The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Sunday, November 27 to celebrate Texas Volleyball winning the Big 12 Championship.
The Longhorns won their sixth-consecutive Big 12 Championship while playing in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,648 at Gregory Gym earlier this month. The team will gather Sunday to take a picture with the Tower while it shines in their honor.
April 19, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, April 19, 2023, in honor of our world-changing faculty members and students who have achieved significant academic success or received notable awards during the past year. Ranked among the biggest and best research universities in the country, UT Austin is…
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April 15, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Saturday, April 15 to celebrate the 2023 College Scholars and Distinguished College Scholars. Introduced in 1948 and celebrated every year since, Honors Day recognizes the accomplishments of the highest achieving students at The University of Texas at Austin — those who have earned…
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April 13, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Thursday, April 13, 2023, in honor of class ring recipients. Ahead of the Texas Exes Ring Celebration, class rings will spend the night the Tower while it shines in honor of the students and alumni who will soon wear them. The recipients…
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April 10, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Monday, April 10, 2023, in honor of this year’s recipients of the President’s Staff Awards. The President’s Staff Awards formally recognize staff of The University of Texas at Austin in four categories: Staff Service, Outstanding Staff, Outstanding Supervisor, and Student Employee…
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April 6, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Thursday, April 6 in honor of the recipient of the university’s inaugural President’s Research Impact Award, faculty member and researcher Jason McLellan. McLellan, the Welch Chair in Chemistry and a professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences, played a key role…
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March 29, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 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…
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March 12, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Sunday, March 12 in celebration of the Texas Men’s Basketball team winning the Big 12 Tournament. The Longhorns defeated Kansas on Saturday to claim the title and will gather at the Tower on Sunday evening to take a team picture.
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March 11, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Saturday, March 11, 2023, in celebration of the Texas Men’s Basketball team winning the Big 12 Tournament. The Longhorns defeated Kansas 76-56 to claim the title and will play next in the NCAA tournament.
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March 4, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Saturday, March 4, 2023, in celebration of the Texas Women’s Basketball team being the Big 12 regular season champions.
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March 3, 2023
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Friday, March 3, 2023, in honor of Michael and Erika Linford. The path toward a degree from the Cockrell School of Engineering has now widened for aspiring engineers thanks to a transformational gift from Cockrell School alumnus Michael Linford and his…
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