Media Advisories
| May 19 | Educators gather for UTeach conference |
| May 14 | High schoolers gather to discuss societal problems |
| May 14 | Event to celebrate Mack Brown Chair in Global Affairs |
May 19 With Age Comes a Sense of Peace and Calm, Population Research Center Study Shows
Aging brings a sense of peace and calm, according to a new study from the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. Starting at about age 60, participants reported more feelings of ease and contentment than their younger counterparts.May 16 Mack Brown Honored with The Mack Brown Distinguished Chair
In a night that included legendary names in the world of college football, Texas head football coach Mack Brown was honored with The Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at a dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin on Friday (May 16).May 15 The University of Texas at Austin Celebrates 125th Spring Commencement Saturday, May 17
The 125th spring commencement ceremony at The University of Texas at Austin will be held at 8 p.m., Saturday, May 17, on the university's Main Mall where thousands of students and guests will gather for the celebration.May 15 Scroll Manuscript of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" in Texas through June 1
The scroll manuscript of Jack Kerouac's novel "On the Road" will be displayed through June 1 in the Harry Ransom Center's exhibition "On the Road with the Beats" at The University of Texas at Austin.May 14 Lady Bird Johnson Commemorated with National Exhibit at U.S. Botanic Garden
The First Lady whose beautification work in the nation's capital is in bloom today will be honored at the United States Botanic Garden in a free summer exhibit created by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin.May 14 Ransom Center Acquires 77 John Steinbeck Letters
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired 77 letters from John Steinbeck to Henry S. White, recording a regular correspondence between two business associates and close friends.May 14 Harry Ransom Center Acquires Two Unpublished Letters by Tennessee Williams
The Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin has acquired two unpublished letters written by playwright Tennessee Williams to his friend and former intimate Pancho Rodriguez Gonzalez, who inspired the character of Stanley Kowalski in "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1947). The first letter dates to 1947 New York, just after Gonzalez's [...]May 13 ExxonMobil Gives More than $900,000 in Matching Gifts to The University of Texas at Austin
ExxonMobil has given $929,091 to The University of Texas at Austin as a three-to-one match of gifts made by the company's employees and retirees in the past year.May 13 Second Class of "Free Minds" Graduates This May; Program Offers Humanities Course to Low-Income Adults
The second class of the Humanities Institute's Free Minds Project will graduate this May. The only program of its kind in the state of Texas, the Free Minds Project offers a college-level course in the humanities to adults living on low to moderate incomes.
