University of Austin

10/23/2026

In the mood for mystery? UATX’s student-lead theater company presents J. B. Priestley’s An Inspector Calls, a drama that weaves intrigue and class commentary to unravel the moral confidence of a wealthy family. Public performance on Friday, October 30th at 7:30 PM.

Reserve your seat now and get ready for a twist.

10/23/2026

Entrepreneur Ben Levy (My First Million Podcast, multiple multimillion-dollar exits) showed UATX students how to identify, demand, and seize opportunities when building a business.

10/23/2026

Special Advisor to the President Loren Rotner on how UATX keeps AI from shortcutting learning in the classroom.

10/23/2026

Did the Gracchi have to die for the Republic to survive? UATX Professor Isabella Reinhardt and UT Professor Max Lykins debated the fate of Rome’s most famous reformers, and what it says about populism today. Hosted by the Austin Union.

10/22/2026

France is in its worst unrest in years. Is it just the beginning?

UATX visiting faculty Coleman Hughes talks with Konstantin Kisin about France, immigration, and Ukraine, and what holds a nation together.

It's a question Coleman takes up from another angle this winter, when he returns to UATX to teach The Legacy of Slavery.

Conversations with Coleman is where deep thinkers and curious minds meet for sharp, surprising, and unfiltered chats. Hosted by Coleman Hughes, writer, thinker, and guy who asks the questions other people dodge - this podcast isn’t about debating. It’s about discovery. Politics, philosophy, race...

10/22/2026

Will AI take your job? Former Senator Phil Gramm on what history says.

10/22/2026

UATX's American Civilization Director Jacob Wolf on Thomas Cole's The Course of Empire — five paintings tracing a civilization from wilderness to ruin.

"Cole warns us, in effect, that civilization is not the same as progress. Human beings may build cities, engage in commerce, and cultivate the arts and sciences and yet lose the virtues and moderation that make civilization good."

https://uatx.substack.com/p/can-america-escape-the-course-of?r=1kxmmi&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

10/22/2026

Students in UATX’s Applied Engineering class, taught by The Boring Company, are building and programming rovers in our on-campus Innovation Lab. They’ll test them in an obstacle course of their own making at our Applied Engineering Lab in Bastrop.

10/21/2026

UATX sophomore Raymond Leschber studied political theology in Budapest, Transylvania, and Vienna as a freshman, then spent the summer in Mexico doing field reporting with Michael Shellenberger and Ioan Grillo.

10/20/2026

The Shroud of Turin is very likely a true image of Jesus Christ, argues Fr. Andrew Dalton. Using forensic science to support the Gospel accounts, Fr. Dalton explained to UATX students how the Shroud bears clear signs of Christ's death and resurrection, even down to marks left by the instruments of the Passion.

Fr. Andrew Dalton, a theology professor at the Regina Apostolorum in Rome, was invited by the campus Catholic association to visit UATX on October 16th.