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The University of Texas at Austin (full official name), often UT or Texas for short, is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System, the largest public university system in Texas, established in 1883. Consistently ranked as one of the top public schools in the nation, it has a student population of 50,403 (as of 2004) currently the third largest at a single campus in the nation, behind Ohio State University and University of Minnesota Twin Cities. The university is arguably the most prestigious in Texas, and in recent years admission has become very competitive. The school has many top academic and professional programs, including national top ten programs in engineering, computer science, business, Law and public affairs, among many others. Its astronomy department administers the McDonald Observatory located in the Davis Mountains of West Texas. 1 About the University
The University of Texas was originally conceived in 1839, when the Congress of the Republic of Texas set aside land for a "university of the first class" in the new state capital, Austin. At first located on the legendary 40 acres (160,000 mē) then known as College Hill, the University has since expanded to about 350 acres (1.4 kmē) on the main campus and about 850 acres (3.4 kmē) overall, although the term 40 Acres is still used to refer to the central campus. The University's colors are burnt orange and white, and its alma mater is "The Eyes of Texas." [1]. At football games, students frequently sing " Texas FightTexas Fight is the official fight song of The University of Texas at Austin and was written by Colonel Walter S. Hunnicutt in collaboration with James E. King, then director of the Marlin High School Band. The words of the song as finally adopted were wri," the University's fight song. The mascotFor the suburb of Sydney, Australia, see Mascot, New South Wales . For the American city, see Mascot, Tennessee . A mascot is some thing, typically an animal or human character used to represent a group with a common identity, such as a school, profession is a Texas longhornThe Texas Longhorn is a breed of cattle known for its characteristic horns, which can extend to six feet in width and have a slight upward turn at their tips, as well as for their distinctive "burnt orange" coloring. Though some historians disagree, the T named BevoBevo is the name of the mascot of The University of Texas at Austin, a Texas longhorn steer with burnt orange coloring. The current animal is the fourteenth in the line of longhorns to bear the honor of being the university's mascot. History The idea to u.
2 Facilities
The University is home to the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum [2] and the Harry Ransom Humanities Research CenterThe Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center is a library at the University of Texas, specializing in the collection of literary and other cultural artifacts from the United States, Great Britain, and France. Among its holdings are a copy of the Gutenberg [3]. The Ransom Center's holdings include one of only 21 remaining complete copies of the Gutenberg BibleThe Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible is a print of the Latin Vulgate translation of the Bible that was printed by its namesake, Johann Gutenberg, in Mainz, Germany around 1454- 1455 using moveable type. This Bible is the most famous incuna worldwide.
Other research facilities of the University include:
- Perry-Castaņeda Library [4]
- McDonald Observatory [5]
- Marine Science Institute at Port Aransas [6]
- J. J. Pickle Research Center and Applied Research Laboratories [7]
- Center for Space Research [8]
- Innovation, Creativity & Capital (ICē) Institute [9]
- Program in Aegean Scripts and Prehistory [10].
The University operates a public radio station, KUT [11]. KUT provides local FM broadcasts as well as live streaming audio over the Internet.
The University is currently involved in a bid to operate the Los Alamos National Laboratory for the US Department of Energy.
