Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Jaylon Tyson’s connection to Beard sparks flipped commitment from Texas Tech to Texas

Jaylon Tyson’s connection to Beard sparks flipped commitment from Texas Tech to Texas

Christina Huang April 14, 2021

The Texas basketball program had three commitments in the 2021 recruiting cycle when Shaka Smart left to become the new head coach at Marquette University on March 26. All three decommitted once Smart...

UT researchers receive COVID-19 vaccine manufactured using their research

UT researchers receive COVID-19 vaccine manufactured using their research

Anastasia Goodwin April 14, 2021

Daniel Wrapp religiously refreshed his spam folder every two hours before he finally got an email from UT Health Austin to book his first vaccine appointment.  “I made the first available appointment...

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UT Austin Portugal Program launches podcast to bridge gap between science, business

Kaushiki Roy April 14, 2021

The UT Austin Portugal Program launched its first podcast on March 31 to help raise awareness about the connections between science and business.  Cross Talks, a monthly podcast, focuses on scientific...

Orientation directors, advisers prepare for second virtual orientation

Orientation directors, advisers prepare for second virtual orientation

Payton Reeves April 14, 2021

New Student Services is preparing for another virtual welcome this summer for incoming freshmen and transfer Longhorns. After the pandemic forced orientation online last year less than 10 weeks out...

Orange Bike Project offers students cheap alternatives to renting, fixing bikes

Orange Bike Project offers students cheap alternatives to renting, fixing bikes

Zoe Tzanis April 14, 2021

While on her routine ride around Lady Bird Lake, Amelia Baumhart Leveille said her rental bike came to a grinding halt. It was a cyclist’s worst nightmare — a flat tire. When she got back to campus,...

Home runs and stellar pitching help Texas sweep Kansas State 9-2

Home runs and stellar pitching help Texas sweep Kansas State 9-2

Vicente Montalvo April 12, 2021

The No. 4-ranked Texas baseball team completed their second Big 12 series sweep with a 9-2 win over Kansas State on Sunday afternoon, tying their season-high win streak of eight games. After winning...

Texas breezes by Iowa State to sweep series, remains perfect in conference play

Texas breezes by Iowa State to sweep series, remains perfect in conference play

Nicholas Pannes April 11, 2021

The Texas softball team improved their overall record to 31–3 and remained undefeated in Big 12 conference play this season with a 10-0 win against Iowa State on Sunday. Sophomore pitcher Shea O’Leary’s...

Braswell’s heroics lift Texas men’s tennis over Oklahoma State 4-3

Braswell’s heroics lift Texas men’s tennis over Oklahoma State 4-3

Ross Fisher April 11, 2021

Serving for the dual match in a third-set tiebreaker at 6-5, Texas freshman Micah Braswell unleashed a powerful serve, forcing Oklahoma State junior Emile Hudd into a desperate lunge. The ball looped...

Longhorns sweep Kansas State 7-0, move to 20–1 on season

Longhorns sweep Kansas State 7-0, move to 20–1 on season

Sam Starr April 11, 2021

The Texas women’s tennis team improved their Big 12 regular-season dual-match win streak to 29 on Sunday in an impressive sweep of Kansas State. Senior Marta Perez Mur and freshman Charlotte Chavatipon...

Texas men’s golf collapse after leading first two rounds, finish third at Aggie Invitational

Texas men’s golf collapse after leading first two rounds, finish third at Aggie Invitational

Stephen Wagner April 11, 2021

Traditions Golf Club in College Station can’t compare to the greens at Augusta National Golf Club. But on Masters Sunday, the Aggie Invitational carried its own magic, even though it ended up cursing...

Fearless (Taylor’s Version): A nostalgic callback to a generation-defining album

Fearless (Taylor’s Version): A nostalgic callback to a generation-defining album

Fiza Kuzhiyil April 11, 2021

If you owned a radio in 2008, you heard a song from Taylor Swift’s album, Fearless. We danced to “You Belong With Me” at middle school dances and tried to shake earworms like “Love Story”...

UT Guild of Carillonneurs plays music from Tower, contributes to campus community

UT Guild of Carillonneurs plays music from Tower, contributes to campus community

Dina Barrish April 11, 2021

A lone student with sheet music enters the UT Tower. He takes the elevator to the 27th floor, climbs five flights of stairs, walks past the clock room, switches on the lights and switches off the computer...

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