“To the class of 2030, the whole world will keep telling you to find yourself. We're hoping for something better: that you forget yourself and discover the durable joy of being absorbed in something greater than you.”
Recorded August 23, 2026 at the Bullock Texas State History Museum.
High Schoolers: Spend a Day with UATX
Free, one-day pre-college programs: a UATX faculty-led seminar, meals with peers, and an afternoon presentation, Q&A, and reception for families.
Los Angeles, CA: Saturday, September 12, 2026
New York, NY: Sunday, October 11, 2026
Austin, TX: Saturday-Sunday, October 31-November 1, 2026
“Seminars at UATX are wholly different from anything a standard classroom can provide.” — Rocco Fazio, High School Honors L.A. 2025, UATX Class of 2030
Public Events This Fall
All events are on campus in downtown Austin and free to attend.
September 15 · 5:00–7:00 PM: RSVP
UATX Annual Constitution Day Address
The Honorable James C. Ho, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, with special guest Sheldon Gilbert, President and CEO of The Federalist Society.September 22 · 5:30–7:00 PM: RSVP
How Think Tanks Think
Robert Doar, President, American Enterprise Institute.September 24 · 5:30–7:30 PM: RSVP
Impact in the Federal Government
Scott Kupor, Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and Joe Lonsdale, Co-Founder of UATX. Co-sponsored by The David Network.September 29 · 5:30–7:00 PM: RSVP
Are Recessions Inevitable?
Tyler Goodspeed, Chief Economist, ExxonMobil.October 13 · 5:30–7:00 PM: RSVP
The Myths of American Capitalism
Phil Gramm, former U.S. Senator and economist.November 3 · 5:30–7:00 PM: RSVP
Allies at War
Tim Bouverie, author and historian.
Faculty Spotlight
Boris Fishman, The New York Times, “To Find Happiness, I Stopped Talking. It Helped.” (08.01.26)
David Puelz, Annals of Applied Statistics (accepted), “Heterogeneous Treatment Effect Estimation under Noncompliance in the Illinois Workplace Wellness Study with Bayesian Tree Ensembles” (07.29.26)
Alex Priou, Rufo & Lomez, Interview on Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey (07.24.26)
Alex Priou, University of Austin, “How to Be an Elitist” (07.20.26)
Scott Scheall, The Problem of Policymaker Ignorance, “WIPMI Book Club - David Zweig’s An Abundance of Caution and Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee’s In Covid’s Wake” (07.17.26)
Spencer Klavan, Free Press, “There Is Good and Evil. Christopher Nolan’s ‘The Odyssey’ Isn’t Afraid to Say So.” (07.17.26)
Spencer Klavan, Wall Street Journal, “What Nolan’s ‘Odyssey’ Leaves Out” (07.16.26)
Scott Scheall, Smith and Mark Walk into a Bar: A History of Economics Podcast, “Episode 102: Adventures in HET Podcasting with Maria Bach and Scott Scheall” (07.15.26)
Spencer Klavan, Washington Post, “Nolan’s gorgeous ‘Odyssey’ makes the controversies evaporate” (07.15.26)
Clay Greene, University of Austin, “What Dante Teaches Us About Beauty” (07.13.26)
Spencer Klavan, Free Press, “AI Isn’t Human. Stop Talking About It Like It Is.” (07.10.26)
Alex Priou, Ascend Podcast, “The Odyssey Book 22 with Dr. Alex Priou” (07.07.26)
Spencer Klavan, Unherd, “Lupita Nyongo’o doesn’t understand women in the Odyssey” (07.07.2026)
Jacob Wolf, Center for Religion, Culture, and Democracy, “American Civilization: Ideals, Institutions, and Culture” (chapter) (07.01.26)
Alex Priou, European Journal of Political Philosophy 1.2, “Nietzsche’s New Socrates” (07.01.26)
Spencer Klavan, Free Press, “AI Is Recovering the Ancient World’s Lost Library” (06.29.26)
Jacob Wolf, What We Can’t Not Talk About podcast, “America 250 and What it Means to be an American: A Conversation with Dr. Jacob Wolf” (06.26.26)
Boris Fishman, Noble Rot Issue 41, “Psychic Terroir” (06.23.26)
Spencer Klavan, Wall Street Journal, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Spielberg” (06.10.26)
Boris Fishman, Food & Wine, “The Most Exciting Place to Eat in America Right Now is in Texas” (06.08.26)
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