Student Experience

A new professorship honoring theater historian Oscar G. Brockett has been established at The University of Texas at Austin in the Department of Theatre and Dance. The Oscar and Lenyth Brockett Professorship in Theatre History is the first endowment to support the creation of the Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre History and Criticism. The…

The University of Texas at Austin will name the ground floor atrium in the Student Activity Center for Margaret Berry, an alumna who has long served the university community.

Bernard Rapoport, a Waco businessman who was active in higher education, politics, human rights and philanthropy, died Thursday, April 5.

Beloved Mathematics Professor James Vick wins the 2012 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship, one of the highest prizes for teaching on campus.

After his historic enrollment in 1950, architect John Chase laid a foundation of firsts. With his death last Thursday, the university loses a pioneer.

Professor Andrea Giunta has been appointed to the newly established Endowed Chair in Latin American Art History and Criticism in the College of Fine Arts’ Department of Ar

Orientation programs for incoming University of Texas at Austin students are being redefined to provide more guidance on selecting majors, meeting academic requirements and graduating in four years. 

What: James Pennebaker, chair of the psychology department, and John Daly, communications studies professor, will discuss the language of sustainability in an inaugural lecture titled

Saturday night’s Tower lighting will be delayed until midnight for Earth Hour, a global event demonstrating commitment to energy conservation.

The University of Texas at Austin will collaborate on global energy and climate change awareness by participating in Earth Hour 2012. This will mark the third year in a row the university has participated.

The University of Texas at Austin has developed a Campus Climate Response Team (CCRT) that will serve as a university-wide strategy resource team to address bias incidents that may affect campus climate. As part of this new initiative to advance an inclusive and diverse campus climate, an online incident reporting form that can be accessed…

High school migrant students from across the state will be recognized at The University of Texas at Austin on April 2 during the 25th annual Migrant Student Recognition Ceremony.