A look at some of the most notable happenings across the college beauty Agatha Oliverira and Natasha Mevs-Korff participate in beauty, a public endurance piece performed Nov. 13 on the West Mall. The piece explored women’s relationships to each other and to their hair. Originally performed in Lagos, Nigeria, as part of artist Wura-Natasha Ogunji’s […]
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States of Mind
People with similar personality types are likely to cluster in certain geographical regions of the United States, making it possible to divide a map into three distinct personality regions, according to a new study published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. The study, co-authored by University of Texas at Austin psychologist Samuel Gosling […]
Plan II Graduate Awarded 2014 British Marshall Scholarship
John Russell Beaumont, a Plan II and architecture graduate, has been awarded a Marshall Scholarship, one of the most coveted study abroad scholarships available. Beaumont’s scholarship, one of 34 awarded this year, will fund his graduate education and help him pursue his chosen path as an architect or planner specializing in disaster relief. He will […]
Teaching Hard Lessons in a New World
Charlie Wilson Chair Paula Newberg is Pakistan Studies Expert Professor Paula Newberg wants her students to leave her class with this big idea: “Life is complicated, but they can learn to live it well.” Newberg, who holds the Charlie Wilson Chair in Pakistan Studies in the Government Department, does indeed teach a complicated subject about […]
$4.3m NSF Grant Supports Amazon Biodiversity Study
A $4.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help a UT Austin professor investigate how geology, biology and climate interact in shaping species distribution and biodiversity in Amazon/Andean forests. Edgardo Latrubesse, a professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment, will partner on the grant with a team of scientists from […]
Spring 2014 Career and Internship Fair
Graduation and summer are upon us, and many students are starting to feel the pressure to find the perfect job or internship. A career fair is the perfect place to explore a variety of employment options and get noticed by recruiters. The 2014 Spring Career and Internship Fair will be held on April 9 from […]
What to Know: Deadline Day 2014
The spring 2014 semester’s deadline day is March 31, and the College of Liberal Arts advising team wants to make sure the process goes as smoothly and efficiently as possible for everyone involved. Deadline day is the last day in the semester where students can q-drop a course, pass/fail a course, withdraw from the semester, […]
Liberal Arts Students’ Perspectives on SXSW
South By Southwest is over for another year and two liberal arts students had festival experiences that were not only entertaining, but also helped them establish themselves in their fields. Lily Parish, a rhetoric and writing senior, got the opportunity to experience SXSW Interactive through the rhetoric and writing department’s professional development scholarship, which is […]
Department of American Studies Receives $100K Endowment to Support Food Studies Research
The Dallas Chapter of Les Dames D’Escoffier (LDEI) has awarded UT Austin’s Department of American Studies a $100,000 Presidential Fellowship to support graduate research in Texas, women and food culture. Over the past six years, the Department of American Studies has been developing a reputation for being a leader in the emerging field of food […]
Q&A: Andrew Wilson, Liberal Arts Council President
Andrew Wilson, a Plan II Honors and history senior from Canton, Texas, has spent his final year at UT serving as president of Liberal Arts Council. He took the time to answer some questions about the LAC, why it’s important for liberal arts students to get involved and how the organization has changed during his […]
COLA Students Get a Shot at Local Startups and New Ventures
The third annual UT Entrepreneurship Week begins Feb. 28 and continues through March 6. UTEWeek brings together every entrepreneurship organization on campus, regardless of major. The event strives to be relevant to anyone interested in being an entrepreneur, regardless of his or her areas of interest. This is especially relevant to students studying liberal arts, […]
Media Highlights: Winter/Spring 2014
January Sandra Black’s (Economics) research on the gender pay gap was cited in a Slate story titled “Policy Reformers Should Randomize Reforms.” Sean Theriault (Government) was quoted in a Washington Post story about partisan warfare in the U.S. Senate. Several media outlets featured James Magnuson’s (English/Michener Center) new book “Famous Writers I Have Known,” including […]
Fellowship Program Opens Washington’s Doors to UT Students
Now in its 13th year, the Archer Fellowship Program is established as a leading Washington, D.C. internship program for students in the UT System. The Archer Center is now seeking applicants for the 2014-2015 academic year. The application deadline is Feb. 19. UT students selected for the Archer Fellowship Program earn 15 hours of in-residence […]
Extending the Academy Through Public Scholarship
COLA faculty, students and staff share strategies for community outreach Faculty, staff and students in the College of Liberal Arts work with a variety of audiences and partners outside of the university in teaching, research and service activities that bring new ideas and new knowledge into the public sphere. Since campus “public intellectuals” rarely have […]
Foodways Texas Moves to UT Austin’s American Studies Department
Created with flickr slideshow. Foodways Texas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving, promoting and honoring the Lone Star State’s unique food cultures, has moved to the American Studies Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Modeled after the Southern Foodways Alliance, the nonprofit represents a movement to document Texas’ food culture through oral history […]
Government Major Rerouted by UTurn Program
Academic probation is a scary phrase, but the College of Liberal Arts has a program to show students that with the right focus and attitude there can be momentous payoffs. Sherwin Calderon is a government sophomore from Houston who turned his academic career around with the help of the College of Liberal Arts’ UTurn program. […]
What Makes a Great Teacher?
Think back to your favorite teacher. What stands out the most? Did he or she spark your enthusiasm for a subject that would otherwise seem dry and boring? Did that person treat you more like an equal than just an average student? There’s a reason why these teachers stand out from all the rest. They […]
Psychology Student Finds Inspiration in Her Past While Looking to the Future
One UT Austin student found her way to psychology through familial influence, overlapping interests and an acute sense of empathy. For Patty Sanchez, a senior from Brownsville, Texas, the road to psychology began at a young age. In sixth grade, she was selected to be a peer mediator for her fellow classmates, someone who administrators […]
Economics Mentoring Program Helps Student Give Back, Hone Skills
Steven Macapagal, a math and economics senior from Houston, has given back to the Economics Peer Mentor Program as much, if not more, than he’s received from it. Economics wasn’t always the career path that Steven thought he would take. Upon entering UT, he was rejected from his first choice of major – biomedical engineering. […]
What Jane Saw
The What Jane Saw prelaunch party, held May 9, constructed a 3-D walkthrough of the 1813 Sir Joshua Reynolds exhibit visited by Jane Austen. The What Jane Saw site has since attracted nearly 75,000 visitors.
¡Numero Uno!
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Department of History’s graduate program in Latin American History as No. 1 in the nation. “Such professional accolades not only pay tribute to the fine work of the Latin Americanist faculty, but are a badge of distinction for the entire History Department,” says Seth W. Garfield, associate professor […]
He Likes to Talk About the Weather
A monster EF-5 tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on May 20, 2013. The twister boasted winds exceeding 200 miles per hour as it ravaged schools and neighborhoods, killing dozens of people and injuring hundreds. In its wake, many are questioning the relationship between tornadoes and climate change, and whether these monster […]
Brain Power
Students are busy scanning a collection of nearly 100 brains preserved from Texas State Hospital patients as part of a unique undergraduate research opportunity at The University of Texas at Austin. A new high-resolution MRI scanner and storage space in the Norman Hackerman Building on campus makes the brain collection and associated data more accessible […]
History Podcast Helps Students Prepare for STAAR Exams
15 Minute History is a podcast about world and U.S. history created for teachers, students and anyone who wants to know more about history. Both Joan Neuberger, history professor and Not Even Past editor, and Christopher Rose, history doctoral student and outreach director for the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, wanted to find a way […]
Revolution of a New Media Culture
With the advent of new media technologies, people around the world have instant access to uncensored news and images of revolutions through Twitter, blogs, Facebook, YouTube and an array of other social networking platforms. Since the Arab Spring began in 2010, conversations about the “digital war” have centered on the power of social media. Did […]