19 Nov 2019
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Rabbi Neil Blumofe, senior rabbi at Agudas Achim, leads students on a tour of the synagogueʼs sanctuary, telling stories of each of the Torahs in the collection at the Sukkah for Social Change on Oct. 22. Energizing a new Internship Program There’s an intangible drive that keeps us going...
Read more → 19 Nov 2019
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Government and humanities senior Alyssa Ashcraft received one of the country’s premier graduate awards, which she will use to pursue a dual degree in law and public policy. As a 2019 Truman scholar, Ashcraft received $30,000 toward graduate school and the opportunity to participate in professional...
Read more → 08 Nov 2019
Posted by Kaitlyn Trowbridge 
Starting the semester with an extra $11,000 in the bank is an experience that two liberal arts sophomores have every fall, thanks to the Larry Temple Scholarship Endowment. The award was established by the UT System Board of Regents to help outstanding liberal arts students enjoy university life...
Read more → 18 Sep 2019
Posted by Kaitlyn Trowbridge 
This summer, an International Relations and Global Studies senior was awarded the experience of a lifetime when her student research team received the UT President’s Award for Global Learning. Christina Cho and a team of three other undergraduates traveled to Accra, Ghana, for 10 weeks to research...
Read more → 11 Jul 2019
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Megan Abrameit, a psychology and humanities double major from Tyler, Texas, has received the 2019 Randy Diehl Prize in Liberal Arts. Now in its fourth year, the $17,000 award was established by donors to support a graduating liberal arts senior who is committing the year after graduation to service...
Read more → 19 Apr 2019
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
On April 18, a group of hand-picked liberal arts students who have conducted exceptional research projects presented their posters at the Dean’s Research Reception. College faculty and staff, administrators and Dean Randy Diehl all gathered to learn about the outstanding work liberal arts students...
Read more → 21 Dec 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Quimberly Jasso, an international relations and global studies senior from Cypress, Texas, is the recipient of a 2019 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship. The Pickering fellowship, which is funded by the United States Department of State and administered by Howard University, will fund...
Read more → 11 Dec 2018
Posted by Emily Nielsen 
Laura Hallas, a Plan II honors, economics and health and society senior at The University of Texas at Austin, is the recipient of a 2019 British Marshall Scholarship. The Marshall scholarship will fund Hallas’ graduate education at both the University of Oxford, where she will pursue a Master of Science...
Read more → 23 Oct 2018
Posted by Tori Miller 
While higher education is often touted as the cornerstone of a successful and prosperous life, many are left in the dust, unable to afford the tuition or balance the time needed to build that foundation. Since its inception in The College of Liberal Arts Humanities Institute at The University of Texas...
Read more → 19 Oct 2018
Posted by Tori Miller 
Beyond the classrooms in Waggener Hall and deep in the archives on prehistoric scripts, Cassandra Donnelly found her calling. Donnelly, a graduate student in the Department of Classics at The University of Texas at Austin, was awarded a visiting fellowship in the Contexts of and Relations between...
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