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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...

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...

From left to right, professors Jay Van Bavel, Matthew Levendusky, and Mina Cikara hold a discussion on disagreements moderated by professor Marlone Henderson at the Discourse in Action, Theory, and Democracy event on Mar. 7, 2025. The speakers mention how opposing sides of a disagreement tend to stereotype each other, and how people in reality are usually not as extreme.

Panelists, experts discuss discourse in democracy

Educators and law experts discussed religious freedom, meritocracy and higher education as it relates to democratic societies at “Discourse In Action, Theory, and Democracy” on March 7.   Religion...

UT Tenants’ Union recommends Austin imposes restrictions, accountability measures for early leasing contracts 

UT Tenants’ Union recommends Austin imposes restrictions, accountability measures for early leasing contracts 

Alex Leisk, General News Reporter March 7, 2025

The UT Tenants’ Union called for limits on early leasing and for apartment complexes to “take accountability” for delayed move-ins affecting students in recommendations presented to the city of Austin’s...

Chaoyi Li, the head of globalization for Booster Robotics, waves goodbye to the audience simultaneously along with a Booster Robotics robot at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on March 4, 2025. Li was one of many speakers at the AI & Robotics symposium which took place across three days.

UT researchers discuss advancements at artificial intelligence, robotics symposium

Ethan Housewright, General News Reporter March 7, 2025

UT’s Texas Robotics and Machine Learning Lab collaborated with UT’s Amazon Science Hub to host the AI and Robotics Research Symposium from March 4-6. The three-day symposium included talks from...

Geology senior Danielle Zaleski poses for a portrait at the Union on Mar. 6, 2025.

School of Geosciences senior wins research symposium for microplastics research

Lizzie Bassett, General News Reporter March 6, 2025

New research by a UT undergraduate revealed potential effects of microplastic content in Lady Bird Lake. Geology senior Danielle Zaleski was honored for her research on foreign particles in Lady Bird...

The Daily Texan’s guide to the 89th Legislative Session:‘What do you tackle more urgently?’: UT students share policy priorities for 2025 Texas Legislative Session

The Daily Texan’s guide to the 89th Legislative Session:‘What do you tackle more urgently?’: UT students share policy priorities for 2025 Texas Legislative Session

Catharine Li and Isaiah Williams March 4, 2025

Since Jan. 14, the Texas Legislature has organized the 89th Legislative Session to pass bills and discuss policy areas impacting the lives of every Texas resident, including UT students.  The Texas...

UT Child Development Center launches pilot grandparent program

UT Child Development Center launches pilot grandparent program

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter March 2, 2025

When La Trice Wilkins saw an email about a new program in a University child care facility, she immediately jumped at the chance to enroll her granddaughter. Wilkins, an administrative associate for...

Students continue to petition University to fight climate change

Students continue to petition University to fight climate change

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter February 28, 2025

Students Fighting Climate Change, a student organization seeking to hold UT accountable for its role in the climate crisis, sent a letter on Feb. 13 to former President Jay Hartzell requesting he acknowledge...

A visa-holding student stands in front of the UT Tower on Feb. 24, 2024.

Students grapple with possible visa law changes

Isaiah Williams and Diego Hernandez February 25, 2025

UT’s over 6,600 international students could face changes in the visa process after President Donald Trump sent out an executive order to review the programs on Jan. 20.  The Trump administration...

Texas baseball fans walk across a pedestrian crossing on Comal Street on Feb. 23, 2025.

City of Austin completes updates to Comal Street, improving pedestrian mobility

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter February 23, 2025

Austin Transportation and Public Works completed improvements to Comal Street on Feb. 12, allowing for safer pedestrian access to nearby UT facilities.  The organization installed pedestrian islands...

Julian Munevar Nino (Left) and Silvana Quenaya (Right) the President and Vice President of UT Juntos pose for a portrait on Feb. 13, 2025.

‘Celebrate who we are’: UT student organizations supports campus, city immigrant communities

Catharine Li, Senior News Reporter February 21, 2025

One month following President Donald Trump’s return to the Oval Office, student responses to federal and state immigration enforcement policies highlight a renewed sense of collaboration. Advocating...

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