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Andrews Residence Hall on UT campus on Wednesday.

‘She will never be forgotten:’ a look into three buildings, three stories of UT Women

Kylee Howard, General Projects Reporter March 29, 2024

The University allowed female students to attend its schools from its inception in 1883, joining few universities that admitted both female and male students at the time, almost four decades prior to the...

Quiet courtyard located in the middle of the Whitis Court residence hall complex on March 25, 2024.

Students saddened but welcome change with residence hall demolition

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter March 29, 2024

On the northern edge of campus sits Whitis Court, a quiet residence hall made up of six two-story buildings, all connected by a courtyard. Last month, The University of Texas System Board of Regents authorized...

Online graduate students feel isolated from Graduate School convocation, even after new accommodations made

Online graduate students feel isolated from Graduate School convocation, even after new accommodations made

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter March 29, 2024

Graduate student Rick Gray purchased his cap and gown, booked a hotel and even sent out graduation invitations to his family, excitedly preparing for the master’s in Computer and Data Science Online...

Natalie Peña paints a poster at the university-wide Womens History Month Celebration on Wednesday, March 27, 2024.

‘She Starts Here, Then Changes the World’: Inaugural campuswide celebration honors UT women throughout history

Emily DeMotte, General News Reporter March 29, 2024

Purple, white and orange decorations adorned the University’s Main Mall Wednesday afternoon for the inaugural campuswide Women’s History Month celebration.  The Division of Campus and Community...

Pedestrians cross the street at the intersection of North IH-35 Service Road and Fourth Street in Austin, Texas on Wednesday.

City of Austin receives $105 million grant for public spaces on I-35

Christian DeBrady, General News Reporter March 28, 2024

Austin Transportation and Public Works received $105 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to advance the construction of a highway cap over I-35 at Cesar Chavez and Fourth Streets as part...

A biker rides along the bike lane on 31st street on March 7, 2024. The same lane is proposed to be torn down.

City to remove bike lane connector for Shoal Creek Trail

Olivia Dilley, Senior News Reporter March 27, 2024

A bike lane connecting segments of a popular Austin trail will soon be replaced by a pedestrian-only path, relegating cyclists to share the street with vehicles.  The multipurpose 11-mile Shoal Creek...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott watches the Longhorns game against Alabama from the sidelines on September 9, 2023 at Bryant-Denny Stadium.

Gov. Abbott calls for universities to update free speech policies, discipline violators to address antisemitism on campuses

Naina Srivastava, Senior News Reporter March 27, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott called for public universities to review and update free speech policies, and punish potential violators of these policies, in an executive order on Wednesday. Abbott called the rapid...

Junior Social Work major Fabiola Amaya takes the newly operational grocery shuttle from Duren Residence Hall to HEB on Sunday.

UT Food Security Agency launches grocery shuttle pilot program

Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter March 27, 2024

The Food Security Agency, in partnership with Parking and Transportation Services, launched a grocery shuttle pilot program on March 23.  The shuttle, which runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on select Saturdays...

Justin Dyer named Dean of School of Civic Leadership

Justin Dyer named Dean of School of Civic Leadership

Abby Breyfogle, General News Reporter March 27, 2024

The School of Civic Leadership appointed Justin Dyer as its inaugural dean on March 25. Dyer previously taught political science at the University of Missouri and was a founding director of the Kinder...

Journalism doctoral candidate dies in car accident

Journalism doctoral candidate dies in car accident

Olivia Dilley and Maryam Ahmed March 27, 2024

Ryan Wallace, a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Media, died in a fatal car accident on March 22.  Wallace was driving in Bastrop County when a concrete truck ran into a nearby school...

Former UT Arabic instructor evacuated from Gaza

Former UT Arabic instructor evacuated from Gaza

Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter March 26, 2024

Former UT Arabic instructor, Amjad Shabat, along with her husband and 2-year-old daughter, was evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Cairo on March 15. Shabat and her family are in good health and have found...

City of Austin approves GoPurple initiative

City of Austin approves GoPurple initiative

Abby Breyfogle, General News Reporter March 26, 2024

The City of Austin approved a program to increase reclaimed water use for non-drinking purposes on March 7.  The GoPurple initiative, created by Austin Water, incentivizes future developments to install...

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