UT President Gregory L. Fenves expected to resign for spot at Emory

News and updates from Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Tuesday's Top Story [UT President Gregory L. Fenves expected to resign for spot at Emory]( [UT President Gregory L. Fenves expected to resign for spot at Emory]( University of Texas President Gregory L. Fenves is expected to leave the university to accept a similar position at Emory University in Atlanta, a high-ranking UT official told the American-Statesman Monday night. [Read More »]( Local News [Abbott: More than 1,000 hospitalized in Texas for COVID-19]( [Abbott: More than 1,000 hospitalized in Texas for COVID-19]( Despite announcing that the number of Texas patients hospitalized with COVID-19 had surged past 1,000, Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday that he was confident that the state was on track to begin reducing the number of infections. 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