Skip to Main Content
Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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

News

Lorena Moscardelli explains research being conducted by the Bureau of Economic Geology on March 10, 2025. Moscardelli was recently appointed as the bureau director and is the first woman to hold the position.

UT researcher named new leader of Bureau of Economic Geology

Jonathan Fredricks, General News Reporter March 14, 2025

Lorena Moscardelli could not help but smile as she walked through aisles of high shelves at UT’s Core Research Center, each holding hundreds of boxes filled with earth core specimens. “This is...

Industrial leader partners with UT to enhance AI, semiconductor research

Industrial leader partners with UT to enhance AI, semiconductor research

Caroline McConnico, Senior News Reporter March 13, 2025

Industrial leader Emerson is expanding its partnership with UT through a three-year, $8.5 million investment aimed to support advanced artificial intelligence and semiconductor research, according to a...

Political uncertainty leaves students concerned, disappointed as health organizations cancel opportunities

Political uncertainty leaves students concerned, disappointed as health organizations cancel opportunities

Diego Hernandez and Isaiah Williams March 13, 2025

Chemistry sophomore Zahra Mahmood wanted to work for the National Institutes of Health and began looking into potential job opportunities at the institutes over winter break. Aside from the possible prestige...

CapMetro partners with electric vehicle charger company to transition to electric bus fleet

CapMetro partners with electric vehicle charger company to transition to electric bus fleet

Laura Rivera, Senior News Reporter March 13, 2025

Capital Metro announced a partnership with Camber, a mobility infrastructure company, to power its electric bus fleet as part of a nearly $4.3 million contract, according to a Feb. 27 news release.  Camber...

Dax on the Main Mall on March 5, 2025. The robot has been seen roaming UT campus tracking accessibility and mobility data.

Daxbots collect accessibility, project planning data while roaming around campus

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter March 13, 2025

Strolling about, maneuvering past students running to class and greeting others as they pass by, small robots roll around campus, working hard to complete their jobs like the rest of society.   These...

City of Austin enforcing higher parking fines

City of Austin enforcing higher parking fines

Aiman Tareen, General News Reporter March 12, 2025

The city of Austin began enforcing higher fines on March 1 because of new city parking code changes.  Fines for unpaid use of a metered space, parking within an intersection and parking within 30 feet...

City to provide funding for mental health care, support for LGBTQ+ youth

City to provide funding for mental health care, support for LGBTQ+ youth

Anjum Alam, General News Reporter March 12, 2025

The Austin City Council approved an agreement with Austin Public Health on March 6 to distribute around $150,000 each to two nonprofits providing mental health care to LGBTQ+ youth in Austin and Travis...

The White House on May 29, 2024.

U.S. Department of Education to cut half its workforce

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter March 12, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will fire over 1,300 of its employees beginning March 21 as part of a “reduction in force,” according to a news release. The department...

Office of Dean of Students overturns disqualification of winning executive alliance pair

Office of Dean of Students overturns disqualification of winning executive alliance pair

Isaiah Williams, Senior News Reporter March 11, 2025

Editor’s note: Executive candidate JD Romero, who published under the name Juan Rodriguez, and Justin Doud, an associate justice for the Student Government Supreme Court during the proceedings, both...

Low voter turnout continues in UT Student Government elections as students question impact

Low voter turnout continues in UT Student Government elections as students question impact

Caroline McConnico, Senior News Reporter March 11, 2025

Approximately 15% of UT’s student body cast their votes in the spring 2025 campus-wide elections held on March 3-4, electing key leaders that will shape University policies and initiatives. Historically,...

Newly elected Student Government President Hudson Thomas and Vice President Thierry Chu celebrate with their peers in the William C Powers auditorium upon hearing the announcement of the student government election results on
March 10, 2025.

Thomas-Chu executive alliance wins election, aims to expand UT’s student body network

Caroline McConnico, Senior News Reporter March 11, 2025

Executive alliance candidates Hudson Thomas and Thierry Chu will serve as the 2025-26 Student Government president and vice president, the Election Supervisory Board announced Monday. Thomas, a Plan...

The Neill-Cochran House Museum is pictured on March 10, 2025.

City awards Neill-Cochran House Museum over $83,000 to create historic digital exhibit

Laura Rivera, Senior News Reporter March 11, 2025

The Austin City Council approved during its Feb. 27 meeting over $83,000 for the Neill-Cochran House Museum to create a digital exhibit of the site. The museum, located in West Campus, houses the last...

Activate Search
Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin