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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 15, 2008
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Monday (Apr. 14) named Dr. Larry R. Kaiser the sole finalist for the presidency of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. Read the release
April 14, 2008
MIDLAND – The Board for Lease of University Lands awarded 166 oil and gas leases covering 59,732 acres and received total bonuses of more than $25.24 million in its 113th oil and gas lease sale on April 9. 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 9, 2008
AUSTIN – A tiny, innovative chip that could be implanted painlessly in humans and diagnose acid reflux before later dissolving might prove to be one of the most dramatic commercial products invented at a UT System institution in the coming years. 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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