Gifts on the Fly

Ultimate last-minute gift guide: Snag these local finds from the Austin airport

So you waited until the last minute to do your shopping, and you have to catch a plane. There's no time to head to the mall, but luckily, it is entirely possible to shop for your complete holiday list at the airport.

Austin-Bergstrom International Airport has gifts in abundance, many with a distinct Austin flavor. If you are stressed to the max and haven’t found time to shop, just relax — there is an alternative to that $20 tucked into a card. Once you have successfully completed your shopping spree, enjoy a relaxing massage at Knot Anymore (gates seven and 13) or grab a cocktail and soak up the live music. (The airport in the Live Music Capital of the World has 15 live shows a week at five different venues.)

For the book lovers: For best-selling books and more, visit Austin Article at gates five and nine, and BookPeople at gate 11. Also recommend: Music in the Kitchen and Austin City Limits: 35 Years in Photographs at the Austin City Limits/Waterloo Records store at gate 15.

For the music lovers: For an amazing selection of Austin and Texas music head to the ACL/Waterloo store, or the Austin Warehouse District at gate 11.

For Longhorn fans: Everything and anything Longhorns, including a burnt orange leash for Fido, can be found at the Longhorn Specialty Store at gate 18.

Keep Austin Weird: Stock up on T-shirts for all sizes and ages, mugs, key chains, magnets, and shot glasses at Stars of Austin at gate nine.

For foodies: ABIA has a plethora of local food gifts like Berdoll’s pecan pie for $19.95 at Austin Warehouse District and Amy’s Ice Creams' freezer-packed pints near gate 12 (not to be missed are the Mexican vanilla marshmallows). The Salt Lick's fully cooked brisket (available in the West Concourse) serves four to six people, and gift packs of Salt Lick products come gift-wrapped.

For coffee lovers: Gift one pound of Austin’s favorite coffee, Ruta Maya, found in the East Concourse between gates six and seven, or Austin Java at gates 10 and 15.

Stock up on T-shirts for all sizes and ages, mugs, key chains, magnets, and shot glasses at Stars of Austin.

Keep Austin Weird shirt Stars of Austin store Austin-Bergstrom International Airport ABIA

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Stock up on T-shirts for all sizes and ages, mugs, key chains, magnets, and shot glasses at Stars of Austin.

Top of the class

UT Austin ranks among best U.S. schools for entrepreneurship in 2025

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The University of Texas at Austin has earned two top-10 spots on The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s lists of the best graduate and undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies for 2025.

UT Austin's McCombs School of Business ranks seventh in the graduate category, and UT ranks second in the undergraduate category.

The school is no stranger to the prestigious national lists. In the 2024 rankings, UT also appeared as No. 2 among undergraduate programs, and No. 6 in the ranking for the best graduate programs.

This year marks the fourth time that the school has landed in the top 5 on the undergraduate side, and the 12th time in 15 years that McCombs has made the top 10 among graduate programs in the annual ranking, UT notes in a news release.

The only other schools in Texas to make either top-10 list for 2025 were Rice University (No. 1 graduate school) and the University of Houston (No. 1 undergraduate program).

Rankings for The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s 2025 lists were based on a survey of administrators at nearly 300 schools in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that offer entrepreneurship studies. Among the more than 40 factors used for the rankings were academic programs, faculty credentials, mentorship opportunities, and alumni entrepreneurship ventures.

"If the focus of the MBA program at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin were to be summed up in one word, it would be 'collaboration,'" reads the 2025 graduate schools report. "Students in more than 20 concentrations uniformly crow over its 'incredibly collaborative culture,' citing the 'supportive culture' as a top reason they ultimately picked the program. As a 'top 20 school,' the 'rigorous academic[s]' and 'focus on clean energy,' 'technology,' and 'entrepreneurship,' are other stand-out elements of the program."

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. Rice University
2. University of California-Los Angeles
3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. Babson College
6. University of Washington
7. University of Texas at Austin
8. University of Virginia
9. Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands
10. University of South Florida

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. University of Houston
2. University of Texas at Austin
3. Babson College
4. University of Washington
5. Washington University in St. Louis
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
7. University of Maryland-College Park
8. Miami University of Ohio
9. Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
10. Northeastern University

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The story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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