Thank you to everyone who supported the Rapoport Center and the Sissy Farenthold Fund during 40 for Forty. Because of your support, UT students will continue to access the funding, mentorship, and opportunities they need to engage in human rights and social justice work. #UT40for40

We’re halfway through 40 for Forty. #UT40for40 There’s still time to support UT students pursuing internships, fellowships, and fieldwork in human rights and social justice. Make your gift before 10 pm: tinyurl.com/2fenjwwc

UT’s 40 for Forty starts now. Support career-defining opportunities for UT students through the Rapoport Center and the Sissy Farenthold Fund. Give today: tinyurl.com/2fenjwwc The campaign runs from 6 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, to 10 p.m. Thursday, April 30. #UT40for40

Celebrate Earth Day with us 🌎 Join us for an event featuring activist, author, and 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize winner Diane Wilson. We’ll explore how law, advocacy, and direct action can be used to fight pollution and protect people and the planet. RSVP here: tinyurl.com/3emtjn7h

Join us for a virtual panel featuring graduate researchers from South Africa and the U.S. as they examine how laws, policies, development programs, and technologies shape the distributional impacts of the “green” transition. RSVP to receive the Zoom: tinyurl.com/mr3je2dd

Join us for a talk with Jason Cons, Associate Professor of Anthropology at UT Austin, for a discussion of his recent publication, “Delta Futures: Time, Territory, and Capture on a Climate Frontier." RSVP here: utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Today we honor Frances Tarlton "Sissy" Farenthold (’49) on her 99th birthday. A trailblazing lawyer, politician, educator, and global activist, she exposed and responded to injustice and inequality and continues to inspire our work. Learn more about her legacy: law.utexas.edu/farenthold/

Today marks 80 years since the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Dr. Terumi Tanaka, hibakusha and co-chair of Nihon Hidankyo, reminds us we need to act on nuclear disarmament now and we have the solution in our hands: the #NuclearBan Treaty. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/o...

Opinion | Eighty Years of Nuclear Weapons Is Enough

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Deadline extended for our 2025-2026 Human Rights and Reproductive Justice scholars! Each Human Rights Scholar will receive a $6,000 scholarship and spend 10-12 hours/week at the Center over the fall and spring semesters. Rising 2Ls and 3Ls, as well as LL.M. students, are eligible to apply.

Welcome to our Summer 2025 Interns and Fellows! We're so excited to have you on the team 🌟

Congratulations to Rapoport Center co-director @karengle.bsky.social for her new publication, Toward an Abolitionist Human Rights Court! Professor Engle’s work, published in the Cambridge Elements series, is available free for the next week. Read it here: cup.org/3FqfvPp