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Event: The University of Texas at Austin will hold a news conference to announce the naming of one of its research units.

President William Powers Jr. will make the announcement. When: 1 p.m., Monday, Dec. 1. Where: Main Building, Room 212.

(Members of the news media should stop at the guard booth at the 24th and Whitis [...]

The University of Texas at Austin today (Oct. 17) announced an eight-year capital campaign to raise $3 billion.

"We intend to become the best public university in the nation," President William Powers Jr. said in announcing the Campaign for Texas.

"This campaign will focus on the people who will help us do that. Our faculty. Our [...]

The 125th birthday of The University of Texas at Austin is a time to celebrate the many successes of the university, but it also is a time to take stock of challenges, which "are considerable as well," President William Powers Jr. said Wednesday, Sept. 17, in his President's State of the University Address to an [...]

The 125th anniversary of the opening of The University of Texas at Austin in 1883 will be celebrated in mid-September with commemorative activities, including a traditional President's State of the University Address, a report on ongoing and new initiatives of the university's administration.

President William Powers Jr. will present his third President's State of the University [...]

There were at least 12 occasions last week when University President William Powers spoke publicly and needed either notes or a fully-written speech, said Tom Zigal, the president's chief speechwriter.

Zigal is a member of the "Morning Group," a group of six key staff members in the president's office who meet once a week to keep the office functioning.

Event: U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) and University of Texas at Austin President William Powers Jr., will dedicate the Texas Petawatt Laser on Thursday.

Scientists will demonstrate aspects of the laser during the event. The Tower will be lit orange during the evening to commemorate this event.

When: Thursday, Aug. 28, 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. Where: Basement [...]

UT President William Powers has not yet signed on his name to a controversial document urging a lowering of the legal drinking age.

He will not make his final decision without more campus discussion and input.

The Amethyst Initiative, which was launched this June by former Middlebury College President John McCardell, released the document Wednesday, which included the headline "Twenty-one is not working.

UT President William Powers told the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education Finance at a hearing at the Capitol on Wednesday that the designation of a third, tier-one public university in Texas was essential but should not come at the expense of UT and Texas A&M University.

University President William Powers continues to be optimistic about the Texas Legislature's commitment to higher education needs but says the University has some catching up to do in terms of legislative support.

Powers acknowledged that reports of an upcoming state budget surplus won't guarantee more support for the University.

University President William Powers sent out another "Letter from the President" e-mail Thursday to alumni, faculty and friends of the University as he ramps up for his second legislative session as president and continued mission to gather enough support to influence the Texas Legislature to increase funding for the University.