2009 -

November

• November 19

"The Trojan Women" Reviews
Department of Theatre and Dance Production Receives Accolades

Theatre and Dance Alumna Marcia Gay Harden is Commencement Speaker for The University of Texas at Austin's May Ceremony
Tony Award-Winning Actress Addresses Spring Graduates on May 22, 2010

• November 4

“Kelly Fearing: Selections From A Life in Art” Exhibition
Professor Emeritus Art Exhibition Continues Through January 14, 2010

October

• October 23

Professor Steven Dietz Recognized for Prolific Playwriting
Plawright's 2009-2010 Season a Success

• October 2

Visual Arts Center in Department of Art and Art History Scheduled for Completion Spring 2010 at The University of Texas at Austin
Art Building to get a New Entrance and Exhibition Space

September

• September 21

Performing Arts Center Now Texas Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin
New Name Reflects Academic Mission of the College of Fine Arts

• September 2

Department of Art and Art History Welcomes Prestigious Professor
Leonard Lehrer appointed as part-time Visiting Professor in Art

August

• August 24

Associate Dean for Arts Education Appointed at University of Texas at Austin's College of Fine Arts
Hunter March Appointed to Newly Created Deanship

• August 19

New Research Center in Antigua, Guatemala Expands University of Texas at Austin's Latin American Research
Mesoamerica Center Grows With Casa Herrera Addition

July

• July 23

Recent Graduate Awarded $50,000 Literary Prize
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Winner 2009 Keene Prize for Literature

• July 22

Longs Give $1 Million to Butler School of Music
Gift Creates the Joe R. and Teresa Long Endowed Chair in Piano

• July 9

Violinist Anne Akiko Meyers to Join Faculty at Butler School of Music
Celebrated Concert Violinist Begins Teaching Fall '09

May

• May 28

Kathleen Panoff Brings New Vision to The University of Texas at Austin Performing Arts Center
Blurring boundaries brings new art and artists to Austin

• May 22

Theatre and Dance Graduate Student Honored with Michael H. Granof Award
Charlotte Griffin Awarded for Outstanding Thesis

• May 8

Ned Rifkin Appointed Director of The Blanton Museum of Art
Appointment Effective May 1, 2009