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The Chemical and Petroleum building on Dean Keeton and Speedway.

Engineering Discovery Building begins construction, aims to increase collaborative research

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter August 23, 2023

Ever since its construction in 1985, project manager Keith Westmoreland said the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE) building, while full of interconnected faculty and students, felt disjointed and...

The tower on August 15, 2020.

Huffington Post exposé reveals racist and misogynistic writings of McCombs visiting scholar

Raiyan Shaik, Senior news reporter August 22, 2023

Richard Hanania, a well-known conservative figure and visiting scholar at UT, wrote several articles years ago under the pseudonym “Richard Hoste,” that the Huffington Post characterized as racist...

UT System Board of Regents announce plans for new UT medical center

UT System Board of Regents announce plans for new UT medical center

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter August 20, 2023

The UT System Board of Regents announced plans to build a new medical center on the site of the Frank Erwin Center during a press conference Aug. 14. The University of Texas at Austin Medical Center will...

Rise at West Campus delays move-in date

Rise at West Campus delays move-in date

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter August 7, 2023

Editor's note: This article was originally published with a photo of a different complex, not Rise at West Campus. The Texan regrets this error.  Rise at West Campus announced in an email to its future...

70 days and 4,000 miles later: Texas 4000 builds community, spreads awareness, raises money for cancer research

70 days and 4,000 miles later: Texas 4000 builds community, spreads awareness, raises money for cancer research

Amelia Engstrom, General Life&Arts Reporter July 31, 2023

As Beril Saygin, biology and Plan II senior, crosses the finish line of her bike ride from Austin to Anchorage, Alaska, alongside her teammates, she’s not just biking for herself. “I’m riding...

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Affordable housing, environmentalism, picket fences: Here’s what happened in City Council this week

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

The Austin City Council discussed 196 items on July 20, including modifying SMART housing policies, reducing the city’s oversight in the watershed department and increasing infrastructure for middle-class...

Texas Athletics to revoke Big Tickets after claimed football tickets go unused twice

Texas Athletics to revoke Big Tickets after claimed football tickets go unused twice

Karina Kumar, General News Reporter July 17, 2023

Big Ticket holders who claim football tickets and then fail to scan in for two games will get their ticket revoked for remaining football games without refund, according to rules on the Big Ticket...

UT has been considered a ‘public Ivy’ since 1985, but does it compare to actual Ivies?

UT has been considered a ‘public Ivy’ since 1985, but does it compare to actual Ivies?

Karina Kumar, General News Reporter July 10, 2023

QS Top Universities released their world rankings for 2024 on June 27, and UT ranked No. 58 of universities in the world, No. 19 in the US and No. 1 in Texas.  UT is one of the 10 public universities...

Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action carries implications for UT

Supreme Court ruling against affirmative action carries implications for UT

Ireland Blouin and Natalia Simbeck, Senior News Reporter and General News Reporter July 6, 2023

According to the United States Supreme Court ruling on June 29, higher education institutions can no longer factor race into their admissions processes. UT is the only Texas public institution affected...

Merrick Zey, a transgender man and intramural athlete, said he may not compete in intramural sports after SB 15 takes effect.

Senate Bill 15 requires NCAA, club, intramural athletes to compete based on their sex assigned at birth

Karina Kumar, General News Reporter July 3, 2023

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 15, which requires all college athletes to compete based on their sex assigned at birth, on June 15.  The legislation requires all transgender athletes to compete...

Minority students deserve UT’s support after ban on affirmative action

Minority students deserve UT’s support after ban on affirmative action

The Daily Texan Editorial Board urges UT leadership to create more equitable admission and recruitment policies after the affirmative action ban.
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