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The Daily Texan October 23, 2020

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UT-Austin, MD Anderson announce inaugural projects in cancer research

By Santino Camacho

On Oct. 19, UT announced five pilot projects in its collaboration with the MD Anderson Cancer Center, a UT System research and treatment center, to increase research on cancer treatment.
UT alum chosen as first researcher to fly aboard commercial spacecraft

By Katya Bandouil

UT alumnus Alan Stern and his research team were the first chosen to conduct NASA-funded research aboard a commercial suborbital spacecraft as a part of the NASA Flight Opportunities Tech Flight Program.

Start the conversation

By Isabelle Costello

Columnist Isabelle Costello urges UT to publish an administration wide statement acknowledging climate change.
UT must be held accountable to reduce harm of new Title IX rules

By Kaya Epstein and Riley McKinzie

Contributors Kaya Epstein and Riley McKinzie discuss what new Title IX regulations mean for survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment and interpersonal violence.

Texas football gears up for big game against Oklahoma State

By Myah Taylor

Head coach Mike Gundy’s undefeated squad will welcome Texas football to Stillwater, Oklahoma where Tom Herman’s 3–2 Longhorns will try to end the Cowboys’ perfection.
Texas men’s tennis struggle in singles at ITA Regional Championship

By Yazmin Dominguez

The Texas men’s tennis team traveled to Waco this weekend for the ITA Texas Regional Championship. The Longhorns won eight doubles matches and 12 singles matches over various brackets, including a Texas vs. Texas final competition.

Hulu’s ‘Bad Hair’ talks societal standards for Black women’s hair

By Sabrina LeBoeuf

The Hulu original film follows Anna Bludso (Elle Lorraine), an executive assistant at a music television station with a dream of hosting her own show. In order to please the new higher-ups, Bludso ditches her natural hair and gets a weave — one with a sinister mind of its own.
Wallows took all the right risks with experimental EP ‘Remote’

By Miranda Garza

What started as a quarantine project is now the band Wallows’ EP, Remote. The album consists of six lively songs that make any listener feel like the main character in their own coming of age movie.