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May 15, 2008
TYLER – Over the last five years, institutions within The University of Texas System have become more diverse in their student bodies, increased their research capacity by more than one-third and raised graduation rates at most academic institutions, according to an annual UT System report that gauges quality, impact, productivity and student outcomes. Read the release
May 15, 2008
TYLER – The University of Texas System Board of Regents today approved a new program that would offer two new graduate-level degrees for UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.
The program still must gain approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board before it could be implemented. Read the release
May 15, 2008
TYLER – The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (May 15) authorized funds to support eight postdoctoral fellows in a biodefense collaboration between The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB) and Sandia National Laboratories. Read the release
May 14, 2008
TYLER – Dr. Larry R. Kaiser, chairman of the department of surgery at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, was officially appointed president of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston on Wednesday (May 14) by the UT System Board of Regents. Read the release
May 9, 2008
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents will hold its next meeting on Wednesday and Thursday, May 14 - 15, in Tyler. Meetings on both days will be in the Ornelas Activity Center, 3402 Old Omen Road on The University of Texas at Tyler campus. Read the advisory
May 9, 2008
AUSTIN – H. Scott Caven, Jr., chairman of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, issued the following statement today (May 9) regarding the appointment of Benjamin Dower of Austin, an undergraduate student at UT Dallas, as the next student regent on the Board. He is a senior economics major. The one-year term as student regent is effective immediately. Read the statement
April 17, 2008
AUSTIN – An executive search firm has been selected to assist The University of Texas System Board of Regents in its search for the next chancellor of the UT System.
Florida-based Greenwood/Asher & Associates, Inc. will assist the Board during the national search to find a successor to Chancellor Mark G. Yudof, who was recently named president of the University of California system. Read the release
April 11, 2008
The University of Texas System responded to the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance inquiry concerning endowments and information about tuition and financial aid. The detailed response – submitted to the committee staff today (Apr. 11) – is available on the UT System Web site. Read the release
April 4, 2008
AUSTIN – Longtime educator and administrator Martha M. Ellis was named today (Apr. 4) to the newly created position of associate vice chancellor for community college partnerships for The University of Texas System. Read the release
April 1, 2008
AUSTIN – Kenneth I. Shine, M.D., executive vice chancellor for health affairs at The University of Texas System, was appointed interim chancellor of the UT System today (April 1) by Regents’ Chairman H. Scott Caven, Jr. The appointment is effective May 1. Read the release
March 27, 2008
AUSTIN – The University of California Board of Regents today (March 27) appointed Mark G. Yudof, chancellor of The University of Texas System, as president of the University of California system. The appointment will be effective this summer, with the exact date to be determined. Read the release
March 26, 2008
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (March 26) selected an internationally recognized master planning firm to develop a minimum of two conceptual master plans for the potential redevelopment of land in West Austin known as the Brackenridge Tract. Read more about the selection
March 26, 2008
AUSTIN – Tuition and fee rates for the next two academic years at University of Texas institutions were formally approved today (March 26) by the UT System Board of Regents. The action came following a review of tuition and fee proposals submitted to the Regents by the campuses earlier this month. Read the release
March 20, 2008
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System today (March 20) launched a revamped Web site aimed at helping inform students, parents and others about accessing and paying for college. The updated site also includes campus proposals for tuition and fees at UT System institutions planned for the next two academic years. The expanded Web site (www.utsystem.edu/affordability) contains information and resource links on financial aid, how tuition is used, campus cost-saving initiatives and how to pay for college, among other things. Read the release
February 7, 2008
EDINBURG – The distribution rate for The Permanent University Fund (PUF) for fiscal year 2009 was increased from 4.75 percent to 5.0 percent by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System following a review of the current distribution policy.
The action, taken today (Feb. 7) at a meeting of the Board, does not represent a permanent change in the payout percentage. Instead, it provides guidance to the Board as it conducts its annual review of the distribution policy of the PUF. Read the release
November 8, 2007
AUSTIN – The appointment of members of a presidential search advisory committee to advise The University of Texas System Board of Regents on the selection of a president for UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas was announced today (Nov. 8) by Regents’ Chairman James R. Huffines. The committee will make recommendations to the Board on possible successors to President Kern Wildenthal, M.D., who announced Oct. 9 his plans to step down as president of the institution in September 2008. Read the release
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