2008 -

April

• April 24

Visual Arts Center
Bricks and Mortar: The Visual Arts Center Announces Renovation Funding

College Hires New Development Officer
Andrea Keene Joins External Relations & Development Team

• April 9

In Memoriam: Dr. Francis Hodge, Professor Emeritus
University of Texas at Austin Professor of Directing 1949–1979

March

• March 27

School of Music Undergraduate on MTV!
A'keiba Burrell–Hammer Competes in Reality Singing Series

• March 18

School of Music To Be Named for Ernest and Sarah Butler
Couple Gives $55 Million Gift, Largest at Public Music School

• March 14

A'keiba Burrell-Hammer Competes on MTV's Rock the Cradle
School of Music Student to Premiere in Reality Singing Series

• March 12

School of Music's Susan Jackson Recognized
2008 James W. Vick Texas Excellence Award for Academic Advising

February

• February 14

COFA Students Dominate AMOA 20 to Watch List
Alumni and Current Students Exhibited in New Art in Austin Exhibition

• February 8

Interim Director Chosen for Blanton
Ann Wilson Appointed Interim Director of Blanton Museum

• February 1

In Memoriam: Shirlee Dodge
University of Texas at Austin Dance Faculty 1943–69

January

• January 30

Musical Theatre Faculty Direct “Porgy and Bess”
Musical Direction by Lyn Koenning and Choreography by Robin Lewis

• January 9

UT Theatre and Dance Fall Season dominates "Top 10 of 2007"
Elephant's Graveyard, Fefu and Her Friends, and Ashes, Ashes recognized by Austin Chronicle

• January 8

Blanton Museum of Art Director Search
Committee formed to find successor to Jessie Otto Hite

• January 7

Blanton Museum Receives Major Award from AICA–USA for Exhibition Drawn from Caracas–Based Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros
The Geometry of Hope: Latin American Abstract Art from the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection named "Best Thematic Museum Show Nationally"

• January 4

Second Appearance of UT Faculty in Whitney Biennial
UT Art Professor Michael Smith selected to show in 2008 Whitney Biennial