A branch of the United Methodist Church sued the university after it amended its articles of incorporation without the ...

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell speaks during a press conference announcing Hartzell as the next Southern Methodist University president in Dallas on Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025.

Hartzell has been president of UT-Austin since 2020. He previously served as dean of the McCombs School of Business and has been a UT-Austin faculty member since 2001.

President Hartzell, whose five-year tenure is consistent with today’s average duration for a university president, has assembled a team that is well-equipped to help his successor hit the ground ...

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell told a state lawmaker that he and other officials sought law enforcement help from the state ahead of a large pro-Palestinian protest Wednesday that led ...

Hartzell has been Texas’ president since September 2020 and part of a power trio, along with UT’s system board of regents chairman Kevin Eltife and Longhorns athletic director Chris Del Conte, ...

SMU's Board of Trustees voted unanimously to hire Hartzell. He'll succeed R. Gerald Turner, who announced in August that he would retire after 30 years on the job on May 31, 2025. “With Dr ...

SMU’s Board of Trustees approved Hartzell’s hire Tuesday and he will become SMU’s next president effective June 1, 2025. His last day at UT will be May 31.

SMU is hiring University of Texas President Jay Hartzell as its next leader, a major shakeup in higher education that will open a vacuum at one of the state’s most influential public institutions.

Hartzell has been president of UT-Austin since 2020. He previously served as dean of the McCombs School of Business and has been a UT-Austin faculty member since 2001.

Hartzell has been president of UT-Austin since 2020. He previously served as dean of the McCombs School of Business and has been a UT-Austin faculty member since 2001.