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 home to more than 51,000 …
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Light the Tower: Honors Day
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 their distinction as College Scholars …
Light the Tower: Texas Exes Ring Dedication
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 will gather at the Tower …
Light the Tower: The President’s Staff Awards
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 of the Year. Staff Service …
Light the Tower: President’s Research Impact Award
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 in the development of the …
Light the Tower: Faculty and Staff Awards
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 the university. Arno Nowotny MedalAwarded …
