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Faye Webster shares new record, ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’

Faye Webster shares new record, ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’

Tyler Pullum, Senior Life&Arts Reporter March 6, 2024

Three years after her previous record, I Know I'm Funny Haha, Faye Webster reintroduces herself to a growing fanbase with her fifth album, Underdressed at the Symphony, which was released on Friday. Known...

Film “Vecinos” by UT alumnus presents an Austin story, accepting change

Film “Vecinos” by UT alumnus presents an Austin story, accepting change

Mehana Ondreyka, General Life&Arts Reporter March 5, 2024

16 years ago, “Vecinos: Love Thy Neighbor” debuted as a sold-out event, eventually nominated for Best New Play in 2008. The film adaptation, characterized as a bilingual rom-com, tells the story...

Volunteers from The University of Texas help paint a mural designed by Christina Ciaburri at Widèn Elementary School on March 2, 2024.

Street Art Muralist Organization paints Mural of Hope for The Project at Dove Springs

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter March 5, 2024

Buckets of paint in every color imaginable surrounded Kenzo Revilla and volunteers. Every brush stroke made the expansive design a reality in the hopeful halls of Widén Elementary School.   Human...

Report shows Austin leads state in reproductive freedom

Report shows Austin leads state in reproductive freedom

Christian DeBrady, General News Reporter March 5, 2024

Austin is the leading major city in Texas for reproductive freedom, according to a report published by the National Institute for Reproductive Health on Feb. 7. The 2023 Local Reproductive Freedom Index...

The Venue on Guadalupe on Tuesday, March 5, 2024.

Students left to find new housing after roof damage in North Campus apartment

Olivia Dilley and Ren Leija March 5, 2024

Residents in a North Campus apartment were relocated at the end of January due to extensive flood damage, according to property management. The entire sixth floor of The Venue on Guadalupe, along with...

Student Government supports free, reduced-cost meal plans for off-campus students

Student Government supports free, reduced-cost meal plans for off-campus students

Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter March 5, 2024

Student Government passed legislation supporting free and reduced-cost meal plans for off-campus students on Feb. 12. Business representative Jonathan Wilson, the author of the bill, said he initially...

Developing research uses AI to charge power grid

Developing research uses AI to charge power grid

Abby Breyfogle, General News Reporter March 5, 2024

An engineering professor at UT is leading six researchers in ongoing research to bring advanced computer programming systems, like artificial intelligence and machine learning, to the future of power grids. Javad...

UT professor helps develop theory explaining why we have biases

UT professor helps develop theory explaining why we have biases

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter March 5, 2024

A UT professor recently co-wrote a research paper explaining why we experience perceptual biases. Perceptual biases occur when observations inform how someone makes decisions. Xuexin Wei, an assistant...

Frog pandemic catalyzed by climate change and habitat loss

Frog pandemic catalyzed by climate change and habitat loss

Chloe Robinson, General News Reporter March 5, 2024

As humanity grappled with the unprecedented challenges of COVID-19, the foothill yellow-legged frog faced a pandemic of its own, one that endangered the species.  Since the 1990s, Batrachochytrium...

E-bike injuries increase while helmet use declines, study finds

E-bike injuries increase while helmet use declines, study finds

Laura Rivera, General News Reporter March 5, 2024

E-bike injuries increased while helmet use declined over the span of five years, according to a study published on Feb. 21 in Jama Surgery.  Researchers analyzed over 1,000 cases of e-bike injuries...

Judge Glock, Director of Research at 
Manhattan Institute speaks at a panel during the YIMBYtown Conference on Feb. 27.

Housing affordability panel emphasizes need for increased housing supply

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter March 4, 2024

Increasing housing availability and reducing zoning regulations are steps Texas policymakers can take to increase housing affordability, panelists said at a nationwide pro-housing conference on Feb. 26.  Previously...

Junior Pierre-Yves Bailly hits the ball against Danilo Raicevic in singles play against St. John's University on Feb. 24. Bailly won 6-1, 6-0.

Pierre-Yves Bailly: big brother with big dreams

Ryan Hopper, General Sports Reporter March 4, 2024

Growing up in Bilzen, Belgium, junior Pierre-Yves Bailly has fond memories of playing tennis and pick-up soccer games with his best friends, but by the time he was 12, his academics were becoming more...

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