The University of Texas at Austin now has an interim president. On Wednesday, Chancellor James B. Milliken named James E. Davis as the interim president, which is “effective

The University of Texas chief operating officer Jim Davis, who has close ties to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, was named interim president of the flagship university. According to system leadership personnel,

The University of Texas at Austin now has an interim leader. James Davis, the university's senior vice president and chief operating officer, has been named the interim president of UT, effective immediately,