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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

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Emily N. Hilz, Ph.D. in lab on Jan. 23, 2023.

UT researcher spreads consumer awareness on chemicals harmful to hormones

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 26, 2024

In UT’s Gore Lab, a group of researchers — affectionately called “The Gore Girls” — and their experimental rats collaborate with one another to understand how endocrine disruptors affect human...

Ava Bozic with some of her currently available jewelry at the Blanton Museum Store on January 19, 2024.

Freshman’s small business ‘Fun Fashions’ to benefit children’s futures

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter January 23, 2024

When Ava Bozic first started selling jewelry at her lemonade stand in sixth grade, she never expected she would eventually raise enough money to financially adopt eight children. Her handmade products...

Somos Recuerdos exhibit curators Juilo Martinez and Fabiana Munoz-Olin stand in the exhibit space, which is still in progress, on Jan. 15, 2024.

‘Somos Recuerdos’ student-led exhibit explores Latinx identities, history

Joey Clark, General Life&Arts Reporter January 22, 2024

Two sandstone-colored cowboy boots rest against a short stack of cinderblocks, one stamped with a snarling wildcat, the other a U.S. Homeland Security document impression. A strip of leopard print and...

Beauties and the Beat, a real-life ‘Pitch Perfect’

Beauties and the Beat, a real-life ‘Pitch Perfect’

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter January 19, 2024

In a harmonious crescendo of talent and determination, the countdown to the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella has officially begun for one UT group. During their rehearsals, the members...

Q&A: ‘The Bikeriders’ AFF red carpet with writer-director Jeff Nichols

Q&A: ‘The Bikeriders’ AFF red carpet with writer-director Jeff Nichols

Mimi Calzada and Ryan Ranc November 30, 2023

Editor Mimi Calzada took to the Austin Film Festival carpet to speak with writer and director Jeff Nichols about his work on “The Bikeriders” and advice for student filmmakers seeking to make a living...

37th Street places unique angle on holiday lights

37th Street places unique angle on holiday lights

Jane Goldberg, General Life&Arts Reporter November 30, 2023

Sandwiched between the homes in North Campus stands a paper mache Godzilla, 10-foot-tall Frankenstein and 25 hand-painted cutouts of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” characters, each surrounded by...

KG BBQ brings Cairo flavors to Austin plates

KG BBQ brings Cairo flavors to Austin plates

Michael Lewinbuk, General Life&Arts Reporter November 29, 2023

Texas barbecue is one of the most sacred and prized components of the Lone Star State’s culture. Many Texans can remember their first bite of smoked brisket in barbecue sauce — a classic flavor palette...

Book lovers turn their friendship, passion for reading into podcast

Book lovers turn their friendship, passion for reading into podcast

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter November 27, 2023

The story behind the “Girls Reading Books” podcast features spontaneous decisions, lasting friendships and a love for books. United by their common interest, three friends embarked on a journey this...

Courtesy of Brooke Ellisor
Photo from left to right: Dillion Aitala, Isabella Martinez, Logan Kerman, Jimmy Mercado

Local psych garage band Grocery Bag serves up mosh rock they’ve mastered live on debut album ‘Break You’

Rob Paine, General Life&Arts Reporter November 27, 2023

Grocery Bag, a dynamic local psych garage band, released their debut album Break You on Nov. 25. The four-piece outfit consists of Isabella Martinez on guitar and lead vocals, Logan Kerman on bass, Jimmy...

Courtesy of Julianna Revilla

Radio-television-film freshmen get creative producing short films, friendships

Flora Farr, General Life&Arts Reporter November 17, 2023

When Jane Nam, Olivia Scott and Ana Orellana came to UT, they realized that as radio-television-film majors they wouldn’t have full access to UT’s film resources or media studies until they became...

Jack Munro practices at Austin Pickle Ranch on Nov. 15, 2023.

Jack Munro goes pro, signs with Major League Pickleball

Amelia Engstrom, Senior Life&Arts Reporter November 16, 2023

After a baseball accident left his dominant arm in a sling, then 10-year-old Jack Munro took up pickleball to satisfy his athletic energy.  “As soon as I got the sling off, I said, ‘Screw baseball,...

Graduate engineering student, Hunter Mack, on a skybridge outside the Engineering and Education Research Center on Nov. 15, 2023.

Graduate student interns as part of movement to increase diversity in space industry

Isabella Zeff, General Life&Arts Reporter November 16, 2023

Hunter Mack knew he wanted to work in aerospace after placing 40-pound satellite circuit boards in an oven as if he were baking a sheet pan. Mack and other researchers at aerospace company Northrop Grumman,...

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