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The exterior of the Paramount Theatre during a Summer Classic Film Series screening of Steel Magnolias on August 22, 2024.

Local businesses share insights on the impact of SXSW

Max Kinser and Tyler Pullum April 22, 2025

This March, hundreds of thousands of visitors flocked to downtown Austin for South By Southwest, transforming the city into a melting pot of the brightest minds in tech and entertainment. Beyond the official...

Down on The Drag: Over a century of stories, culture on Guadalupe Street

Down on The Drag: Over a century of stories, culture on Guadalupe Street

  While not officially a part of campus, the stretch of Guadalupe Street from 21st to 28th, known affectionately as The Drag, has been an integral backdrop to the University of Texas experience...

The UT Tower, viewed from the Main Mall, on Feb. 4, 2025.

Mandatory registration requirement now in effect for some non-citizens, including students

Catharine Li , Senior News Reporter April 22, 2025

A federal immigration registration requirement effective April 11 directs all non-citizens 14 years or older to share personal and immigration history information and be fingerprinted if they are staying...

Kings of the court: No. 4 men’s tennis wins SEC championship in maiden run

Kings of the court: No. 4 men’s tennis wins SEC championship in maiden run

Leo Barnes, General Sports Reporter April 20, 2025

It’s taken two straight days of play to get to this point. Two straight days of comebacks and emotionally-fueled disputes with the men standing across them. On Sunday, Texas walked into enemy...

Students walk down speedway during start-of-semester tabling on Aug. 22, 2023.

‘Existence is resistance’: Undocumented students respond to state, federal policy changes

Catharine Li and Naina Srivastava April 18, 2025

The day after the 2024 presidential election, an undocumented UT student, who will further be referred to as Jane, woke up and cried. She knew what Donald Trump had promised with a second term: sweeping...

Members of the Texas men's swim and dive team come up for air during their first meet on Oct. 3, 2024.

Name, Image, Likeness: A look into the changing landscape of NCAA sports in the NIL era

That’s because, in 2021, Texas became the 14th state to pass legislation that would give student-athletes the ability to profit off of their name, image and likeness — a landmark development in the...

Participants exploring in the Museum of Interpersonal Communication at The Texas Immersive Institute Showcase "Pulse: Echoes of Humanity" on April 11, 2025.

Texas Immersive Institute’s final production premieres after 6 months of hard work

Madison West, Life&Arts General Reporter April 14, 2025

Headsets were on and lights dimmed as the doors to Pulse: Echoes of Humanity, a Texas Immersive experience, opened to a group of 20 “test subjects.” Led by scientists in white coats through a series...

A ballerina from the Texas Ballet dance in a performance of Don Quixote at Hogg Memorial Auditorium on April 12.

Live shot: Texas Ballet dazzles with passion and precision in spring showcase performance of ‘Don Quixote’

Elie Brunson, General Life&Arts Reporter April 13, 2025

Texas Ballet exuded passion, grace and powerful storytelling throughout their performance of “Don Quixote” and select choreography at the group’s spring showcase on Saturday. As the lights...

The UT Tower, seen from the reflection in a window in the CMB, on Feb. 3, 2025.

Visa statuses changed for multiple international students, University confirms

Catharine Li, Senior News Reporter April 9, 2025

Editor's note: On April 4, The Associated Press reported that two UT Austin graduates, who remained in the U.S. to work as permitted by their student visas, had their student visas revoked. The Texan has...

UT Outpost location on University Avenue on April 8, 2025.

Increased funds for local college, university food pantries approved by city council

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter April 8, 2025

The Austin City Council approved extended funds to the Central Texas Food Bank on March 27 to increase resources for local university and college food pantries. The Central Texas Food Bank will receive...

Interactive Online NARCAN Map

State of Texas launches online Narcan locator map 

Kendall Meachum, General News Reporter April 8, 2025

A new online interactive map identifies locations where Texans can access naloxone, also called Narcan, which is a medicine that rapidly reverses an overdose, Gov. Greg Abbott announced in a March 26 news...

Another legislative session. Another attack on higher education.

Another legislative session. Another attack on higher education.

The Editorial Board argues that Senate Bill 37 infringes on faculty autonomy and allows for drastic legislative overreach.
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