Bush Presidential Center. Hartzell’s decision to leave UT and its nearly 54,000 students for SMU is a coup for the private campus of roughly 12,000 students. UT is celebrated as the state’s flagship, ...

After five academic years as the president of the University of Texas, Jay Hartzell is stepping down to become the next leader at Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

In 2024, UT officially entered the Southeastern Conference, and Texas currently ranks third nationally in football. Hartzell ...

Jay Hartzell will lead a vastly different campus environment at Southern Methodist University after leaving the University of Texas presidency for the top job at the Dallas campus. Hartzell joins SMU ...

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving UT to become the next president of Southern Methodist University, the private university announced Tuesday.

University of Texas President Jay Hartzell's resignation was sudden, but an analysis shows it was just the latest in a string ...

DALLAS — University of Texas President Jay Hartzell will become SMU’s next president. SMU’s Board of Trustees approved Hartzell’s hire Tuesday and he will become SMU’s next president effective June 1, ...

Jay Hartzell, current UT Austin president, will become SMU's 11th president in June 2025, following a unanimous vote by the ...

Only one week into the new semester, the president of the University of Texas (UT) at Austin announced his resignation. After ...

In 2024, UT officially entered the Southeastern Conference, and Texas currently ranks third nationally in football. Hartzell hopes to grow athletics at SMU, he told The Dallas Morning News.

Bush Presidential Center. Hartzell’s decision to leave UT and its nearly 54,000 students for SMU is a coup for the private campus of roughly 12,000 students. UT is celebrated as the state’s ...