Tag: University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin)
Incoming freshmen at UT-Austin get send-off celebration in Brownsville
The Brownsville chapter of the Texas Exes alumni organization provided a hometown send-off to the incoming freshman class at UT-Austin who hail from Brownsville and the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
San Benito native cycling across two countries for cancer
SAN BENITO — It’s always a journey.
Juliet V. Garcia to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Juliet V. Garcia, former longtime president of The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College, will be presented with the nation’s highest civilian honor, The Presidential Medal of Freedom, on Thursday, July 7, in Washington D.C.
National theater departments looking for RGV talent; audition registration now open
McALLEN — South Texas Theatre Auditions will offer high school seniors and graduating college students from the Rio Grande Valley an opportunity to perform...
Texas NAACP files federal complaint over “The Eyes of Texas”
By JIM VERTUNO | AP Sports Writer
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Texas chapter of the NAACP and a group of students have filed a...
UT leaders working to bring conservative think tank to campus
By Kate McGee | The Texas Tribune
Over the past eight months, leaders at the University of Texas at Austin have been working with private...
Texas board votes to accept invitation to SEC; OU on deck
By PAUL WEBER Associated Press Writer
The board of regents for the University of Texas voted unanimously Friday to accept an invitation for the Longhorns...
Judge dismisses white students’ lawsuit over UT’s admissions policy
By Chuck Lindell Austin | American-Statesman
AUSTIN, Texas — U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman denied a request by Students for Fair Admissions for an injunction...
UT program brings students ‘Home to Texas’
Five University of Texas at Austin students from Brownsville are among 46 across the university who are doing internships in their hometowns this summer...
UT hired consultant for $1.1M to revamp image of “Eyes of Texas” song
By Kate McGee, The Texas Tribune
As outrage swirled among University of Texas at Austin students last fall over the school's alma mater, “The Eyes...