The University of Texas Libraries are hosting an Images of Research competition. This competition, intended to celebrate the research contributions of UT undergrads, requires that students submit an image and caption, via Instagram, that visualizes any research they are engaged in here at UT.
Information about the competition, including prizes, timelines, eligibility and submission instructions, are available here:
https://guides.lib.utexas.edu/2018ImagesofResearch
Texas Exes Scholarship Staff would like to remind you that we have scholarships available for students in your college. Please note that funding for these scholarships varies year to year. Some of the scholarships that students in the College of Liberal Arts may qualify for include but are not limited to:
These scholarships, along with a host of others, are specifically available to students in your college. Additionally, students may qualify for our general scholarship opportunities. Texas Exes offers a variety of scholarships including need-based and merit-based scholarships. This being said, we encourage all students to apply.
The scholarship application is accessible at texasexes.academicworks.com. To apply, students will complete our Current UT Undergraduate Application, this will auto-match them to many of our scholarships (should they qualify). Once students have submitted this portion of the application, they will then have the option to apply to any of our other scholarships that have additional requirements or qualifications. Current undergraduate students have until March 1 at 11:59 pm CST to submit their application for Texas Exes scholarships.
On Monday, March 5th at 7 p.m., the Joynes Reading Room will host special guest Tarfia Faizullah, who will be sharing work from her new book of poetry, Registers of Illuminated Villages. Faizullah has won numerous awards, and her work has been translated into Persian, Chinese, Bengali, Tamil and Spanish. In 2016, she was recognized by Harvard Law School’s Women Inspiring Change. She teaches in the University of Michigan Helen Zell Writers’ Program as the Nicholas Delbanco Visiting Professor in Poetry. The Joynes Reading Room will be giving away a limited number of free books by Faizullah to students who want to read her work before attending the event. Students interested in receiving a free book may request one in person at the front desk of the Joynes Room (CRD 007). Additionally, student interested in eating lunch with Tarfia on Monday, March 5 at 12 p.m. in CRD 007B should RSVP to matt.valentine@austin.utexas.edu.
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) will be hosting an interdisciplinary event this week about the Texas Legislature’s Texas Spaceport Trust Fund. Attendees will discuss how the Legislature created the fund, and how it’s since been used by companies like SpaceX to finance launch complexes like the one they’re currently building outside of Brownsville, TX.