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Lara Dossett Receives Department of Theatre and Dance Teaching Excellence Award

July 16, 2025 | Department of Theatre and Dance

Headshot for faculty member and Department of Theatre and Dance Teaching Excellence Award-winner Lara Dossett

Ivan Trevino Receives Butler's Teaching Excellence Award

July 11, 2025 | Butler School of Music

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Austin Arts Hall of Fame inducts Piano Professor Anton Nel and Studio Art Professor Emeritus John Yancey

July 9, 2025 | Austin American-Statesman

Anton Nel at piano, left, and John Yancey, right, inductees to the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

Janet Planet Director Annie Baker is Teaming with A24 for Her Next Film, Ancient History

June 26, 2025 | IndieWire

Photo of Annie Baker at 2025 film independent spirit awards

The University of Texas Jazz Orchestra featured in Jazz Life Magazine

June 23, 2025 | Butler School of Music

A picture of the cover of Jazz Life magazine on one side with a article written in Japanese on the other side

The Department of Theatre and Dance Welcomes Zack Fine to Acting Faculty

June 17, 2025 | Department of Theatre and Dance

Headshot for actor, director, playwright and teacher Zack Fine

Thornton Wilder's The Emporium, Completed by Kirk Lynn, to Receive Off-Broadway Production

June 16, 2025 | Houston Press

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Current PhD candidates Sheyda Aisha Khaymaz, Maysa Martins join 2025 cohort of the CCL/Mellon Foundation Seminar in Curatorial Practice

June 9, 2025 | e-flux

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Miró Quartet to Release New Album GINASTERA STRING QUARTETS in July

June 9, 2025 | Broadway World

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Design Assistant Professor Jiabao Li’s “EchoVision” showcased at CURRENTS Arts and Technology Festival

June 8, 2025 | Albuquerque Journal

Two people participate in an immersive experience wearing virtual reality headsets mounted on animal-shaped masks, holding poles for support. Vivid digital projections of bananas and streaks of light animate the space around them, casting shadows on the wall.