Saddened by UT's Lack of Leadership

"...Dear Editor, If the regents at the University of Texas can afford to pay..."

Feb. 7, 2010 Postmarks

The Right-Wingification of UT

Texas targets liberal enemies within one of the top U.S. schools

"...had been invited to speak at the Salem Center, UT’s new right-wing think tank headquartered in Rowling Hall, an..."

Nov. 22, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...the city of Austin's Lions Municipal Golf Course, a UT biological field laboratory, and married student housing. The golf..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

UT’s War on Students

A peaceful protest spiraled when law enforcement showed up. Now the university has doubled down.

"...on Monday, April 29, another day of protest at UT-Austin against Israel’s war on Gaza was beginning. After the..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher

UT Faculty Say Conservatization of the School Is a Long Time Coming

Another brick in the wall

"...system and the teaching of critical race theory at UT-Austin, faculty and administrators across the university recoiled...."

March 11, 2022 News Feature by Abe Asher

UT & Lockheed Woo Los Alamos

Peace activists urge UT to take a moral stand against weapons of mass destruction by refusing to bid on Los Alamos, while supporters see an opportunity for UT to increase its recognition and prestige, and protect national security

"...is officially on. After nearly a year of waffling, UT has decided to partner with Lockheed Martin, the nation's..."

May 27, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

UT Takes on Confederate Statues

After public input, university plans to consider options, including removal

"...after that, a petition with over 3,000 signatures urged UT President Gregory Fenves to remove the campus' statue honoring..."

July 24, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

From Erwin to Hartzell: 60 Years of Conservative Politics at UT

Treatment of current protests is just the latest action against progressive students and faculty

"...Erwin led the University of Texas System Board of Regents from 1963 to 1975. These were the years of..."

May 3, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

UT Should Include Students in Master-Plan Process

"...recommendations to the University of Texas System Board of Regents regarding the future use of the Brackenridge Tract. The..."

Nov. 12, 2007 Postmarks

UT Student Government Slowly Implodes

Half the exec board is gone, and the remaining members face removal next semester

"...UT-Austin Student Government is crumbling. At the beginning of the..."

Dec. 24, 2021 News Feature by Skye Seipp

Perry's UT Appointee Dem Donor? Dang!

New UT regent – horrors! – documented Dem donor.

"...The UT system’s newest regent was appointed Friday and – now..."

Feb. 6, 2008 News Post by Matt Martinez

Students Won't Learn From Year Tenure as a UT Regent

"...Editor, Last week, Gov. Perry signed a bill to put a nonvoting student on the UT System Board of..."

June 21, 2005 Postmarks

UT Professor on the Making of Texas Film Epic Giant

Don Graham's Giant: Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Edna Ferber, and the Making of a Legendary American Film

"...overwhelmingly despised the Texas epic novel penned by an outsider who played to all of the stereotypes of their..."

April 13, 2018 Books Review by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: The Powers That Be

The UT stalemate is one battle in an education war

"...On Wednesday afternoon, UT-Austin Pres­ident Bill Powers submitted his resignation to UT System..."

July 11, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Wallace Hall Has a List

UT System regent claims conspiracy as grand jury imminent

"...the Texas Tribune's A Conversation With series, the embattled UT system regent painted himself as the last honest man..."

Sept. 4, 2014 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

Will – or should – the Forty Acres take over America's top bomb factory?

"...Is the UT System learning to love the bomb? In February, the..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Forrest Wilder

Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

An Anti-abortion Exhibit Produces Protests and a Free Speech Controversy at UT

"...are just a few of the questions roiling the UT-Austin campus this spring in the wake of the February..."

March 23, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Lecturers Sue to Block Campus Carry

Do Texas concealed handgun rules break the Second Amendment?

"...day after Charles Whitman killed 14 people on the UT campus and injured 32 more, campus carry comes into..."

July 7, 2016 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Staff Infection

Sick of Low Wages, UT Staff Vow Three-Day 'Burnt Orange Flu'

"...Johnnie Conley worked at UT for almost 11 years before she decided to take..."

Sept. 1, 2000 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

For His Dance (Re)current Unrest, Charles O. Anderson Keeps Moving

Through the pandemic and other obstacles, the choreographer and UT teacher continues to adapt

"...of developing and finishing a major dance project – about which Chronicle critic Jonelle Seitz wrote, "I don't think..."

Oct. 16, 2020 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Finishing Touches

On the eve of its long-awaited grand opening, UT's Blanton Museum gets its art in the right place

"...change of location, two sets of architects, and three UT presidents, the 17,000 works of art at the Blanton..."

April 28, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alternative Signals

UT Student-run KVR-TV

"...for word from ACAC. And wait. And wait. Ten minutes later, someone remembers about the students and kindly throws..."

May 9, 1997 Screens Feature by Kayte VanScoy

Royal Pain

Allegations Still Surround Legendary UT Coach

"...football coach at the University of Texas in 1957, but no black athlete played for UT until 1970. The..."

Oct. 4, 1996 News Feature

Blanton: The Sequel: The Sequel

The preliminary design for UT's new Blanton Museum of Art facility has been unveiled, and as expected, the white-shoe Boston firm of Kallmann McKinnell & Wood has come up with a building that hews to the dicta of UT's Campus Master Plan, even when it doesn't make much sense.

"...In the rendering of the latest (preliminary) design for UT's Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art -- unveiled last..."

Oct. 12, 2001 Arts Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

UT Regents Rita Clements and Tony Sanchez torpedoed Herzog & De Meuron's design for the Blanton Museum because it didn't fit in with the Campus Master Plan. But neither do most buildings built on campus since the mid-1960s.

"...Straight from the George W. Bush Institute for Informed Policymakers, a pop quiz for UT Regents..."

Dec. 31, 1999 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Naked City

UT System's lobbying – oops, 'legislative activities' – to gain deregulation

"...He is also the chairman of the board of regents of the University of Texas System – the state's..."

Feb. 13, 2004 News Feature by David Peterson

Enforcing the 'Double Standard'

Major college sports insanity is entrenched at UT-Austin

"...Smith ("Then There's This: Double Standard," Sept. 20) lays out the clear gender-related double standard at work within the..."

Sept. 27, 2013 News Feature by Tom Palaima

The Insiders at Introgen

As Texas looks for a new economic boost, the decision-makers like to have a piece of the action

"...Griffin's trust fund. The youngest Perry was a baseball standout at Austin High School and is now an undergraduate..."

March 5, 2004 News Feature by Lucius Lomax

Naked City

UT students and faculty stage a rally to protest the regents' handling of Blanton museum designs.

"...of the Jack Blanton Museum of Art on the UT campus, more than 200 students, faculty, and local art..."

Dec. 3, 1999 News Feature by Jessica Carter

LegeLines

UT Regents, education, gun control, and more

"...Dewhurst Says "Horns Down" to UT Regents..."

Feb. 22, 2013 News Column

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