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  1. Hype for the Future 139R: College Towns in Texas

    Overview Within the State of Texas, notable college towns include the communities of College Station, Lubbock, and Denton—all associated with the distinctive locations of colleges and universities of greater significance within the State. While College Station is located within Brazos County and is home to Texas A&M University, Lubbock is a major city in Lubbock County and serves as home to the main campus of Texas Tech University. While the University of Texas at Austin is also a […]

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  2. Hype for the Future 139R: College Towns in Texas

    Overview Within the State of Texas, notable college towns include the communities of College Station, Lubbock, and Denton—all associated with the distinctive locations of colleges and universities of greater significance within the State. While College Station is located within Brazos County and is home to Texas A&M University, Lubbock is a major city in Lubbock County and serves as home to the main campus of Texas Tech University. While the University of Texas at Austin is also a […]

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  3. Hype for the Future 139R: College Towns in Texas

    Overview Within the State of Texas, notable college towns include the communities of College Station, Lubbock, and Denton—all associated with the distinctive locations of colleges and universities of greater significance within the State. While College Station is located within Brazos County and is home to Texas A&M University, Lubbock is a major city in Lubbock County and serves as home to the main campus of Texas Tech University. While the University of Texas at Austin is also a […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  4. Hype for the Future 139R: College Towns in Texas

    Overview Within the State of Texas, notable college towns include the communities of College Station, Lubbock, and Denton—all associated with the distinctive locations of colleges and universities of greater significance within the State. While College Station is located within Brazos County and is home to Texas A&M University, Lubbock is a major city in Lubbock County and serves as home to the main campus of Texas Tech University. While the University of Texas at Austin is also a […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2026

  5. Hype for the Future 139R: College Towns in Texas

    Overview Within the State of Texas, notable college towns include the communities of College Station, Lubbock, and Denton—all associated with the distinctive locations of colleges and universities of greater significance within the State. While College Station is located within Brazos County and is home to Texas A&M University, Lubbock is a major city in Lubbock County and serves as home to the main campus of Texas Tech University. While the University of Texas at Austin is also a […]

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  6. nytimes.com/2025/12/10/us/univ

    Unfortunately, my institutional subscription to the New York Times does not allow me to share articles for free, but if you do have access to the paper make sure you read this account of how Republicans are taking over at UT- Austin.

    #Texas #HigherEducation #UTAustin #UniversityOfTexasAtAustin #USPolitics #Universities

  7. As the Austin Chronicle article notes, there are grounds to believe the School of Civic will suck resources out of existing institutions for research and teaching in the liberal arts at UT.

    Don't be fooled by the pretense that this is merely about reviving study of "Great Books".

    UT already has a center where undergraduates can undertake the study of core texts and ideas of the western tradition under the direction of a leading Straussian scholar, Tom Pangle:

    liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretex

    I suspect that Rufo et al. are unhappy with this center because Pangle is an East Coast Straussian, not a West Coast Straussian; see this Jeet Heer article for the distinction between these two currents of Straussian thought:

    newrepublic.com/article/140933

    #Texas #UniversityOfTexasAtAustin #UTAustin #SchoolOfCivicLeadership
    #ThomasJeffersonCenter #ThomasPangle #LeoStrauss #AmericanConservatism #PoliticalThought

  8. As the Austin Chronicle article notes, there are grounds to believe the School of Civic Leadership will suck resources out of existing institutions for research and teaching in the liberal arts at UT.

    Don't be fooled by the pretense that this is merely about reviving study of "Great Books".

    UT already has a center where undergraduates can undertake the study of core texts and ideas of the western tradition under the direction of a leading Straussian scholar, Tom Pangle:

    liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretex

    I suspect that Rufo et al. are unhappy with this center because Pangle is an East Coast Straussian, not a West Coast Straussian; see this Jeet Heer article for the distinction between these two currents of Straussian thought:

    newrepublic.com/article/140933

    #Texas #UniversityOfTexasAtAustin #UTAustin #SchoolOfCivicLeadership
    #ThomasJeffersonCenter #ThomasPangle #LeoStrauss #AmericanConservatism #PoliticalThought

  9. As the Austin Chronicle article notes, there are grounds to believe the School of Civic Leadership will suck resources out of existing institutions for research and teaching in the liberal arts at UT.

    Don't be fooled by the pretense that this is merely about reviving study of "Great Books".

    UT already has a center where undergraduates can undertake the study of core texts and ideas of the western tradition under the direction of a leading Straussian scholar, Tom Pangle:

    liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretex

    I suspect that Rufo et al. are unhappy with this center because Pangle is an East Coast Straussian, not a West Coast Straussian; see this Jeet Heer article for the distinction between these two currents of Straussian thought:

    newrepublic.com/article/140933

    #Texas #UniversityOfTexasAtAustin #UTAustin #SchoolOfCivicLeadership
    #ThomasJeffersonCenter #ThomasPangle #LeoStrauss #AmericanConservatism #PoliticalThought

  10. As the Austin Chronicle article notes, there are grounds to believe the School of Civic Leadership will suck resources out of existing institutions for research and teaching in the liberal arts at UT.

    Don't be fooled by the pretense that this is merely about reviving study of "Great Books".

    UT already has a center where undergraduates can undertake the study of core texts and ideas of the western tradition under the direction of a leading Straussian scholar, Tom Pangle:

    liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretex

    I suspect that Rufo et al. are unhappy with this center because Pangle is an East Coast Straussian, not a West Coast Straussian; see this Jeet Heer article for the distinction between these two currents of Straussian thought:

    newrepublic.com/article/140933

    #Texas #UniversityOfTexasAtAustin #UTAustin #SchoolOfCivicLeadership
    #ThomasJeffersonCenter #ThomasPangle #LeoStrauss #AmericanConservatism #PoliticalThought

  11. As the Austin Chronicle article notes, there are grounds to believe the School of Civic Leadership will suck resources out of existing institutions for research and teaching in the liberal arts at UT.

    Don't be fooled by the pretense that this is merely about reviving study of "Great Books".

    UT already has a center where undergraduates can undertake the study of core texts and ideas of the western tradition under the direction of a leading Straussian scholar, Tom Pangle:

    liberalarts.utexas.edu/coretex

    I suspect that Rufo et al. are unhappy with this center because Pangle is an East Coast Straussian, not a West Coast Straussian; see this Jeet Heer article for the distinction between these two currents of Straussian thought:

    newrepublic.com/article/140933

    #Texas #UniversityOfTexasAtAustin #UTAustin #SchoolOfCivicLeadership
    #ThomasJeffersonCenter #ThomasPangle #LeoStrauss #AmericanConservatism #PoliticalThought

  12. John B. Goodenough, 100, Dies; Nobel-Winning Creator of the Lithium-Ion Battery - An unassuming professor who remained active into his 90s, he is credited with the breakth... - nytimes.com/2023/06/26/science #thepowerhouse:insidetheinventionofabatterytosavetheworld(book) #massachusettsinstituteoftechnology #goodenoughjohnb.(1922-2023) #electricandhybridvehicles #universityoftexasataustin #deaths(obituaries) #lithium-ionbattery #oxforduniversity