William Baltazar always thought the transition to college would come with a packed campus, new friends and student organizations lining Speedway, but he said his move to Duren Residence Hall felt underwhelming.
“I...
High school seniors looking to join the class of 2025 are touring the Forty Acres without setting foot on Speedway or pausing to look up at the UT Tower. Instead, they’ll make their college decisions...
Almost half of small Black-owned businesses in the United States have shut down because of COVID-19, a report from the New York Fed found. Forbes reported that from February to April, 41% of Black-owned...
Aarya Desai said she was shocked to see entire sections dedicated to the pandemic in her Issues and Policies in American Government class this summer.
The public health sophomore said the class had...
After completing the spring semester and a summer internship online, Sonya Pfitzenmaier said she was tired of staring at screens.
On June 1, UT announced that less than 4% of courses would convert...
On a typical morning, Dr. Christopher Moreland, associate professor of internal medicine, is greeted in the hallways of Dell Medical School. Now with the widespread use of face masks, he suspects he’s...
Weekly club meetings, late nights at the library and catching up with friends on Speedway are all part of the usual social atmosphere on campus. However, because of current Travis County orders prohibiting...
As students begin the fall semester, many may feel uncertain about how they will navigate the virtual college experience while caring for their mental health.
The Daily Texan spoke to Kathryn...
Editor’s note: This story references a derogatory racial slur.
After transferring to UT in fall 2017, Longhorn Band member Kyanna Richard said she had a hard time finding a community on campus....
Celine Farhat was finishing a physics lab in her bedroom in Houston when she heard sobs and prayers from downstairs.
“I knew in my heart something bad, something terrible, had happened,” mechanical...
If the Longhorn Band plays “The Eyes of Texas” again, it won’t be because senior drum major Ally Morales conducted it.
Growing up in Austin with parents who were avid UT fans, “The...
As Norman Wang drove from the Pudong International Airport to his house in Shanghai, the economics junior welcomed the sight of congested traffic, full restaurants and crowded streets, something he’d...
