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Project Unity presents ������ý with the Advocate Award for organizational unity in recognition of its commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

Brad E. Cheves, ������ý senior vice president for Development and External Affairs, is recognized at the conclusion of the city’s 2023 Independence Day parade.

Joseph G. Beard, Sr. ’83 and Sherry H. Beard give $2 million in support of the Garry Weber End Zone Complex and the Letterwinners lounge.

During their 50-year reunion, the ������ý Class of 1973 presents combined gifts of more than $6 million to ������ý Ignited: Boldly Shaping Tomorrow.

Recipients of the 2023 Distinguished Alumni Award – the highest honor ������ý awards to its graduates – include Ray W. Washburne ’84, Emily Rich Summers ’66, and Robert H. Dedman, Jr. ’80, ’84, as well as Emerging Leader Award recipient Brittany K. Barnett ’11. 

The University celebrates the dedication of the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum, as well as its inaugural symposium. The institute is made possible by Linda Pitts Custard ’60, ’99 and William A. Custard ’57, and The Meadows Foundation.

������ý is designated the lead agency for a federally funded economic development initiative to strengthen the semiconductor supply chain in North Texas and Oklahoma.

������ý Guildhall, the University’s premier graduate-level video game development program, celebrates its 20th anniversary. 

Students, alumni, faculty, staff and neighbors gather for one of the campus’ most beloved pastimes, the annual Celebration of Lights. 

������ý celebrates the dedication of the Holt Hickman Outdoor Pool at the Robson & Lindley Aquatics ������ý, named for the late Holt Hickman ’54, and made possible by the Robson, Lindley and Hickman families.

Antonio Garza ’83 delivers the 2023 December Commencement address. Garza is an ������ý trustee, distinguished diplomat and attorney who served as the U.S. ambassador to Mexico from 2002 to 2009.

Throughout the year, the University welcomes experts and leaders to vital positions across campus, including ten new members to ������ý’s Board of Trustees, deans ad interim and the . 

������ý commemorates the life, legacy and influence of the civil rights advocate with a series of campuswide events.

of adventurous education and opportunities for exploration and unique learning experiences in New Mexico.

An anonymous donor makes an $11.3 million gift for the Endowed Engineering Research Fund within the Lyle School of Engineering.

Anita Ray Arnold and Truman Arnold increase their commitment toward the renovation and expansion of the Cox School of Business, to a total of $8 million. Linda Wertheimer Hart ’65 and Milledge A. “Mitch” Hart, III give $3 million to the Cox School renovation and expansion.

On the annual ������ý Giving Day, more than 4,100 alumni, students, parents, faculty, staff, and community members give over $3.4 million to more than 200 causes across ������ý.

The Mark A. Roglán Publication Award by the Custard Institute for Spanish Art and Culture at the Meadows Museum names its inaugural recipient, Claudia Hopkins, professor of art history at Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh.

The 31st Meadows at the Meyerson gala features seven-time Grammy Award-winning rock musician Stewart Copeland, who performs his hit show Police Deranged for Orchestra with the Meadows Symphony Orchestra.

The Spaht Family Foundation gives $2 million to the Meadows School of the Arts, endowing the chair of the Division of Art and financing opportunities for exceptional students to focus on intensive creation and study of their craft. 

A gift from the Jeanne R. Johnson Foundation supports of the renovation and expansion of the Cox School of Business as well as adjunct music faculty at the Meadows School of the Arts. 

������ý participates in events celebrating the 100th anniversary of the City of University Park. Additionally, the University provides a letter for the city’s centennial time capsule and the ������ý Board of Trustees issues a resolution recognizing the city’s 1924 founding. 

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson names .

The Hart Global Leaders Forum Regional High School Seminar Series features Theresa May, former United Kingdom prime minister and current Member of Parliament.

During May Commencement ceremonies, co-founding directors of the William S. Spears Institute for Entrepreneurial Leadership Megha and Nirav Tolia deliver the keynote address.