Images of armed fighters running through the streets of an Iranian war zone still linger in Mardin Aminpour’s memory.
Aminpour, a history Ph.D. student, is one of the first Kurdish...
Students in the proverbial “friend zone” may think their courtship attempts are doomed, but UT Austin research indicates that patience sometimes pays off.
UT scientists found that...
Editor’s note: Some of the names in this story have been changed to protect the sources’ identities.
Casual hookups. Convenient one-night stands. Cringe-worthy pickup lines. Unreciprocated...
UT clinical professor Elissa Steglich has seen the despair and fear that resides in Texas detention centers firsthand. One woman she spoke to, a tailor from Central America, terrified by gang threats and...
Albert Sanchez is restless.
A relative newcomer to Austin’s comedy scene — he began performing at open-mics just over a year ago — Sanchez had spent nearly every night perfecting...
Manuel Diaz always knew he was different. Diagnosed with autism at 16, Diaz’s transition into college was marked by depression as he searched for a place where he could belong.
Last September,...
Photos by Mike McGraw
Kennedy Paris
Etched into theater studies junior Kennedy Paris’s skin, directly beneath her heart, is a small tattoo of a heartbeat.
“One year ago today,...
Overcome with frustration, a student thumbed through her red ink-laced test, while government professor Shannon O’Brien explained the questions she missed were in the required textbook. But her student...
Education sophomore Maddie Friedman recalls scrolling through pages of a friend’s blog that chronicled the journey of her 8-year-old son, who was dying of cancer. Inspired after hearing the daily...
Forty-seven high-performance stationary Schwinn bikes, flashing strobe lights, blaring music and the smell of sweat greet new members as they walk in the door at Cyc Fitness.
Located on 23rd...
About one in four Division I athletes report signs of depression, according to a new study of nearly 500 athletes by the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
Researchers collected data on...
Photos by Josh Guerra
J.D. Harris
Journalism senior J.D. Harris first inked a cross on his upper arm in 2011. He said the symbol, one of Harris’s five tattoos, is meant to be a memorial...
