In a place as large as The University of Texas at Austin, it can be challenging to get to know people outside our immediate departments, schools and colleges — and…

The sweeping silver lines of the aluminum canoes that loom over Speedway in Nancy Rubins’ “Monochrome for Austin.” The paintings of light formed by James Turrell’s “The Color Inside” Skyspace…

The Mental Health Assistance and Response Team is a new program that pairs mental health professionals with officers from the University of Texas Police Department.  When a call comes into…

Drive into the office. Sip coffee. Chat with co-workers. Attend meetings. For many of us, that was the start to a typical workday before March 2020. Then the COVID-19 pandemic…

Editor’s note: Bobby Chesney, Lauren Ancel Meyers and Richard Flores have helped lead UT’s new strategic planning effort. Chesney is associate dean for academic affairs at the UT Law School…

It was nearly 9 a.m. on Dec. 14, in an industrial looking room of stone walls and stainless steel that was as crowded with news cameras and broadcast reporters as…

When controversy over UT’s school song boiled over last summer as part of a national movement to root out institutional racism, President Jay Hartzell responded by meeting with dozens of…

While working on an essay related to Simone de Beauvoir in the late 2000s, Judith Coffin came across a virtually unexplored archive of letters sent by readers to the famed…

In the American Southwest, where deer and coyotes roam free and the prickly pear cactus grows wild, there’s a new outsider ready to cause trouble. But there’s no need for…

During fall 2019, The University of Texas at Austin launched UTNY, an internship-based experiential program in New York City. There, students learn inside and outside the classroom, gaining the skills…

The book’s inscription, in precise, delicate script, is innocuous: “To Amy Lester Garland — A legacy left in his lifetime for her future examination by her affectionate father.” John Bingley…

Advisers across campus spend countless hours talking to students about their classwork, career goals and other topics related to student success. During those student-focused advising sessions, however, they don’t get…