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The Tower’s Beloved History and Renewed Future
The Main Building under construction, 1935. Most days, UT President Jay Hartzell approaches his office in the Main Building from the north. There, on the lower…
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UT Tower To Undergo Historic Restoration Beginning This Fall
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas will begin a multiyear effort to restore, revitalize and reimagine its historic Tower, an iconic, enduring symbol…
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The Tower Is the Backdrop to Longhorns’ Favorite Memories
Driving into Austin, the city appears slowly, then all at once. But in between all the shiny new high rises and skyscrapers, the UT Tower still stands as…
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The Way Back: Growing Up with the Tower
Do you remember the first time you saw the Tower? Was it on campus for a football game as a child, or that first day of orientation, looking up at the…
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Board of Regents Announces Ambitious UT Tower Renovation
AUSTIN, Texas — Chairman Kevin P. Eltife and The University of Texas System Board of Regents are embarking on a bold new vision to keep the UT Tower…
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Inside the Tower with the UT Guild of Carillonneurs
We begin on a nondescript upper Tower floor. Custodians shuttle heavy gray trash tubs back and forth to the elevator as a student named Amy Rester plonks…
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What’s the Story Behind the Tower?
There aren’t many universities with their own skyscraper. So why does Texas have one, and what was it built for?…
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Alcalde Docs: Light the Tower
For all the biggest UT moments, the Tower glows orange. Here’s how it happens….
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They Ring the Tower Bells [Watch]
Go behind the scenes of the university’s most exclusive music venue and meet the students who play anything from Baroque to “Bad Romance.”…
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Why Ancient Alphabets Adorn a University Icon
When then-Harvard University Professor John Huehnergard and his wife and colleague Jo Ann Hackett first visited The University of Texas at Austin last spring, they couldn’t help but notice the ancient Phoenician and Hebrew letters that adorn the Tower….
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