UT Austin is the No. 30 best university in the world according to new rankings.
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A new study cements the University of Texas at Austin's status as one the best. In its 2015 report, the Center for World University Rankings puts UT Austin at No. 22 in the U.S. and No. 30 in the world.
CWUR analyzed the world's top 1,000 universities based on eight factors. Quality of education, alumni employment and quality of faculty were weighted at 25 percent each. Publications, influence, citations, broad impact, and patents were weighted at 5 percent each.
UT Austin dropped one spot on the list; in 2014, UT ranked No. 29 in the world. Two Texas schools join UT in the top 100: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center ranks No. 75, and University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center ranks No. 90.
Six other Texas institutions rank among the top 200 in the world: Texas A&M University (102), Rice University (120), Baylor College of Medicine (121), University of Texas at Dallas (139), Southern Methodist University (142) and University of Houston (184).
Tony Romo has been placed on leave from his role as the lead analyst on CBS’ NFL coverage following his arrest last week on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence.
CBS Sports announced Friday, July 31 that the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback was on leave “until further notice.” JJ Watt will join Jim Nantz and Tracy Wolfson as CBS Sports’ lead NFL team during Romo’s absence.
Romo, 46, was arrested July 23 after he was stopped while driving south on Interstate 43 in Wisconsin. According to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office report, Romo performed poorly on field sobriety tests before getting taken into custody, booked and released.
He has a court date set for September 21.
CBS Sports’ announcement comes after citations released by the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office indicated an open bottle of an alcoholic beverage was found in the passenger’s side of Romo’s black Jeep during an inventory before it was towed.
According to the citations, police stopped Romo after he was seen passing cars in a gore area, which separates interstate traffic from cars entering from an on-ramp. Police said Romo questioned what a gore area was during the stop.
Body camera footage released earlier this week showed Romo telling deputies he had been coming from a golf course and was on his way “to visit grandma and grandpa” when he was stopped. A deputy told Romo he suspected him of being impaired because he had “red glassy eyes” and an “odor of an intoxicating alcoholic beverage.”
Romo went to high school about 35 miles from Milwaukee in Burlington, Wisconsin.
He has been the lead game analyst for CBS’ NFL coverage since 2017 after making four Pro Bowl appearances during an NFL career that ran from 2004-16 and was spent entirely with Dallas.
Romo remains the Cowboys’ franchise leader in career touchdown passes with 248. He held the franchise record for career passing yards (34,183) until Dak Prescott overtook him last season.
Tony Romo has been placed on leave by CBS after arrest on suspicion of operating vehicle under the influence. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images
Watt joined CBS in 2023. He was an analyst on “The NFL Today” for two seasons before teaming with Ian Eagle on the network’s No. 2 crew beginning last season.
Romo wasn’t expected to have his first game until the opening Sunday of the regular season on September 13. CBS will air a preseason game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles on August 28.
CBS likely will reveal its game assignments and announcer pairings for the first three weeks of the regular season in the next couple of weeks.
Tony Romo has been placed on leave by CBS after arrest on suspicion of operating vehicle under the influence. Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images 