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- Establishment of medical schools in South Texas and Austin
- Agreement to pay The University of Texas at Austin $13.2 million in lieu of resident undergraduate tuition and fee increases for the next two years and to allocate $16 million over the next two years to be allocated in a way that the eight other UT academic institutions can effectively eliminate or greatly reduce proposed tuition and fee increases for the next two years
- Announcement of the winners of the Regents' Outstanding Student Awards: Joseph Choi, pianist at UT Austin and members of the Hill-Country Reed Trio at UT Austin, Jonathon Pearson Altizer, bassoon, Angela Park, oboe, and Stephanie Chung, clarinet.
- Approval of a $10,000 degree program at UTPB
- Update on the Transformation In Medical Education (TIME) initiative
- Randa Safady's report on record-breaking gift giving in 2011
- Authorization of an additional $10 million to help our emerging research institutions leverage additional funds in their quest to become tier-one institutions
- Adoption of new policies as they relate to post-tenure review
- Approval of an expanded policy on criminal background checks for personnel in the UT System
- Establishment of the Regents' Outstanding Student Awards in Arts and Humanities and a brief performance by students from the UTSA Choir
- A report on the progress of the UT Horizon Fund
- Results of a pro bono external review by Vinson & Elkins LLP of technology transfer activities across the UT System
- UT Austin President William C. Powers presentation of research activities at the institution’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus in North Austin
- Revisions to the Mission Statements of six academic and one health institution within the UT System
- UT Medical Branch at Galveston President David C. Callender’s presentation on the institution's recent advancements in its research mission
- The designation of Dr. Bruce Beutler as a Regental Professor. Dr. Beutler was recognized last month with the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. He holds the Raymond and Ellen Willie Distinguished Chair in Cancer Research and is director of the Center for the Genetics of Host Defense at UT Southwestern
Recap of Regents' May 2-3 Meeting
on Friday, May 11, 2012
The University of Texas System Board of Regents discussed and took action on several agenda items on May 2 and 3. Highlights of the meeting include:
Medical schools in South Texas and Austin
Photos from the Regents' Outstanding Student Awards
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The 45th Annual Chancellor's Council Meeting and Symposium
on Wednesday, May 9, 2012
On May 4, I had the great honor of hosting The 45th Annual Chancellor’s Council Meeting and Symposium. The theme of this year’s meeting was ROI – return on investment. More than 700 Chancellor’s Council members gathered in Austin for a Symposium featuring five extraordinary UT alumni who personified the immeasurable ROI at UT institutions.
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The Chancellor’s Technology Commercialization Advisory Cabinet
on Tuesday, May 1, 2012
The first meeting of The Chancellor’s Technology Commercialization Advisory Cabinet took place April 25, 2012 in Austin. University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa appointed fourteen individuals from industry to serve on the cabinet which was created to help boost the UT System mission to enhance the success of translating the remarkable discoveries from System institutions to the benefit of society. The expertise, perspectives and recommendations of these industry leaders will undoubtedly help UT advance its technology commercialization activities.
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Recognizing Outstanding Students in Arts & Humanities
on Friday, March 2, 2012
At the February 2012 Board meeting, the Regents approved allocations to fund new student awards.
The established awards will recognize outstanding achievement in the arts and humanities at UT System institutions. The arts and humanities enrich, enlighten, and inspire our students, promote creative expression, and in some cases provide professional careers. These annual awards will be given in one of four disciplines: musical arts, visual arts, poetry writing, and short essays. The first round of awards will be presented by the Board in 2012 and will recognize the musical arts. Awards will be given in two categories: a $1,500 award for an individual or duet performance, and a $2,500 award for a group performance.
This year's award recipients will be announced in May 2012. Nominations are now being accepted. Please visit academic affairs' dedicated student awards website for more information.
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A Record Breaking Year
on Wednesday, February 22, 2012
We began the New Year with terrific cause for celebration. Philanthropy across The University of Texas System reached an all-time high of $1.12 billion in fiscal year 2011, with gifts from nearly 227,000 alumni and other individual donors. Both of these figures are unprecedented, and if you consider that UT institutions accomplished this during difficult economic times, it is an impressive endorsement of support for the System’s universities and health institutions.
Leading the way for this banner year was UT Austin, which ranked third in the nation among public institutions of higher learning, and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, which ranked 20th.
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Regents Meet in San Antonio Feb. 8-9
on Thursday, February 9, 2012
The University of Texas System Board of Regents discussed and took action on several agenda items related to the UT System’s education, research, patient care and service mission. Highlights of the meeting include:
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Regents Meet in Austin Nov. 10
on Thursday, November 10, 2011
The University of Texas System Board of Regents discussed and took action on several agenda items related to the UT System’s education, research, patient care and service mission. Highlights of the meeting include:
Dr. Bruce Beutler is recognized by the UT Southwestern community for winning the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
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Human capital, institutions key to valley's prosperity, experts say
on Monday, October 10, 2011
Can a region of South Texas, which includes some of the country's most impoverished communities, be a catalyst for economic activity in the state and the nation?
If the region in question is the Rio Grande Valley, which also happens to boast one of the country's fastest growing populations, then the answer is absolutely.
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UT Austin awarded $50 million to build faster, more powerful supercomputer
on Monday, September 26, 2011
First, there was Ranger. Soon, there will be a Stampede.
With the help of a $50 million National Science Foundation grant, the Texas Advanced Computing Center at the University of Texas at Austin is building a new supercomputer with twice the memory and 20 times the peak computational capabilities as its current top performer, known as Ranger.
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Innovation, Creativity Common Among Outstanding Teaching Awardees
on Thursday, August 25, 2011
A little more than a decade ago, Charlotte Canning had an intriguing thought for teaching her students in her undergraduate theatre history class at The University of Texas at Austin.
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