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UT System Regents to meet March 7
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
The University of Texas System Board of Regents will hold a special meeting by telephone conference call on Friday, March 7, in Austin.
The agenda book for the meeting is available online .
SXSW Sixth Street Showcase shines tech spotlight on Texas higher education
Monday, March 3, 2014
General, UT System Administration
UT, meet SXSW.
In association with the South by Southwest Interactive Festival, The University of Texas System will give a sneak peek to cutting-edge technologies that students and faculty members at the state’s higher education institutions are developing.
UT System Administration to consolidate operations in downtown Austin to save millions in annual expenses
Thursday, February 27, 2014
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System is moving ahead with a plan to consolidate UT System offices, currently located in five antiquated buildings, into a modern, highly-efficient office building on property already owned by UT System on 7th Street between Lavaca and Colorado streets in downtown Austin.
The System will issue a Request for Qualifications, or RFQ, for architectural services on Friday.
Board of Regents chairman provides update on search for new chancellor
Friday, February 28, 2014
Please see the statement below from University of Texas System Board of Regents Chairman Paul L. Foster regarding the search for a new chancellor.
Inaugural dean at UTRGV’s School of Medicine to be introduced to Valley community
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
Dr. Francisco Fernandez, who has been selected to assume the historic position of founding dean for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s much-anticipated School of Medicine, will visit the region on Wednesday, Feb. 26.
Psychiatrist-neuroscientist to be founding dean of UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine
Friday, February 14, 2014
Health & Medical Education, UT Rio Grande Valley, UT System Administration
AUSTIN — Dr. Francisco Fernandez, professor and chairman of psychiatry and neurosciences at the University of South Florida College of Medicine in Tampa, will be the founding dean of the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.
UT System and Texas Southmost College finalize property agreements
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
The University of Texas System and Texas Southmost College have finalized property agreements in anticipation of the separation of the campus that TSC and UT Brownsville have shared for the past 20 years.
Chancellor announces he is stepping down to return to medicine full time
Monday, February 10, 2014
Chancellor, General, UT System Administration
Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., a nationally renowned leader in higher education and pediatric transplant surgery, announced Monday morning that he will step down as head of The University of Texas System after a five-year tenure marked by groundbreaking accomplishments.
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