University of Texas System

SXSWedu: Mon., March 3, "Big Data, Big Impact," Stephanie Huie, Ph.D., vice chancellor for strategic initiatives. Tues., March 4, "Higher Ed is Big and Bold in Texas," Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa, M.D.

SXSW Interactive: Sat., March 8, Office of Technology Commercialization's "Sixth Street Showcase." 

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. 

Read the news here.

Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., has announced that he will step down as head of the UT System after a five-year tenure marked by groundbreaking accomplishments.

Read the news here.

Watch a webcast of the news conference.

The University of Texas is the first system of higher education in the nation to launch an interactive website that provides salary and debt statistics of actual students one year and five years after graduation. 

Read more here.

Visit the seekUT website.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents have announced the name for the new UT in South Texas: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

Read more here.

Visit the Project South Texas website.