Unable to avoid sports metaphors even for a second, The University of Texas will be presenting two speakers live from Studio 6A in the Communications building tomorrow as a part of their "Game Changers" series of sixty-minute talks. more ›

Texas Omicron, formerly the Omicron Chapter of the Kappa Alpha Order, seems to have quite the rap sheet of bad behavior. The group is now facing a lawsuit from the national administrative office of its former parent organization. The charges? Hazing, hiring exotic dancers, and staging live sex acts. more ›

A new study from researchers at the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA) at The University of Texas shows significant gaps in services available to victims of sexual assault in the state. more ›

Daniel S. Hamermesh is an economics professor at UT with a new book coming out this month called Beauty Pays. Yesterday, Hamermesh wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times discussing his philosophy around looks and the workplace. He begins with the knowledge that a person's looks impact their experiences in the workplace and beyond (which we already knew) but goes beyond that conversation and into one around equality. How can we even the playing field in the workplace, knowing that some people are discriminated against simply because they're ugly? more ›

The Carillon has always been a bit of a contradiction. It's a big, expensive, formal room - run by a young, cutting-edge chef. It's too highly regarded to be called Austin's best kept secret - yet it's tucked away on the South end of the UT campus, far from most of Austin's best dining options. And while it's technically a 'hotel restaurant' - the food is anything but. With Chef Josh Watkins at the helm, the restaurant employs a big bag of tricks: everything from liquid nitrogen to extensive local sourcing to playful use of the amuse bouche to test new ideas. If Watkins looks familiar, you may have once seen him at The Driskill Grill, where he was mentored by David Bull before taking the lead role at the restaurant in his years prior to moving to The Carillon. The Chef's youthful appearance belies his skill - until Bull's Congress received five stars from Mike Sutter this spring, Watkins held the city's highest food rating from the Austin American-Statesman. We called Watkins recently to get his thoughts on Austin's evolving dining scene, and to learn more about what could be coming soon to The Carillon. more ›

Big Boi, solo artist and one half of Atlanta hip-hop duo Outkast, hit the stage at UT's annual 40 Acres Fest Saturday night to break out classics and new hits alike. Austinist photographer Trent Lesikar captured the performance. more ›

• Friends and family remember the life of Colton Tooley, a mathematics sophomore at UT. Tooley was responsible for the shooting that closed down the University on Tuesday.
• The UT shooting made the news all over the world.
• Mad Men era hotel in Houston to be torn down soon.

The University of Texas is number one on Teach For America's rankings by participants in schools with over 10,000 undergraduates, or "big schools." 80 graduating UT seniors were accepted into the teaching program. The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor fell in second place (narrowly) with 79 graduating seniors being accepted. While this was the first time UT took the top spot officially (Teach for America only began releasing school rankings three years ago), the university has consistently been in the top five each of those years. Founded in 1990, Teach for America currently serves 39 urban and rural areas nationwide. [KUT] more ›

Earlier this month we posted on the controversy surrounding Simkins Residence Hall at the University of Texas (UT). more ›

Located next to Waller Creek, Simkins Residence Hall is the University of Texas's (UT) last all-male dormintory. Over the last several weeks, the otherwise unassuming building has been the focus of a debate dredging up distant, but not forgotten, memories of our nation's history. more ›

In the most recent Sports Illustrated, Frank Deford turns in the elegiac "Confessions of a Sportswriter", vividly portraying his life and career over the past 50 years. This week, Deford will share some of those same thoughts with an audience at the University of Texas. more ›

Google's pending settlement with authors and publishers groups will make more books from University of Texas libraries available online. more ›

Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill will be presented at The Off Center directed by Lucien Douglas, Associate Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and starring long-time Austin theatre bastions Ev Lunning, Jr. and Patricia Pearcy. more ›

The Texas women's golf team is headed to the NCAA Championships for the second straight year after a fourth-place finish in the West Regionals. Coach Martha Richards has now taken her team to the national finals in each of her two years with the program. more ›

Former President Bush had insisted that Iran first halt its nuclear program before talking. President Obama dropped any preconditions. When the two countries eventually sit down to talk, what might be on the agenda? On Thursday night, April 30th, Dr. Shirin Ebadi, a human rights lawyer from Iran and four U.S. Middle Eastern experts discussed President Obama’s prospects for reconciliation. Betty Sue Flowers, Director of the LBJ Library, moderated the panel. To protect Dr. Ebadi, and to encourage the “free exchange of ideas,” no video or audio recording was allowed. more ›

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

It’s not a stretch to say that Mack Brown knows a thing or two about what it means to be the coach of a "deep" football team. After all, it was only four years ago when he coached a team that featured Vince Young, Cedric Benson and Roy Williams in the same offense. Such tradition makes it hard to believe that this year’s squad has the potential to be the deepest of Brown’s tenure at Texas, but when all is said and done, this could well be the legacy of the 2008 Longhorn offense. more ›

Additionally the team has scheduled its annual Fan Appreciation Day for August 16 at 11 a.m., during which players and coaches will be available for autographs and photo-ops. more ›

Brown and Muschamp, as well as offensive coordinator Greg Davis, will be speaking tomorrow afternoon at the Austin Sports Commission’s inaugural Texas Gridiron Kickoff to be held at the Hyatt Regency Austin. ESPN broadcaster Ron Franklin will be on hand to emcee and interview the coaches about the upcoming season. Local high school standouts will also be recognized as part of the affair. more ›

The non-conference schedule is highlighted by a December 4th home matchup against UCLA, which was ranked No. 2 nationally last season when they were defeated by the Longhorns at Pauley Pavilion. The game finalizes a home-and-home between the teams as part of the Big 12/Pac-10 Hardwood series. more ›

Playwright and filmmaker David Mamet will appear at UT's Hogg Auditorium on Monday, February 4th for a discussion of his work with the Austin Chronicle's Robert Faires. The event is the first of several appearances by Mamet at UT in conjunction with the acquisition of his archives by the Harry Ransom Center. more ›