The UT Tower will shine with a burnt orange top on Saturday, September 18 to celebrate Texas Football’s victory over Rice.
The Longhorns are now 2-1 and will play Texas Tech on Saturday, September 25 at 11 a.m. in DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.
As part of UT tradition, the top of the Tower turns orange to celebrate regular-season football victories.
March 22, 2022
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Tuesday, March 22 to commemorate the Texas Women’s Basketball 2022 Big 12 Conference Tournament Championship. Per campus tradition, the University recognizes UT sports programs who win a conference team championship with a burnt orange lighting of the campus landmark. The special…
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March 13, 2022
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Sunday, March 13 in honor of the Texas Women’s Basketball team winning the Big 12 Tournament. Per campus tradition, the Tower is bathed in burnt orange lighting from top-to-bottom when a University of Texas athletics team wins a conference championship. The…
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March 12, 2022
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Saturday, March 12 to celebrate Texas Track and Field winning the 2022 Division I men’s indoor track and field championship. The Longhorns clinched the win by beating North Carolina A&T in the 4×400 meter relay, the championship’s final event. In total,…
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March 2, 2022
To celebrate Texas Independence Day, the UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, March 2. The holiday commemorates the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence and formation of the Republic of Texas in 1836. “For the proudest of Texans, it’s the most important day of the year,”…
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March 1, 2022
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Tuesday, March 1 to celebrate the Texas men’s and women’s track and field teams sweeping the Big 12 Indoor Championships for the second year in a row. The Tower will briefly turn to it’s entirely orange lighting configuration during the evening…
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February 26, 2022
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights from top to bottom on Saturday, February 26, 2022 to celebrate the Texas Longhorns winning four Big 12 Championship titles. The Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams and the Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams all won conference championships…
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February 22, 2022
The top of the UT Tower will shine with a burnt orange top Tuesday, February 22, 2022 to celebrate student Jaskaran Singh’s victory in the “Jeopardy! National College Championship.” Singh, a senior at The University of Texas at Austin’s McCombs School of Business double majoring in finance and economics, won the $250,000 grand prize during…
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December 4, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights and “21” on its sides for two nights in a row to honor this year’s graduates. The Tower will shine with the special lighting configuration on both Saturday, December 4 and Sunday, December 5 to celebrate the accomplishments of our December…
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November 27, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights for two nights in a row in celebration of Texas Volleyball winning the Big 12 Conference. The Tower will first turn orange on Saturday, November 27 to celebrate the team’s victory that night. Then, the Tower will again shine in that…
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November 26, 2021
The UT Tower will shine with a burnt orange top on Friday, November 26 to celebrate Texas Football’s victory over Kansas State. The UT Tower will first shine with a burnt orange top in recognition of the Texas Football team’s 22-17 victory over Kansas State. As part of UT tradition,…
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