Students in the College of Liberal Arts can get firsthand instruction about important workplace skills and etiquette through a workshop series put on by Liberal Arts Career Services. The Beyond Liberal Arts: Professional Development Training Series was designed to help liberal arts students hone practical skills that give them an edge over the competition when […]
Two Liberal Arts Advisors Receive 2015 Vick Award
Texas Exes has named College of Liberal Arts advisors Joni Carpenter and Brad Humphries as two of its five 2015 Vick Award recipients. Carpenter, senior academic advisor for Asian Studies, has been working at UT Austin for nearly 13 years. Humphries, a Liberal Arts advisor since 1999, is the academic advising coordinator for American studies, […]
Plan II Student’s Research Could Change How Diseases Are Diagnosed
A UT Austin undergraduate’s research could help change the way doctors diagnose diseases with known protein biomarkers like multiple sclerosis and leukemia. Courtney Koepke, a Plan II and biomedical engineering junior, is an undergraduate research assistant at UT Austin’s Laboratory of Biomaterials, Drug Delivery and Bionanotechnology. “As a freshman entering college, I didn’t know much […]
15 Minute History Named Best Podcast of 2014
iTunes U has selected 15 Minute History, produced by the University of Texas at Austin’s Department of History, as one of the Best Podcasts of 2014. The podcast features short, accessible discussions from UT faculty members and graduate students. The topics are wide-ranging and likely to intrigue any history buff. Subjects are drawn from the […]
Pulitizer Finalist Tells Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary People
The Pulitzer Prize nominating jury has named Jacqueline Jones, chair of the Department of History at The University of Texas at Austin, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize finalist in history for her book, A Dreadful Deceit: The Myth of Race From the Colonial Era to Obama’s America. The nomination surprised Jones, who didn’t know her publisher […]
Normandy Scholars Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Each year, 20 UT Austin students of different backgrounds and majors are selected to study the causes, conduct, consequences and contemporary representations of World War II. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Frank Denius Normandy Scholar Program (NSP), which was established in 1989. To date, more than 500 undergraduates have benefited from this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Normandy Scholars receive […]
What I Did Last Summer
Famed Polish Economist Invites UT Student to Think Tank In November 2013, famed Polish economist Leszek Balcerowicz spoke on the UT Austin campus as part of International Education Week, which celebrates the enriching benefits of international education and exchange. Those “enriching benefits” were not lost on one audience member, economics senior Hector Cantu from Monterrey, […]
Budding Economists Launch Journal
The University of Texas at Austin is one of just four schools in the nation to publish its own economics undergraduate research journal. The Developing Economist was founded by students at UT Austin and published its inaugural issue in the spring of 2014, though the process of creating it began much earlier. Members of UT […]
Plan II, NROTC Student Receives British Marshall Scholarship
Mark Jbeily, a Plan II Honors and Naval ROTC senior at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a 2015 British Marshall Scholar. The Marshall Scholarship will fund Jbeily’s pursuit of a Master of Philosophy in International Relations at the University of Oxford in England. The scholarship, which is awarded to no more […]
Army ROTC Program Named Battalion of the Year, Advances in Brigade Ranger Challenge
The Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program at The University of Texas at Austin has been named Best ROTC Program in the region. UT Austin is a member of the 5th ROTC Brigade, which is made up of 36 programs at universities in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Arizona, New Mexico and Arkansas. Col. Ricardo […]
Garza Maps His Future with GIS Internship
As a kid growing up in San Antonio, Nathan Garza spent a lot of time hiking trails. His home Boy Scout troop organized and led the Mission Trail Hike for years. Scouts from all over San Antonio and the surrounding areas would gather at Mission Espada and begin their two-day hike to the Alamo. At […]
Philosophy Professor Emeritus Norman Martin Receives Major Decoration From French Government
Professor Emeritus Norman M. Martin (philosophy and computer science) has received a singular recognition: the French government has awarded him the title and decoration of Chevalier de l’Ordre national de la Légion d’honneur (Knight of the National order of the legion of honor) for his service during World War II. The decoration, which is the highest in France […]
Riveted: LaToya Ruby Frazier Exhibition Challenges Representational and Environmental Racism
LaToya Ruby Frazier, Huxtables, Mom and Me, 2009, from The Notion of Family. Courtesy of the artist and Michel Rein, Paris/Brussels Award-winning artist LaToya Ruby Frazier’s exhibition, “Riveted,” will be on view from Nov. 7 through Dec. 6 at the Visual Arts Center at UT Austin. Frazier’s work documents the effects of economic and environmental […]
Executive Session: Q&A with Student Body President Kori Rady
The College of Liberal Arts is no stranger to student body presidents—in the past 20 years, only two presidents of the University of Texas Student Government weren’t students in the college. Studying the liberal arts has a way of shaping leaders. UTSG’s 2014-15 president is Kornel “Kori” Rady, a government and corporate communication major from Houston, […]
Liberal Arts Welcomes Families to Campus
This weekend, students are getting a chance to answer the age-old question, “So, what’s going on at school?” in an illustrative way. The College of Liberal Arts is hosting a breakfast, open house and mini-class sessions for students and their families as a part of UT Austin’s Family Weekend 2014. The event runs from 8:30 […]
Freshmen Learn the Basics in LA 101
Starting college is an overwhelming experience, but liberal arts students are getting an extended orientation with a specially designed course. LA 101: Liberal Arts Planning and Pathways is a one-hour online and discussion class that introduces incoming freshmen to the College of Liberal Arts and UT Austin and provides them with insight and information they […]
Polish Economic Architect Hosts UT Austin Student in Warsaw
Studying abroad exposes liberal arts students to a variety of peoples and cultures, and in the case of Hector Cantu, it landed him 3 months as a research assistant at a Polish think tank led by a legendary economist. Cantu, a UT Austin economics senior from Monterrey, Mexico, spent his summer in Warsaw meeting with […]
Meet the President: Q&A with Liberal Arts Council’s Rachel Osterloh
Rachel Osterloh, a philosophy and government junior from Boise, Idaho, has stepped into the Liberal Arts Council‘s main leadership role this year. In the following Q&A, Osterloh gives us insight into the importance of the LAC, where the organization is headed this year and her proudest moments as a UT Austin student. What motivated you to run for […]
UTeach Summer Program Hones Skills for Teaching English Abroad
The Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) summer course is providing students with internship opportunities in Querétaro, Mexico and Daegu, South Korea. UTeach-Liberal Arts founded the program in the summer of 2013 based on the recommendations of liberal arts students and graduates who expressed interest in a course that would allow students to go […]
Liberal Arts Student Lands Summer Internship at U.S. Embassy in Madrid
Living and working in the capital of Spain for 10 weeks is one way Spanish majors can stay sharp over the summer. Megan Palombo, a Spanish and advertising senior, traveled more than 5,000 miles to intern at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid, Spain. This summer, she was able to increase her knowledge of foreign affairs, […]
High School Students Experience University Life Through Summer Program
This summer, more than 65 high school students from around the country and across the globe made their way to The University of Texas at Austin to experience life on a college campus. The Summer @ UT/COLA Pre-College Program was designed to help students transition from high school to college, and is the first program […]
Student-Run Economics Journal Spotlights Undergrad Research
Undergraduate research work in economics, mathematics, international relations, finance and public policy is being recognized through a research journal founded by students at The University of Texas at Austin. The Developing Economist‘s inaugural issue was published in the spring, but the process of creating it began much earlier. Members of UT Austin chapter of Omicron […]
Student Advisors Make All the Difference at Orientation Sessions
Being an incoming freshman at a major university can be an overwhelming experience, and the students who work as orientation advisors (OAs) understand the feeling. “I wanted to become an orientation advisor because my freshman orientation was my first time visiting UT,” says Gustavo Molinar, a psychology sophomore. “I was nervous to start in a […]
2014 Dean’s Distinguished Graduates Luncheon
Dean Randy Diehl recognized 12 outstanding College of Liberal Arts students at a luncheon on May 15. The Dean’s Distinguished Graduates Program was founded in 1980. Each May, 12 Liberal Arts graduates are selected on the basis of high achievements in scholarship, leadership and service to the College. The recognition of the Dean’s Distinguished Graduates […]
COLA Commencement, May 2014
The College of Liberal Arts hosts nine commencement ceremonies. Students are encouraged to attend the ceremony applicable to their major. The Liberal Arts Joint Ceremony is intended for those majors not represented by a department ceremony. Students with more than one major may choose to attend multiple ceremonies or attend one ceremony and have all […]