Archived News
Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Joynes Event: Paul La Farge, Author of Luminous Airplane
7:00 pm :: Wednesday, November 28 :: Joynes Suite, Carothers 007
Mon, Nov 26, 2012
Maggie Gunn, Plan II senior, Honored as Outstanding Student 2012/2013 by Texas Parents
Texas Parents is the official parents’ association of the University of Texas at Austin and is a part of the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs
Thu, Nov 15, 2012
Joynes Event: Poet Salgado Maranhão and Translator Alexis Levitin
7:00 pm, Wednesday, November 20 :: Joynes Reading Room
Thu, Nov 8, 2012
Plan II Music Society Fall Recital
2:00 pm :: Saturday, December 8 :: Jessen Auditorium (HRH)
Mon, Nov 5, 2012
Madeline Schlesinger, Plan II Honors/History Honors Senior
Discusses Undergraduate Research and the Normandy Scholars Experience
Thu, Nov 1, 2012
Joynes Event: Elva Treviõ Hart, Memoirist and Short-Story Author
7:00 pm, Thursday, November 8 :: Joynes Reading Room
Tue, Oct 23, 2012
Plan II Family Day, 2012
Sunday, October 28, 2012 :: Breakfast, 10:30 to 11:30 am :: Classes and Presentations, 11:45 am to 1:30 pm :: Texas Union Ballroom and other Texas Union rooms. All current Plan II students and parents welcome.
Mon, Oct 22, 2012
Joynes Event: Poet John Taggart
7:00 pm :: Monday, October 29 :: Joynes Suite, Carothers 007
Sun, Oct 21, 2012
Fall 2012 Senior Thesis Symposium, Nov 11, 1:00 pm
1:00 to 3:30 pm :: Sunday, November 11 :: Graduate School of Business 3rd Floor :: Sessions in GSB 3.104 & GSB 3.106
Fri, Oct 12, 2012
Joynes Event: A Conversation with Mickey Edwards, former US Congressman and author
7:00 pm, Thursday, October 18 :: Joynes Reading Room
Thu, Sep 27, 2012
John Silber dies at age 86 on September 7, 2012.
A professor in the UT Department of Philosophy for thirteen years, Silber was also Dean of the University's College of Arts and Science (1967-1970). He was a staunch supporter of Plan II Honors. (John Silber in 1998, photo by Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times.)
Sun, Sep 16, 2012
Plan II Honors Program at Top of Rankings in Spring Review
Public University Press evaluated and published the results in the Review of Fifty Public University Honors Programs
Wed, Sep 12, 2012
Joynes Event: Karen Russell, Author of Swamplandia!
Thursday, September 27 at 7:00 pm at Joynes Reading Room Carothers Residence Hall
Tue, Sep 11, 2012
Stanley F. Lombardo :: "The Fall of Troy" from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid
Tuesday, October 9, 2012 7:00 to 9:00 pm SAC Auditorium, Student Activity Center, 1.402
Tue, Sep 11, 2012
2012 Worthington Essay Contest
Deadline: 5:00 pm, October 26, 2012 :: Topic: The Ethics of Controlling Disease
Mon, Aug 20, 2012
Michael Stoff, Plan II Honors Director, Receives the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
The Regents' Award recognizes a commitment to teaching through the delivery of the highest quality of undergraduate instruction.
Fri, Aug 17, 2012
Plan II Senior Maggie Gunn in the Spotlight on the UT Austin Homepage
Sat, May 19, 2012
Lebermann Foundation Announces $2.5 Million Gift to Plan II Honors
Fri, May 18, 2012
Spring 2012 Plan II Honors Graduation Convocation
Saturday, May 19, 2012 9:00 am Hogg Memorial Auditorium, Reception follows at San Jacinto Residence Hall Multi-Purpose Room.
Fri, May 18, 2012
2012 First-Years' Voltaire's Coffee Information
Thu, May 17, 2012
Anjali Datta, Plan II/Engineering Senior, Receives Hertz Foundation Fellowship
Fifteen students in the nation receive a five-year, $250,000 Hertz Foundation Fellowship to pursue graduate research at the university of their choice.
Wed, May 2, 2012
Plan II Honors 2012-2016 Forty Acres Scholars
We are very proud to announce that eight of the fourteen incoming 2012 Forty Acres Scholars are Plan II Honors majors
Tue, May 1, 2012
Plan II Seniors Awarded George H. Mitchell Student Awards for Academic Excellence
George Miller, Plan II/Astronomy receives the $20,000 grand prize. Jillian Owens, Plan II/Religious Studies awarded $2,000.
Mon, Apr 16, 2012
Plan II Music Society Spring Recital
Saturday, April 28, 2012 :: 10:30 am to noon :: Jessen Auditorium, Homer Rainey Hall
Tue, Apr 10, 2012
Honors Colloquium, 2012 :: A free program inviting talented rising seniors to UT for 3 days of classes, programs, information and fun.
July 19-21, 2012 :: Honors Colloquium is a showcase of the very best the university has to offer.
Fri, Mar 23, 2012
Lunch and Conversation with Professor Hans Mark
Tues, April 10 :: 12:30 pm :: Meyerson Rm, WCH 4.118 :: Free lunch provided to first 20 attendees!
Thu, Mar 22, 2012
Spring 2012 Plan II Senior Thesis Symposium
Sunday, April 15, 2012 :: 111:00 AM to 4:00 PM :: Graduate School of Business
Wed, Feb 29, 2012
The 2012 Julius and Suzan Glickman Lecture: Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize-winning New Yorker staff writer
Thursday March 22 :: 7:00 pm :: ATT Conference Center Amphitheater
Tue, Feb 28, 2012
Joynes Event: Picturing Crisis: Engaging the Viewer. Intersections in Photography #6
7:00 pm :: Thursday, April 5, 2012 :: Joynes Reading Room :: Free & open to the public
Mon, Feb 27, 2012
Plan II Open House for Faculty Interested in Teaching in Plan II
Learn more about Plan II & Plan II courses :: Wednesday, March 7, 5:00 to 6:30 pm, Plan II Office (WC Hogg 4.104), RSVP
Sat, Feb 4, 2012
Career Week 2012 :: hosted by Plan II Honors and the Liberal Arts Honors Programs
Monday, Feb 27 through Thursday, March 1, Panels and workshops for Plan II Honors and LAH students at various campus locations.
Thu, Feb 2, 2012
Joynes Event: Marie Howe, American Poet
Friday, April 13, 7:00 pm, Joynes Suite @ Carothers Residence Hall
Wed, Feb 1, 2012
Plan II students thrive in leadership roles: Student Regent, Student Government President, President of the Senate of College Councils and Editors of The Daily Texan in 2011-2012.
The School of Undergraduate Studies and the University Honors Center offer a free, three-day program for talented rising seniors.
Fri, Jan 6, 2012
Joynes Event: Dr. Walter Glannon: "Neuroscience, Free Will and Moral Responsibility"
Wednesday, February 8, 7:00 pm @ Joynes Room, Carothers (CRD) 007, 2501 Whitis Ave.
Thu, Jan 5, 2012
Nicholas Kristof: Stories of Survival and Courage from the Fight to End Human Trafficking
The Plan II Honors Program at the University of Texas at Austin presents the 2012 Liz Carpenter Lecture :: 7:00 pm :: February 13 :: LBJ Auditorium
Wed, Jan 4, 2012
Joynes Event: The Silence of our Friends :: Writer, Mark Long & Illustrator, Nate Powell
Tuesday, February 21, 7:00 pm in the Joynes Suite, Carothers 007


