University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving UT to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, the ...

One audience favorite: "20,000 years of Austin history in 20 minutes." The title, at least, never fails to generate a laugh. And those 20 minutes are usually followed by 40 minutes of sharp questions.

innovative programs such as robotics and capital projects like the $70 million renovation of the UT tower, and set out plans for a new UT Austin Academic Medical Center and an Austin-based MD ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday ordered that flags at the U.S. Capitol be raised to their full height on Inauguration Day, pausing a 30-day flag-lowering order following the death of former ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pardoning rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol four years ago can’t erase the truth about what happened that day, the top federal prosecutor for Washington, D.C., said ...

Austin’s role as the capital helped it land institutions such as the University of Texas in 1883, and it also positioned the city as the epicenter of political power in what would become the ...

Hartzell said the state’s political climate did not push him to leave UT-Austin. He did say, however, he would appreciate not having to go to the Texas Capitol as often in his new role at SMU.

The building counts Transwestern, PlainsCapital Bank and Cahill among its tenants. KBS renovated the property in 2017 to install amenities like a courtyard garden with a putting green. At the end ...