University of Texas at Austin News

The House Select Committee on Transparency in State Agency Operations is set to begin its latest round of hearings Wednesday on University of Texas System Regent Wallace Hall.

From the 18th annual Texas Book Festival in Austin, Texas, a discussion with John Taliaferro, author of All the Great Prizes: The Life of John Hay, From Lincoln to Roosevelt and H.W. Brands, author of The Man Who Saved the Union: Ulysses S. Grant in War and Peace.

Scrooge, Bob Crachit and Tiny Tim stop by the California Theatre of the Performing Arts Saturday to share the iconic Dickens' classic, 'A Christmas Carol' with local audiences.Worldwide Theatricals presents 'A Christmas Carol' for performances ... “The Past,” Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's first film since his Oscar-winning ... (more)

It's certainly progress that University of Texas at Austin President Bill Powers is keeping his job for the foreseeable future.

Students walk the campus at the University of Texas at San Antonio. The school brought in $21.3 million in philanthropic donations during fiscal year 2013.

For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that resveratrol - which is abundantly available in red wine and also found in grapes, peanuts and berries - can ease some of the negative effects on the immune system caused by a diet high in fat.

The U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission will host an open house and public meeting with NextEra Energy on Wednesday, Dec. 18, to discuss NextEra's testing program and schedule regarding concrete degradation caused by alkali-silica reaction at Seabrook Station nuclear power plant.

"Affluenza," the affliction cited by a psychologist to argue that a North Texas teenager from a wealthy family should not be sent to prison for killing four pedestrians while driving drunk, is not a recognized diagnosis and should not be used to justify bad behavior, experts said Thursday.

The big shots at Texas A&M ought to be relaxing and enjoying this week's battles over UT-Austin's football coach and president, but they're stuck in a distracting political fight of their own.

Researchers have discovered a tube-shaped structure that forms temporarily in a certain type of virus to deliver its DNA during the infection process and then dissolves after its job is completed.

Husband surprises his wife on their 10th anniversary by throwing the NERD-THEMED wedding they couldn't afford when they first got married 'Having the perfect body isn't all it's cracked up to be': Mother-of-three hits back at Fit Mom for promoting unhealthy beauty ideals Saatchi demanded kitchen was spotless by the time he had breakfast at 7am...

A jury should honor Farrah Fawcett's wishes and force actor Ryan O'Neal to hand over an Andy Warhol portrait of the late actress to the University of Texas at Austin, a lawyer for the school argued Monday.

This photo released by courtesy of the Blanton Museum of Art shows Andy Warhol's painting of "Farrah Fawcett," 1980.

Good news for fans of America's national pastime. A new study finds that even heavy drinkers have a lower mortality rate than people who are complete teetotalers.

College students who are attractive in high school are more likely than those with just average or below average looks to go on to earn a four-year college degree, according to a national study released last week in book form.

Welcome to Day 5 of A Dino a Day Strikes Back, celebrating the paperback release of CHRONAL ENGINE , and the new editions of NINJAS, PIRANHAS, AND GALILEO and TOFU AND T.REX ! In case you ever wondered " How to Eat a Triceratops ," this T-shirt features a helpful diagram illustrating the choicest cuts.

Washington, Dec. 15 : A new psychology study has found that moderately intense physical activity can significantly help women who suffer from sexual dysfunction resulting from antidepressants.

A post-Sandy study of the seafloor off the shore of New York and New Jersey showed that the protective barrier system that protects the coast from erosion stayed mostly intact, providing some re-assurance to property owners trying to rebuild.

Competing Visions: The first big question is where to put the north-south urban rail line running from Downtown through the Capitol and UT complexes.

Basic science research that exposed vital details of cancer 's defense against the immune system, revealing an entirely new way to combat these diseases, has earned Jim Allison, Ph.D., a Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences.