Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig

This Michener Center grad wins a second major prize and more national notice for her drama

"...Literature, awarded by the University of Texas' College of Liberal Arts to a student work that creates "the most..."

Aug. 7, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

The Constancy of Sorrow

Native Texan Kevin Reynolds taps loss of innocence, from Cold War Commies to The Count of Monte Cristo

"...them is: First, go to school, get a good liberal arts education, and then go out and travel the..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Happy Earth Day!

A field trip to Hornsby Bend

"...bird watching too). The students were from the LBJ Liberal Arts and Science Academy AP Environmental Science Class taught..."

April 22, 2009 News Post by Katherine Gregor

Got Philosophy?

AFS Documentary Tour presents Examined Life

"..."P" Philosophy at some point in life or a liberal arts education – or wish they had – Astra..."

Feb. 13, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Up From the Skies

Dana Falconberry's debut long-player gets "Fluorescent"

"...After moving south to attend Hendrix College, a small liberal arts school in Conway, Ark., she began writing music,..."

Oct. 10, 2008 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Hurricane (Half)Day

AISD to close schools early on Friday

"...2 p.m. – High Schools (except LBJ and the Liberal Arts & Science Academy)..."

Sept. 11, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Scott McClellan and Family

A telling timeline of McClellan's life

"...1991: Graduates from UT with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts...."

June 20, 2008 News Feature

Johnston Seniors Bid Final Farewell

A bittersweet occasion for Johnston's last graduating class

"...eight of the last nine years, since the school's liberal arts magnet moved up the road to LBJ High,..."

June 13, 2008 News Feature by Kimberly Reeves

Sorry to Be Tardy to the Party, but ...

More seating for Royal-Memorial Stadium? Just what we needed …

"...Well, among all the spending for new communication and liberal arts buildings, and more offices for those cool biomedical..."

Feb. 12, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Point Austin: The Process, Part II

After some procedural and PR bumps, City Council moves to name a new city manager

"...At City Hall, however, they don't ignore our august counterparts at the Austin American-Statesman. Last week, we were told..."

Jan. 18, 2008 News Column by Michael King

College Grads More Likely to Maintain Religious Beliefs

"...faith beliefs as more campuses shift resources away from liberal arts and toward professional programs. The findings are detailed..."

June 21, 2007 News Post by Kimberly Reeves

Naked City

"...Rene Sanchez, who's been acting as principal of the Liberal Arts and Science Academy at LBJ High, will officially..."

May 18, 2007 News Feature

Playwrights @ UT: An Edgar for Dietz, a Wendy for Ramsey

It was a good week for playwrights at UT as a student received a new prize for young women dramatists and a faculty member earned an honor from the Mystery Writers of America

"...23, Linda Ramsey, a senior in the College of Liberal Arts, became the first recipient of the Wasserstein Prize..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

"...Queer Texas Conference helps UT catch up with other liberal-arts programs across the country. College students from all over..."

April 13, 2007 News Feature

AISD Starting Two Hours Late on Thursday

Austin schools starting two hours late Thursday.

"...Metro buses provide daily for students who attend the Liberal Arts & Science Academy at LBJ High School, the..."

Jan. 17, 2007 News Post by Lee Nichols

Out of Commission

The curious saga of 20 portraits of British literary greats that UT paid Feliks Topolski to paint, then didn't show for decades

"...famously – Larry Carver, director of the College of Liberal Arts' honors program and co-curator of the Topolski exhibition,..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...tuition to roughly $3,800 per semester for a full-time liberal arts undergrad. Financial aid would cover the entire increase..."

Nov. 11, 2005 News Feature

UT Raises the Solar Roof

Students build all-solar house for national competition

"...SNAP (Super Nifty Action Package) house because its prefabricated parts are easily transportable on 18-wheelers and are designed to..."

July 8, 2005 News Feature by Daniel Mottola

Full Body

John Irving on his job and the upcoming 'Until I Find You'

"...undergraduate at Windham College in Putney, Vt., a small liberal arts college that is no longer. In my junior..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Books Feature by Louis Black

There's a Light Beyond These Woods

An unrestrained celebration of Nanci Griffith

"...in North Carolina. It was an excellent, serious, intimate liberal arts college, though for two of them, a deciding..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Music Feature by Louis Black

Elaborate Life

His love of theatre has led 'Aida' director Matt Lenz on an amazing journey

"...in my hometown, then went to Wagner, a small liberal arts school on Staten Island. I just wanted to..."

Jan. 28, 2005 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

AISD Goes Global

Johnston High School welcomes immigrant students and makes waves in the neighborhood

"...says it's a repeat of when Johnston housed a liberal arts magnet school, which was moved to LBJ three..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Naked City

Breaking news from Austin and beyond.

"...fall. Currently only the Colleges of Natural Sciences and Liberal Arts have flat-rate policies, which officials say serve as..."

Nov. 19, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

The Fever

In producing Wallace Shawn's The Fever, Physical Plant Theater issues a call to think, from your car radio, and it's worth heeding

"...Hislope's character is a well-to-do liberal sort, traipsing about parts of the Third World half-addicted..."

June 25, 2004 Arts Review by Robi Polgar

Naked City

The college's response to its accreditation crisis leaves many without work

"...as an undergrad and earned a master's degree in liberal arts, says she got a letter last fall saying..."

June 25, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

AISD Casts a Wider Blueprint

The Austin ISD announced its expansion of the Blueprint Initiative to LBJ and Reagan high schools

"...been intermittent tension over the presence of the magnet Liberal Arts and Science Academy, filled largely with white students..."

April 9, 2004 News Feature by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...Austin, and City Council's Oct. 23 consideration of the Wal-Marts is likely to be bumpy. See The Beast Wins..."

Oct. 17, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Closing the Books

A UT editor says he lost his job at the Center for Mexican American Studies for complaining about administrative malfeasance.

"...supported by Richard Lariviere, dean of UT's College of Liberal Arts. In a July 3 e-mail to CMAS staff,..."

Sept. 12, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Lights Out

The Seventies represented the heyday for film programming at the University of Texas. Marjorie Baumgarten recollects the days of CinemaTexas and the Texas Union Theater.

"...in film literacy as a basic component of a liberal-arts education, although both programs were open to the general..."

July 4, 2003 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Will AISD Magnetize Eastside Sixth-Graders?

Kealing Junior High may add a sixth grade -- at the expense of its three Eastside elementary feeder schools.

"...magnet currently offers three separate programs or "strands" -- liberal arts, science/math/technology, and a combined strand -- and Hovland..."

Nov. 8, 2002 News Feature by Michael May

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