UT Tower detail photo of the clock with burnt orange overlay

Lighting Updates

Tower Turns Orange for Class Ring Ceremony

April 29, 2016

Tower Turns Orange for Class Ring Ceremony

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will shine burnt orange April 29 to honor the Class of 2016 as they celebrate the Spring Class…

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Tower Shines for Five Academic National Titles

April 27, 2016

Tower Shines for Five Academic National Titles

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will turn orange April 27 to celebrate five national tiles recently won by Longhorns. Students from the McCombs…

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Orange Tower Honors Presidential Citation Award Recipients

April 22, 2016

Orange Tower Honors Presidential Citation Award Recipients

The University of Texas at Austin at Tower will be burnt orange on April 22 in honor of the recipients of the Presidential Citation Awards.…

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Earth Day: Dark Tower Symbolizes Energy Efficiency, Conservation

April 21, 2016

Earth Day: Dark Tower Symbolizes Energy Efficiency, Conservation

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will be dark overnight on April 21 to kick off Earth Day. The darkened Tower symbolizes the university’s…

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Tower Shines for Texas Law’s National Championship

April 20, 2016

Tower Shines for Texas Law’s National Championship

On April 20, the Tower will be in its entirely orange lighting configuration in recognition of Texas Law winning the National Championship in the Georgetown White Collar Crime National Mock…

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Tower Turns Orange, Darkens This Week

April 20, 2016

Tower Turns Orange, Darkens This Week

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will shine with orange lights two nights, and darken another, this week. First, on April 20, the Tower…

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Tower Shines for Students’ Successes at Honors Day

April 16, 2016

Tower Shines for Students’ Successes at Honors Day

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will shine with orange lights tonight (Saturday, April 16) in celebration of Honors Day. Introduced in 1948, Honors…

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Tower Lighting Honors Department of Chemical Engineering’s Centennial

April 15, 2016

Tower Lighting Honors Department of Chemical Engineering’s Centennial

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will shine with orange lights and the number “100” on its sides tonight (Friday, April 15) to mark…

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Tower Darkens to Honor Life of Haruka Weiser

April 7, 2016

Tower Darkens to Honor Life of Haruka Weiser

The UT Austin Tower will be in the darkened configuration the night of Thursday, April 7, 2016 in honor of student Haruka Weiser. The Tower will…

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Tower Turns Orange for Men’s Swimming & Diving National Title

March 27, 2016

Tower Turns Orange for Men’s Swimming & Diving National Title

The UT Tower will be lit in burnt orange with a numeral “1” on all four sides this evening (March 27) to commemorate the Texas…

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Orange Tower Honors President’s Award Winners

March 8, 2016

Orange Tower Honors President’s Award Winners

The University of Texas at Austin Tower will glow orange Tuesday, March 8 in honor of three important awards bestowed by the university to deserving…

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Tower Shines for Texas Independence Day

March 2, 2016

Tower Shines for Texas Independence Day

Proud Texans often remind people outside the Lone Star State that “everything is bigger in Texas,” and on the Forty Acres we have one of…

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