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The UT will shine with burnt orange lights and “20” on its sides for two nights in a row to celebrate the accomplishments of our December 2020 degree candidates.

The Tower will first shine with a burnt orange top on Saturday, December 5 to celebrate Texas Football’s 69-31 win over Kansas State earlier in the day. Then, at 8 p.m., the Tower will change lighting configurations to honor the 2020 graduates. Continuing to celebrate this year’s graduates, the Tower will again be drenched in burnt orange lights and “20” on its sides on Sunday, December 6.

The special Tower lighting may look familiar to many of this year’s graduates. When the Class of 2020 arrived on the Forty Acres in 2016, the Tower displayed the same configuration to welcome the incoming students.

May 5, 2021

Light the Tower: Academic Club National Champions

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…

May 4, 2021

Light the Tower: Men’s and Women’s Tennis Teams Win Big 12 Regular Season Championships

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…

April 30, 2021

Light the Tower: President’s Award Winners

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…

April 29, 2021

Light the Tower: Texas Exes Ring Celebration

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…

April 11, 2021

Light the Tower: Women’s Swimming and Diving Win Big 12 Conference Title

The University of Texas Tower will be drenched in Burnt Orange lighting Sunday, April 11 to commemorate the UT Women’s Swimming and Diving program’s recent Big 12 Conference championship. Per campus tradition, the UT Tower is bathed in Burnt Orange lighting from top-to-bottom when a University of Texas athletics team…

April 10, 2021

Light the Tower: Celebrating Honors Day Scholars

The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Saturday, April 10 to celebrate the 2021 Honors Day 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…

March 28, 2021

Light the Tower: Men’s Swimming and Diving Wins 2021 NCAA Championship

The UT Tower will shine with a #1 on the North and South sides and a #15 on the East and West sides in honor of Men’s Swimming and Diving’s national championship win and Coach Eddie Reese’s 15th championship win. The Longhorns earned their NCAA-best 15th national title in program…

March 3, 2021

Light The Tower: Track and Field Sweeps Big 12 Indoor Championships

The Longhorns won their fourth-straight women’s title and first men’s indoor title since 2017. The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, March 3 in honor of the Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Teams both winning the Big 12 Indoor Championships. It’s the fourth-straight Big 12 Indoor…

March 2, 2021

Light the Tower: Texas Independence Day

The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Tuesday, March 2 to celebrate Texas Independence Day. 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,”…

February 24, 2021

Light the Tower: Thanking All Who Helped Campus Community

The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Wednesday, February 24 in recognition of the tireless work of the teams of people that have worked to keep and restore the campus to operational readiness after historic winter storms hit Texas. Read more in The Daily Texan. Campus reopened on…