The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is pleased to announce the acquisition of the literary archive of distinguished Mexican author and professor Cristina Rivera Garza, a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship. This archive enhances the Benson’s extensive collection of materials that embody Latin American literary tradition, intellectual thought, and leadership, reflecting the stature of the library and the University of Texas at Austin campus as an invaluable resource for students, faculty, and researchers globally.

More than 160 digitized episodes of Latino USA, the newsmagazine of Latino news and culture founded at UT in 1993, have been published by the Benson Latin American Collection. Published records include metadata and transcriptions for the episodes, which are available to the public on the open-access University of Texas Libraries Collections Portal.

AUSTIN, Texas — Jan. 23, 2025 — Two days after the U.S. Supreme Court integrated American higher education with its 1950 Sweatt v. Painter decision, John Chase, a Black student, enrolled in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas. Now, the library at the heart of that school will be named the John S. Chase Architecture and Planning Library, thanks to a generous gift and pledge from Chase’s son, Tony Chase, and daughter-in-law Dina Al-Sowayel. 

The papers of Nicaragua's beloved poet-priest-politician reside at UT's Benson Latin American Collection; January 20, 2025, is the centennial of his birth. 

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The University of Texas Libraries announced the recipients of the 2024 Map & Geospatial Collections Explorer Fellowships at the annual GIS Day event held in the Scholars Lab at the Perry-Castañeda Library on Wednesday, November 20. 

The fellowships, established to support innovative research and creative projects using the Libraries’ extensive map and geospatial collections, are awarded to one student and one faculty member for their groundbreaking projects.

The University of Texas Libraries is proud to announce the 2025 cohort of Open Education Fellows, an initiative supporting the development of open educational resources (OER) to enhance student success and reduce the financial burden of course materials.

This year’s distinguished fellows include:

The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the literary archives of César Vallejo and Augusto Roa Bastos, two giants of Latin American letters. These archives augment the Benson’s already significant collection of materials that represent the region’s writers, thinkers, and intellectual leaders, making the library, and the UT campus, an invaluable resource for students, faculty, and researchers from all corners of the globe.

The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection is thrilled to announce the acquisition of the archives of César Vallejo and Augusto Roa Bastos, two giants of Latin American letters. These archives augment the Benson’s already significant collection of materials that represent the region’s writers, thinkers, and intellectual leaders, making the library, and the UT campus, an invaluable resource for students, faculty, researchers from all corners of the globe.