University of Austin

09/08/2026

"Do we still hold these truths to be self-evident?" Leo Strauss posed the question in 1953. Natural Right and History remains the most powerful account of why it's hard to answer.

A symposium free for undergraduates. Austin, TX. Jan 8–10, 2027. Apply by Oct 26.

09/08/2026

UATX Dean of Arts Patrick Gray on how Austin is the new Wild West.

09/08/2026

Tocqueville warned that democracy “breaks the chain and sets each link apart." High Table is UATX’s answer.

Tocqueville warned that democracy “breaks the chain and sets each link apart." High Table is UATX’s answer.

09/08/2026

UATX Dean of Arts Patrick Gray on the moral cynicism of our times, the fall of Europe, and why you should defend the civilization that gives you your comfortable life.

UATX Dean of Arts Patrick Gray on the moral cynicism of our times, ...

09/04/2026

Public events this fall. Join us!

09/04/2026

UATX Orientation Week

09/04/2026

Day one of class at UATX's Applied Engineering Lab. Students are building teleoperated rovers, taught by Boring Company engineers.

09/04/2026

Welcome Joseph Brennan, Visiting Professor in Applied Mathematics, teaching Differential Equations and Data Wrangling & Visualization.

He's a Senior Technical Consultant at Wolfram Research and trained as an astrophysicist at the University of St Andrews, where he hunted exoplanets by gravitational microlensing.

09/03/2026

Heading to Bastrop for the first day of class at UATX’s Applied Engineering Lab.

09/03/2026

UATX Innovation Labs Director Phil Greenwald on how to build things.