2022
A year of achievements across the UT System

2022 was a record-setting year for UT institutions

Achievements large and small occurred daily at all 13 University of Texas institutions over the past year. Thanks to dedicated UT students, faculty and staff, important education, health care and research advancements are making Texas — and the world — a better place.

The highlights below were submitted by each UT institution from among the many initiatives, accolades and accomplishments that were celebrated at every campus in 2022. And in 2023, we look forward to welcoming Stephen F. Austin State University to the UT System family!

 

Academic Institutions     Health Institutions

 

 

Academic Institutions

 

UT Arlington

Launched its Blaze Forward program to make a college education more accessible for thousands of eligible students by covering 100% of tuition and fees.

 

UT Austin

Opened the state-of-the art Moody Center, a multipurpose arena and the home court for the Longhorns basketball teams that has already become the highest-grossing venue of its size in the world.

 

UT Dallas

Held its first-ever, all-university commencement to celebrate the “Bright Futures Ahead” of new graduating students and recent alumni with families, friends, faculty and staff.

 

UT El Paso

Graduated its largest ever graduating class in May and welcomed a record-breaking freshman class in August.

 

UT Permian Basin

Initiated the “Falcon Free” tuition program, which covers 100% of tuition and fees for families making up to $100,000 and was made possible by the Promise Plus endowment approved this year by the UT System Board of Regents.

 

UT Rio Grande Valley

Obtained approval to expand spirit programs and create marching bands, football and women’s swimming and diving programs to provide a better university experience for students and the campus community.

 

UT San Antonio

Finalized preparations for the new UTSA School of Data, which will open in January 2023 as the nation’s first and only School of Data Science at a Hispanic Serving Institution.

 

UT Tyler

Obtained funding for the new Medical Education Building that will house the UT System’s seventh medical school and began interviewing candidates for the first class of students who will open the UT Tyler School of Medicine in 2023.

Health Institutions

 

UT Southwestern Medical Center

Received $100 million — the largest gift to a public health school at a U.S. public university — to endow and support the new Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health.

 

UT Medical Branch Galveston

Welcomed the inaugural class of students to the new School of Public and Population Health, which was created to integrate and align research, scholarship, practice and education to address critical public health challenges in Texas and beyond.

 

UT Health Science Center - Houston

Opened its new academic psychiatric hospital, part of the John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and in partnership with the state, ensuring more Texans have access to advanced mental health care, research and education.

 

UT Health Science Center - San Antonio

Celebrated a construction milestone toward completing the new Multispecialty and Research Hospital, a “state-of-the-art center for healing and discovery” that will offer specialty care not currently available in the region.

 

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Launched the James P. Allison Institute, a visionary research and innovation hub designed to foster groundbreaking science, develop new treatments and bring the benefits of immunotherapy to all patients.