The UT Tower will shine with a burnt-orange top on Saturday, October 31 to celebrate Texas Football’s 41-34 win over Oklahoma State.
The Longhorns are now 4-2 and will play West Virginia in the Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Saturday, November 7. Time is to be determined.
As part of UT tradition, the top of the Tower turns orange to celebrate regular-season football victories.
July 20, 2021
Tower Watchers, As you know, the UT Tower is a 307-foot symbol of Longhorn pride, and often as the sun sets, we use different configurations of lighting to show our pride in different kinds of accomplishments. When you are curious about why the Tower is lit, we invite you to…
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May 24, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Monday, May 24 to honor the Texas Track and Field program after the Longhorns swept the Big 12 Men’s and Women’s Outdoor Championships earlier this month in Manhattan, Kan. Texas won the women’s title with a meet-record 207 points and doing…
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May 22, 2021
A screenshot of the UT Austin Instagram shows a 2017 picture of the Tower shining with orange lights and “21” on its sides. The Tower was in that special lighting configuration then to welcoming the Class of 2021 to the Forty Acres when they were incoming students. The UT Tower…
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May 16, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Sunday, May 16 to celebrate Texas Rowing winning the Big 12 Championship. No. 2 Rowing swept all four races at the Big 12 Championship to win their sixth straight conference title on Saturday morning on Walter E. Long Lake. It is…
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May 12, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, May 12 in honor of the recipients of the President’s Staff Awards. The President’s Staff Awards formally recognizes staff of The University of Texas at Austin in four categories: Staff Service, Outstanding Staff, Outstanding Supervisor, and Student Employee of the Year “What…
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May 7, 2021
The UT Tower will darken Friday, May 7 in memory of Longhorns who died during the past year. Except for a white cap and observation deck, all of the Tower’s levels and windows will darken as part of UT Remembers. Held annually on the last day of the spring semester,…
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May 5, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, May 5 to celebrate national championships claimed by academic clubs across the university. The students being honored with the Tower lighting are: UT Law School Elizabeth Hamilton, Alex Gaudio, and Mason Currah The UT Law School team won the Judge…
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May 4, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Tuesday, May 4 to celebrate the Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams winning the Big 12 Regular Season Championships. Additionally, the Tower lighting honors the Women’s Tennis Team for also winning the Big 12 Tennis Tournament. Per campus tradition, the UT Tower…
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April 30, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Friday, April 30 in honor of the recipients of three important awards bestowed by the university to deserving faculty and staff members. Civitatis AwardPresented to a faculty member who has shown exemplary campus citizenship throughout a career of service at the…
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April 29, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Thursday, April 29 for the Texas Exes Ring Celebration. As part of a dedication ceremony, class rings will spend the night the Tower while it shines in honor of the students and alumni who will soon wear them. The class ring…
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