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Justice Clarence Thomas will teach civil rights at UT. Here’s the irony. • Nov. 11, 2026, 7:10 AM ET (Houston Chronicle)
Democrat Jon Rosenthal defeats Republican Bo French in ugly race for Texas railroad commissioner • Nov. 4, 2026, 5:04 AM ET (CBS)
Noah Kahan is bringing his stadium tour to University of Texas • Oct. 29, 2026, 12:26 PM ET (Austin American-Statesman)
Records show UT tracking fallout of Bo French's racist tweet before responding • Oct. 26, 2026, 6:12 AM ET (Austin American-Statesman)
Kevin Durant says relationship with Texas ‘perfect’ as he returns to Austin with Rockets • Oct. 25, 2026, 2:22 PM ET (New York Times)

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Areas Of Involvement public education • University of Texas announces free college for some students • 50th Anniversary of Texas Tower Shooting
Notable Alumni Denton Cooley • Greg Abbott • Stacey Abrams • Stacey Abrams • James Talarico • Kevin Durant • Gina Hinojosa • Kyle Shanahan • Jon Hamm • Kay Bailey Hutchison • Stephanie Wilson • Marcia Gay Harden • Kalpana Chawla • Rex W. Tillerson • J.M. Coetzee • Jeb Bush • Jordan Spieth • Scottie Scheffler • James P. Allison • Roger Clemens • Robert Schenkkan • Renée Zellweger • Michael W. Young • Lloyd Bentsen • Tex Ritter • Thomas C. Südhof • Oveta Culp Hobby • Joseph L. Goldstein • Sarah Weddington • Richard Garriott • C. Wright Mills • Martin Dies, Jr. • James Lankford • Bill Moyers • Alan Bean • Donald Barthelme • Hans Kurath • Josephine Humphreys • E. Allen Emerson

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Texas, University of; Dallas
Black-and-white photo of the University of Texas clock tower with smoke rising from a window below the clock, marking the location of the 1966 sniper attack by Charles Whitman.
University of Texas at San Antonio
Map of the University of Texas at Austin campus marking key locations from the Charles Whitman Texas Tower shooting on August 1, 1966. Red dots indicate where people were killed, and pink dots show where people were wounded, with most incidents concentrated around the Main Building, Main Mall, and along Guadalupe Street. Major campus buildings and streets are labeled for reference.
Behind the scenes of reporting the 1966 Texas Tower shooting
The first mass school shooting in U.S. history
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