university of texas

The Official Bird of Downtown Austin

Austin Metablog  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 12:30pm

"The University of Texas used to have a problem with grackles. Their solution was to fire shotgun blanks." (via Downtown Austin Blog)



 

Libraries programs help students with fall "crunch"

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Thu, 11/13/2008 - 9:36am

The University of Texas Libraries will host "Crunch Time" from Nov. 18-20 at the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL) to raise awareness of beneficial resources and services which are available at the point of need during the pressure-filled final weeks of the semester, as well as the rest of the year.

Students tend to rely on the PCL [...]



 

UT faculty rally for gay couple benefits

KEYE - CBS 42  Wed, 11/12/2008 - 11:31am

A group of University of Texas professors and instructors are rallying this afternoon for domestic partnership benefits.



 

Tree-friendly UT Campus win Arbor Day award

KEYE - CBS 42  Thu, 10/30/2008 - 6:46pm

The University of Texas always wins high marks with visitors for the attractive campus and Thursday it received a little official recognition.



 

Inc. magazine holding entreprenuer event at UT

Planning Ahead, Austin  Mon, 10/27/2008 - 2:14pm

Inc. magazine is hosting an event for street-savvy entrepreneurs at the University of Texas at Austin.



 

$16.2M awarded to family of former UT student

KEYE - CBS 42  Fri, 10/24/2008 - 7:21am

A state district judge has issued a $16.2 million judgment to the parents of a University of Texas freshman who died two years ago in what was called an alcohol-related...



 

University announces $3 billion capital campaign

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Fri, 10/17/2008 - 10:00am

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 [...]



 

Road closures Saturday for UT football game

Austin City Connection News and Event Highlights  Mon, 10/13/2008 - 7:00pm

Some roads in the vicinity of the University of Texas will close Saturday for the home football game.



 

UT Changes Course, Will Allow Political Posters In Windows

KEYE - CBS 42  Thu, 10/09/2008 - 2:48pm

University of Texas students who wanted to put political signs in their dorm room windows won a victory Thursday.



 

New School of Human Ecology established

UT - Office of Public Affairs  Tue, 10/07/2008 - 9:30am

The new School of Human Ecology has been established at The University of Texas at Austin, a change in status for a long-standing department at the university.

The conversion to school status brings human ecology to a competitive level with other stand-alone colleges and schools of human ecology across the nation, says Cathy Surra, director of [...]