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<i>“It’s basically impossible to get elected in Austin unless you are a Democrat.”</i>— Andy Brown, chair of the Travis County Democratic Party, on the upcoming City Council election,...
View ArticleBoard of Regents forms partnership with MyEdu, flusters University faculty
University faculty raised concerns about inconsistencies with the interactive MyEdu website and about how student feedback on the site will be used in faculty evaluations. Multiple faculty members...
View ArticleMake the most of MyEdu
The discussion across the UT System about MyEdu in the past few weeks has taken many interesting twists and turns. While there has been much controversy and negative publicity, we think it is important...
View ArticlePlans for UT medical schools progressing
Although plans for UT medical schools in Austin and South Texas are being carried out simultaneously, each comes with its own set of questions.The UT System Board of Regents announced plans for a new...
View ArticleUT System administrator will lead Japan reform advisory committee
To avoid future nuclear plant disasters, Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) called on Dale Klein, UT System administrator and UT mechanical engineering professor, to lead an advisory...
View ArticleBills in Texas Legislature would consolidate UT System schools in Rio Grande...
Bills filed in both houses of the Texas Legislature on Monday would lead the UT System to consolidate its institutions in the Rio Grande Valley into one entity.The bills would bring UT-Brownsville,...
View ArticleRegents revisit Commission of 125
The Commission of 125 set the tone for the last nine years of progress at the University and UT has recently drawn attention from UT System regents and former commission members on its progress toward...
View ArticleFormer UT student leaders doubt changes to MyEdu beneficial
MyEdu claims students support changes made by the company in the past year, but former student leaders doubt the changes are beneficial or worth the $10 million the UT System invested in the company....
View ArticleWith new leadership Regents hope to move past controversy
As the tense relationship between UT and the UT System continues, the UT System Board of Regents reshuffled its leadership in its meeting Thursday.The board elected Regent Paul Foster as chairman,...
View ArticleUT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa to announce resignation
UT System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, who has served in the position since 2009, will resign at a specially called press conference Monday.Cigarroa will stay in his current role until a replacement...
View ArticleUS DOD program redistributes military gear to UT System police
Patrol rifles, Humvees and a mine-resistant vehicle are among some of the military-grade equipment the UT System acquired under a U.S. Department of Defense program. Known as Section 1033, the program...
View ArticleUT System to give seed grants for brain research
The UT System Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Institute will accept applications for $100,000 seed grants for human brain research.The institute, which the UT System Board of Regents established in...
View ArticleBoard of Regents declines naming presidential candidates
After seven hours in a closed-door session Wednesday, the UT System Board of Regents declined to name a president or announce the names of the finalists for the UT presidency. According to a UT System...
View ArticleVice chancellor to step down, teach full time
Last week, a UT System executive vice chancellor announced he will step down from his position.Pedro Reyes, UT System executive vice chancellor for academic affairs, will step down once a replacement...
View ArticleAfter chancellor denies records requests, Hall appeals to attorney general
UT System Regent Wallace Hall is appealing to the attorney general to review student information, despite UT System Chancellor William McRaven’s admonition that Hall’s requests go “well beyond any...
View ArticleUpdated: System lawyers ask Attorney General to dismiss Hall's request for...
Updated (3:34 p.m.): In a brief submitted on behalf of Chancellor William McRaven and the UT System Board of Regents, lawyers for the System asked the Attorney General to dismiss Regent Wallace Hall’s...
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