University of Texas
House votes to require Texas universities to offer fixed-price tuition for four years
Share Universities may soon be able to offer their students a set four-year tuition rate, taking some of the guesswork out of paying for a degree. The House tentatively approved Rep. Dan Branch’s bill to require universities to offer fixed ... Read More »
KU ranks among top 40 public universities in federal research funding
Share Kansas University ranked higher than ever among public universities in federal research funding in the most recent edition of an annual survey, KU announced. KU’s federally funded research rose to a record $162.7 million in the 2011 fiscal year, ... Read More »
University of Texas may start pharmacy program
Share By Rhiannon Holmes The University of Texas at Tyler could add a College of Pharmacy in fall 2015 if state and UT System officials approve a proposal from administrators. University President Dr. Rod Mabry recently testified at two hearings, ... Read More »
Universities might have to limit monitoring, set social media policies in stone under proposal
Share In an age when voluntarily sharing one’s intimate information on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites is common, a proposal to limit what content universities have access to seems out of step. But state Rep. Dawnna Dukes, D-Austin, ... Read More »
MIT ranks as the buzzed-about university online for the second year in a row
Share After being ranked the best university in the world, as well as the smartest, you’d think MIT would grow tired of reeling in the praises. All that recognition, however, has helped fuel a different ranking by the Global Language ... Read More »
Three Texas universities ranked in top 100 best value degrees
Share By Erin Mulvaney Faced with future student loan debt and a tough economy, the prospective college freshman must weigh a college’s academics and tuition prices to get the best bang for their buck. The Texas universities now offering $10,000 ... Read More »
2013 Belofsky Fellowships, University of Texas, USA
Share University of Texas at Dallas offers Belofsky PhD Fellowships at the Ackerman Center for Holocaust Studies of the School of Arts and Humanities in USA. Both international and American citizens can apply for this fellowship. Fellows will receive 12-month stipends of ... Read More »
UT moves to merge Valley universities
Share By Melissa Montoya The challenge of separating the University of Texas at Brownsville from Texas Southmost College has provided an opportunity to think big — and plant a larger UT flag in the Rio Grande Valley, according to Chancellor ... Read More »
US: Entire UT System to join edX
Share UT hopes to offer at least four edX courses by Fall ’13 By Ethan A. Solomon The University of Texas system — nine universities, six health centers, 212,000 students and 19,000 faculty — announced yesterday it would join edX, ... Read More »
Texas, North Dacota universities reopen after bomb threat
Share A sigh of relief and normalcy returned to the two major public universities in Texas and North Dakota, which were evacuated after bomb threats, as authorities said it was safe to re-enter the buildings. Campus buildings have re-opened at ... Read More »
