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Skip to main content UT hired consultant for up to $1.1 million to revamp battered image of 'Eyes of Texas' song Kate McGee, Texas Tribune FacebookTwitterEmail Texas fans sing “The Eyes Of Texas” after a Sept. 12 football game between Texas and UTEP in Austin.Chuck Burton /Associated Press As outrage swirled among University of Texas at Austin students last fall over the school’s alma mater, “The Eyes of Texas,” and its early association with campus minstrel shows, President Jay Hartzell made a classic higher education decision: He organized a committee. This one, he said, would in...

The Longhorn Hellraisers cheer at the Texas game against Louisiana Tech on Aug. 31, 2019. As outrage swirled among University of Texas at Austin students last fall over the school's alma mater, “The Eyes of Texas,” and its early association with campus minstrel shows, President Jay Hartzell made a classic higher education decision: He organized a committee. This one, he said, would include 24 Longhorn athletes, historians, professors and students who would investigate and “chronicle the full history of ‘The Eyes’ and recommend ways we can openly acknowledge, share and learn from it...

UT News Search Button Asian Americans Find Community on Campus Student leaders reflect on racism during the pandemic and on how UT organizations have promoted solidarity By: Diana Lee Alcess Nonot Growing up in Cedar Park, UT Austin human development and family sciences and biology senior Alcess Nonot, who is Filipina, never learned about Asian American history in school. But during her freshman year at UT, she took the course Introduction to Asian American History, which taught her more about her heritage and broadened her community. Sh...

The Kiara Kabbara and Ethan Jones executive alliance won the race for 2021-2022 student body president and vice president through the campuswide election Friday afternoon.

The Texas Tribune Shifa Rahman, left, and Blaise, who declined to share a last name, hold signs at the base of the William Marsh Rice statue on the campus of Rice University in Houston. Rahman has spent an hour on campus nearly every day since August calling for the removal of the statue. Students of color said they feel most of their calls to eliminate racist symbols from campuses have been ignored or intentionally mired in lengthy, bureaucratic processes intended to delay answers to difficult questions. This summer, students called on the University of Texas at Austin to stop playing the �...