Lighting Updates

April 16, 2026

Tower Shines as Texas Exes Rings Await Celebration

The UT Tower will shine with burnt orange lights Thursday, April 16, 2026, in honor of class ring recipients. Per tradition, ahead of the Texas Exes Ring Celebration, class rings will spend the night at the Tower while it shines in honor of the students and alumni who will soon wear…

November 24, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Texas Tech
November 18, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Iowa State
November 16, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Exes Ring Dedication
November 11, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats TCU
November 7, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Soccer Wins Big 12 Conference Tournament Championship
November 4, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Beats Kansas State
November 3, 2023

Light the Tower: Distinguished Alumnus Awards
October 28, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats BYU
October 21, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Houston
October 17, 2023

Light the Tower: Professor Bob Metcalfe Wins 2022 Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) A.M. Turing Award
September 30, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Kansas
September 27, 2023

Light the Tower: Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
September 23, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Baylor
September 16, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Wyoming
September 15, 2023

Light the Tower: 140 Years of Changing the World
September 9, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Alabama
September 2, 2023

Light the Tower: Texas Football Beats Rice
August 29, 2023

Light the Tower: Student Athlete National Award Winners