Mason Carroll

A closed-circuit television security system is used by Campus Safety and the UT Police Deaprtment to bolster safety on the Forty Acres.

Landscape Services manager Jim Carse said the end of February to May is their busiest time of the year. They control annual falling leaves, replant certain areas around campus and prepare for commencement. 

Fiona Mazurenko, marketing manager for the International Office, said hundreds of students with unique dietary preferences go abroad every year, and the office works with the host families to accommodate students’ needs.

Sarah Schneider, co-founder of Women in Gaming, said women gamers make up about 48 percent of the gamer population, and their goal with the club is to help these girls find a community of people like themselves. 

There are all sorts of animals living at UT, from the well-known turtles and squirrels to the less familiar, including bats and snakes. Carin Peterson, Animal Make Safe training & outreach coordinator, said seasonal animal activity is about to bring one of the busiest times of the year for wildlife calls at UT. 

The Gender and Sexuality Center has been working to make it easier for transgender students to change their University name to their preferred name.

Two years after withdrawing from UT to pursue her love for art, Emily Ding will be bringing a pop of color back to the Forty Acres in an unexpected way.

From the moment Mykaela Dunn sat in the Apollo 17 cockpit at Space Center Houston when she was six years old, she knew she wanted to be an astronaut. As her love for tinkering grew, she turned her sights to aerospace engineering. 

In order to reach the 2020 goal, UT’s Zero Waste program is implementing different initiatives such as the Zero Waste Workspace, which will work on composting paper towels around campus.

There are 14.8 million square feet maintained by Custodial Services, and each employee is responsible for 33,143 square feet, according to the Facilities Services website.

Each year, UT Parking and Transportation Services issues approximately 38,000 citations for traffic and parking violations on campus. PTS collects more than $1 million annually in fees, and the most frequent citation written is failure to display the appropriate permit.

Brenna Fox said she knew she had to pick up a job her second semester if she wanted to eat. 

With finals right around the corner, this time of year can be extremely stressful for students across campus. However, a group of design students are creating a campaign to spread mental health awareness and joy to students during finals season.

While most baseball fans are relaxing and enjoying the game, Lauren Lichterman, operations and sustainability coordinator, and her team sort trash during and after each game.

When students need to print something on campus, most pay for it using Bevo Bucks with the UT printing system.

Neil Crump, project management and construction services manager, is one of the many people who make sure all the Tower’s 356 external light bulbs are working properly to shine with its signature burnt orange and white.

When environmental engineering sophomore Sandra Solis thought back about all the professors she has had during her time at UT, she was shocked to realize all but one of her professors were white males.

As a first generation student from Laredo, Texas, Ilse Colchado felt out of place when she began her college journey. She felt underrepresented and lost — until she found her home at the Center for Mexican-American Studies.

The Counseling and Mental Health Center offers a number of services for the more than 50,000 students at UT. For those feeling lost or struggling with self-identity, the Voices Diversity Discussion Groups allow them to connect with others with similar identities in a way that is different than traditional therapy.

UT President Gregory Fenves announced last week the administration is now seeking proposals for the new basketball arena. Two possible locations were named, one of which would replace both the Recreational Sports Center and the School of Social Work.

The search for the new vice president for the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement has begun, and UT President Gregory Fenves has announced a 13-member committee to search for a candidate to fill the position.

On the first day of class, senior lecturer Megan Seaholm always asks her students how many of them are taking the class because they want to be there. Out of the 300 students in her lecture this semester, only four raised their hands.

In 90 days, the Monaco sisters transformed a fish taco joint with surfboards hung on mustard-colored walls into their dream theater. 

With students pushing to finish out the semester, the Counseling and Mental Health Center is seeing an increase in appointments to help students through this stressful time.

UT football fans may not think about the tons of food being wasted at every single game, but Texas Athletics does. This year, Texas Athletics partnered with the Central Texas Food Bank to donate leftover catering food to families in need.

The line into Hogg Memorial Auditorium stretched around the building Monday as students waited to hear Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speak.

Students who walked across the Main Mall on Saturday night ran into smoke and strobe lights from the first annual Fall Fall Fall Fest.

On Friday, families from across the state and nation descended on UT for a three-day celebration of Family Weekend.

Participants can save three lives in ten minutes by donating their blood in the annual Texas Alpha Phi Omega Fall Blood Drive this week. 

College is a difficult time in any student’s life, but for those struggling with a physical or learning disability, it can be that much more challenging.

A Monday panel discussing the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals took on an urgent tone as the Thursday deadline to renew one’s status under the program quickly approaches.

It’s that time of year when students across campus are getting sick with the flu, and University Health Services hopes to prevent that from happening.

Thanks to a donation from the Cain Foundation, students can continue to study where the only other UT campus where you might run into Matthew McConaughey is located: Hollywood.