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Interim UT-Austin president seeks to walk fine line between faculty and lawmakers’ concerns

Jim Davis told professors he’ll share their concerns with lawmakers about proposals that would increase oversight on curricula and hiring. Elsewhere on campus, former UT-Austin President Jay Hartzell criticized the bills.

The Texas Tribune

Texas A&M regents may soon decide the university system’s next leader

Sources indicate the board has narrowed its search to five candidates: Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, Texas A&M Foundation President Tyson Voelkel, University of Alabama President Stuart Bell and state Rep. Trent Ashby, R-Lufkin.

The Texas Tribune

In first full day leading UT-Austin, Jim Davis replaces chief academic officer

Davis, who was named interim president one day earlier, replaced a provost who was named to the position by the university’s previous leader last month.

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UT System names Jim Davis as UT-Austin’s interim president

The decision to name Davis, UT-Austin's chief operating officer since 2023, ends President Jay Hartzell’s tenure months earlier than anticipated.

The Texas Tribune

Geneticists have finally solved the mystery of Garfield’s orange coat

Garfield, star of the eponymous comic strip created by Jim Davis in 1978, is, like many of the cats that roam our homes, orange. He is orange in the same way that some people are redheaded, some horses are brown, or some dogs are Irish setters, but there is one…

The Conversation

20 Fat Cartoon Characters We Can’t Help But Love

Discover the 20 fat cartoon characters we can't help but love! From Homer Simpson to Garfield, explore the charm of chubby cartoon characters that steal our hearts. The post 20 Fat Cartoon Characters We Can’t Help But Love first appeared on Bored Panda.

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This Charlie Brown character design secret is a real head-scratcher

The creator of Garfield reveals how the Peanuts characters have some fascinating flaws.

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of July 28-Aug. 3

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of July 28-Aug. 3 include actor Jason Momoa, lifestyle guru Martha Stewart and “Garfield” cartoonist Jim Davis

The Independent UK

Chris Pratt explains why The Garfield Movie expands from the comics: "It’s a modern day version of a classic tale"

Exclusive | The star of the new animated adventure reveals how it adapts the comics for the modern day

Total Film

Jim Davis obituary

Other lives: Theatre historian and academic who became an expert on Victorian pantomime

The Guardian - UK

On this day: Avery traded; Olynyk, Knight signed; Barnett, Simmons born; Wallace passes

On this date in 2017, the Boston Celtics traded veteran guard Avery Bradley to the Detroit Pistons for forward Marcus Morris.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Dallas stars hail show that invented modern TV drama as they reunite for 45th birthday

The surviving cast of Dallas pay tribute to the sex-and-scandal soap opera whose use of season-ending cliffhangers set the template for many subsequent dramas

Daily Mirror

Bully drained gran's entire life savings and blew it on drugs, taxis, and Amazon

Simon Fisher stole £47,000 from his widowed grandmother who had helped to raise him

Wales Online

Mississippi man gets 42 years in prison for cross burning

A Mississippi man who burned a cross in his front yard to intimidate his Black neighbors has been sentenced to 42 years in prison

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Football club boss claimed abandoned shed was gym in Covid grant fraud

Club chairman Owen Duggan was described as 'a true man of the community' whose actions have cast a cloud over the team

The Independent UK

Pub reveller jailed over one-punch death of golfer

Morgan Wainewright, now aged 20, punched 43-year-old Andrew Nicholas during an altercation outside a pub in Monmouth in Wales

The Independent UK

Pub reveller sentenced for killing golfer he punched on night out

Morgan Wainewright, now aged 20, punched 43-year-old Andrew Nicholas during an altercation outside a pub in Monmouth in Wales

WEKU

A man who burned a cross to intimidate his Black neighbors pleads guilty to hate crime

Axel Cox, 24, of Gulfport, Miss., who burned a cross in his front yard, was charged with violating the Fair Housing Act over the December 2020 incident.

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