For more than 40 years, UT has thanked some of its biggest supporters with an evening of dinner and dancing at the Minaret Society Dinner. The event has been a favorite of Ron and Renée Vaughn, who help decide the menu, music and theme, including last year’s popular “Step Into Our Story.” The event celebrates UT donors and their philanthropic commitment to advance UT’s mission and provide elevated educational experiences for UT students.

SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT: Victoria Suslovitch ’16

SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT: Peter Nuccio ’73 and Augie Martinez ’73

Lessons from President Ronald L. Vaughn’s tenure are in no short supply.

Centennial Circle supports students, strengthens the University

SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT: Nigel Kirwan ’92

SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY: Debbie '75 and Dan '74 Ferrazza

Superhero professors solve everyday problems

‘Serious focus on sport and scholarship can indeed coexist,’ says the Spartans’ three-time Academic All-American

UT researchers explore the women of the White House

SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY: Rony Scher Giuliano '71

A culture of care and attention is behind the new Janet R. Matthews Ph.D. Endowed Chair in Psychology

SPARTAN SPOTLIGHT: Mathew Johnson ’17

SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY: Give Day 2023 raises more than $1 million for student resources

UT leans into tech’s changes and challenges to enhance students’ critical thinking, motivation and learning experiences in and out of class

Get to know the people behind the plates at these alumni-owned restaurants(And if we missed your favorite, make sure we know! Email publicaffairs@ut.edu)

Spartan Spotlight: Rod Brooks ’94

Close collaboration between sports and science is a game-changer for UT teams and student researchers

Spartan Spotlight: Sally Seymour MBA ’08

Baseball boosters give new meaning to ‘rainy-day fund’

UT and The Saunders Foundation — a partnership for a smarter city

Innovation shines in UT’s newest showcase space, the tech side of the Jenkins Health and Technology Building

By Janet Siroto

By Janet Siroto

By Janet Siroto

UT’s new bell tower marries centuries-old traditions with 21st-century technology.

"Ain't gonna be no corporate drone, I'd rather strike out on my own." — From the song, "Corporate Drone," on his 2017 album, Pick Your Poison

Spartan Spotlight: Keith Brady ’10

Spartan Spotlight: Eunice Penix M.Ed. ’80

SPARTAN READY PHILANTHROPY

The newly expanded Benson Alex Riseman Fitness and Recreation Center offers the UT community a healthy getaway from the daily grind.

Thanks to a recent initiative called UT2UT , a growing number of alumni are either staying at — or returning to — UT to join one of the University’s 25 graduate programs and leveraging the opportunity to achieve their goals.

The creation of the Don V. and Sara G. Giunta Endowed Memorial Scholarship was a family affair.

Spartan Spotlight: Joe Dervaes ’63

The new Ferman Center for the Arts is a stunning, 90,000-square-foot space on campus for music, theater, art, design, film and more. Enjoy this visual tour of some of the four-story building’s most impressive aspects.

When Shannon (Nigg) Ballantyne ’16 and her then-fiancé, Shaka Ballantyne, entered a contest for health care workers during the pandemic, they couldn’t have imagined what would happen next.