18 May 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Every spring, the College of Liberal Arts recognizes 12 outstanding seniors as Dean’s Distinguished Graduates; students who have dedicated themselves to scholarship, leadership and service to the college and university community. Each 2018 recipient will be honored at the College of Liberal Arts...
Read more → 20 Apr 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
On April 19, a group of hand-picked liberal arts students who have conducted exceptional research projects presented them at the Dean’s Research Reception. College faculty and staff members, college administrators and Dean Randy Diehl all gathered to learn about the outstanding work that liberal arts...
Read more → 14 Mar 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
One in 5 Americans lives with a mental health condition, according to the National Alliance on Mental Illness. Joanne Sanchez, a UT Austin psychology junior, is interning with the Texas chapter of NAMI, the largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with mental illness...
Read more → 02 Feb 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Experiential learning is an essential part of a liberal arts education, and Austin native Megan Nater's time studying abroad has served her well. Nater is an International Relations & Global Studies senior whose studies focus on security and Latin America. For her undergraduate honors thesis,...
Read more → 17 Jan 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
It began with a daring escape from Siberia that involved walking more than 600 miles. After five years of exile, a Russian revolutionary named David Rapoport found refuge in Belgium, and in 1913 he immigrated to a new life in San Antonio. It was from this man, his father, that Bernard “B” Rapoport...
Read more → 12 Jan 2018
Posted by Rachel Griess 
Drea Brown made UT Austin history during the spring as the first doctoral candidate to defend a dissertation in the Department of African & African Diaspora Studies. The department, founded in 2010 under the direction of associate professor and chair Edmund Gordon, was the first doctoral program...
Read more → 19 Dec 2017
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Inside the Education of a Sustainability Studies Major After more than a decade of germination, the Bachelor of Arts in Sustainability Studies in UT Austin’s College of Liberal Arts has its first graduates. The major was born out of several sustainability-focused initiatives on campus. The first...
Read more → 19 Oct 2017
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
In the spring of 2015, Andrew Lee attended a UT Austin lecture by Evan Spiegel, the founder and CEO of Snapchat, sponsored by the campus organization and professional business fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi. The experience made a major impression on the then-college freshman, and in a few short years, Lee’s...
Read more → 22 Sep 2017
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Six weeks of living in another country is a significant way that liberal arts students can apply their education to the world around them. Elizabeth Nelson, a government senior with a minor in Turkish, traveled to Izmir, Turkey, this summer, immersing herself in the language and culture of the country. Nelson...
Read more → 25 May 2017
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Christina Breitbeil, a Plan II Honors and English senior from Houston, Texas, has been awarded the 2017 Randy Diehl Prize in Liberal Arts. The $18,000 award, now in its second year, was established by donors to support a graduating liberal arts senior who is committing the year after graduation to service...
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