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 flagship, ...

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 ...

He was previously dean of the McCombs School of Business at UT and as a faculty member studied real estate finance, a subject matter that will endear him to many at SMU, known for its strong real ...

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

The University of Texas President Jay Hartzell is leaving his post atop one of the state's most influential public schools and will join SMU.

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.

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

Jay Hartzell’s planned move from the UT Austin presidency to Southern Methodist demands attention from all who care about ...

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

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 ...