Although the Bastrop fires have faded from the headlines, students continue to work hard through relief efforts for those affected by the fires that caused property damages estimated at more than $250...

Late Wednesday night, the Penn State University Board of Trustees announced its rejection of legendary head coach Joe Paterno’s offer to resign at the end of the season and fired him and the university...

Samian Quazi’s suggestion in his column titled, “Inflate grades in STEM programs,” that ran in The Daily Texan on Tuesday that professors should hand out higher grades in science classes...

If you were comatose in a hospital, wouldn’t you want your parents to know? Alarmingly, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) prevents hospitals from releasing any...

LOS ANGELES — Just over half of American pet owners will buy gifts for their pets this holiday season, and they’ll spend an average of $46 on their animals, with toys and treats topping the...

NEW YORK — Despite all the worries about online bullying, more than two-thirds of teenagers on social-networking sites say their peers are mostly kind, a new study from the Pew Internet and American...

There is no direct link between fracking and contamination of groundwater, according to preliminary results of a study by UT’s Energy Institute. Hydraulic fracturing, known as fracking, involves...

Radio stations and TV channels all over the country aired a nationwide Emergency Alert System test Wednesday to unify communication in the case of a national emergency. The Federal Emergency Management...

Texas bolstered its baseball team on Wednesday as the Longhorns received National Letters of Intent from eight of the top high school recruits. “Once again, Tommy Harmon, our recruiting coordinator,...

Mexican-American history in Texas and the U.S. directly impacted the current situation facing Mexican immigrants, said anthropology professor Martha Menchaca on Wednesday. In a recently published book,...

The tablet is a revolutionary device marred by one fundamental flaw: It has an inefficient input method. Virtual keyboards, while aesthetically pleasing, make it difficult to type words, let alone thesis...

Making the transition from high school to college can be tough. Making the transition from being a high school athlete to a college athlete is even tougher. Making that transition more than 5,000 miles...