Belo Center provides interactive classrooms and meeting space for more than 4,200 students in the college and houses the adjacent KUT Public Media Studios. The Belo Center includes lecture halls, auditoriums, student offices and meeting rooms, as well as spaces for…
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“Gone To Texas” Ceremony on Aug. 28 Welcomes New Students to The University of Texas at Austin
New students entering the fall semester at The University of Texas at Austin will be guests of honor during the traditional Gone To Texas welcoming ceremony at 8:30 p.m. on Aug. 28. The event will feature greetings from President Bill Powers and an event finale by the Texas Longhorn Band.
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University of Texas at Austin Ranked No. 35 Among World Universities
The University of Texas of Austin is No. 35 in the world, according to the 2012 Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) compiled by the Center for World-Class Universities at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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Mooov-In at The University of Texas at Austin Welcomes Students to Campus Residence Halls
University officials will welcome incoming students and their parents at the annual Mooov-In event while hundreds of volunteers help the students move into campus residence halls.
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Fly Over the Forty Acres
http://youtu.be/itO9IXiH4Nk Take an aerial view of the Forty Acres in this helicopter flyover of campus. Go to YouTube to share the video http://youtu.be/itO9IXiH4Nk.
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Hands On and Horns Up: Research is Key to Academic Success
In this video, College of Liberal Arts student Maggie Gunn talks about research opportunities at UT.
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Business, Military, Society To Benefit if Supreme Court Upholds UT Admissions Policy
Retired generals, Fortune 500 corporations and states across our country joined with higher education leaders, University of Texas alumni, social scientists, civil rights groups, students and the United States government Monday in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold the university’s narrowly tailored use of race as one, non-predominant factor in its admissions decisions.
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University of Texas Receives Substantial Amicus Support in Supreme Court Case
Numerous amicus briefs are being filed with the United States Supreme Court today in support of The University of Texas at Austin’s holistic admissions process, which looks at an applicant’s race and ethnicity among many other factors.
