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UT System News
July 3, 2009
AUSTIN – The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System will meet Wednesday and Thursday, July 8-9, in Austin. The meetings will be held on the ninth floor of Ashbel Smith Hall, 201 W. 7th Street. Read the advisory
June 18, 2009
AUSTIN – Two conceptual master plans for the redevelopment of the Brackenridge Tract were presented to The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (June 18) at a special called meeting. The regents will not take formal action with regard to the plans for several months, or even years, as the Board considers the conceptual plans and invites the general public to submit comments. Read the release
June 18, 2009
AUSTIN – The Board of Regents of The University of Texas System named William L. Henrich, M.D., as the president of the UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. Read the release
May 29, 2009
AUSTIN – JAMES R. HUFFINES, chairman of The University of Texas System Board of Regents, issued the following statement today (May 29) regarding the appointment of Karim A. Meijer, a fourth-year medical student at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, as the next student regent on the Board. Read the statement
May 22, 2009
AUSTIN – Four academic institutions within The University of Texas System were among the top 10 in the country that awarded bachelor’s degrees to Hispanics in the 2007-08 academic year, according to the magazine The Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education. Read the release
May 14, 2009
AUSTIN – A resolution regarding policy matters and legislation pending before the 81st Regular Session of the Texas Legislature was unanimously adopted today (May 14) by The University of Texas System Board of Regents. Read the release
May 4, 2009
AUSTIN - For months, higher education officials from The University of Texas System and across the state have been developing an initiative that aims to get more community college students to transfer to universities. Read the release
April 13, 2009
AUSTIN –The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (April 13) unanimously elected new officers at its board meeting held in Austin.
James R. Huffines of Austin has been named the new chairman of the UT System Board of Regents and succeeds H. Scott Caven, Jr., of Houston, who served as chairman since late 2007 and whose six-year term on the board recently expired. Read the release
March 10, 2009
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents today (March 10) adopted a resolution concerning the strategic direction for the clinical enterprise at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Read the release
February 16, 2009
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 Pan American was announced today (Feb. 16) by Regents’ Chairman H. Scott Caven, Jr. Read the release
February 10, 2009
AUSTIN – University of Texas System Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., today (Feb. 10) announced a systemwide flexible hiring freeze for non-faculty positions and plans to recommend to the UT System Board of Regents a freeze of senior executive salaries at all 15 academic and health institutions and the UT System Administration. Read the release
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