UT’s 10-year strategic plan, Change Starts Here, aims to make the University a high-impact research school. In doing so, UT’s campus is expanding to accommodate more facilities, taking up more land....

The shortage of emergency medical services staff, an ongoing issue worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, left many Austin residential areas with limited coverage on Sept. 10 while ambulances were diverted...

Target matches prices to their competitors — one of their biggest competitors being themselves. “I have noticed that everything is higher,” public health freshman Leilani Cheverez said about shopping...

A UT report analyzing the connection between career growth and environmentally focused workplaces found that jobs that promote sustainable practices are growing faster than the rest of the workforce in...

As a federal payment program that provides funding to hospital districts comes to an end, Travis County health care entity Central Health is rearranging its budget this fiscal year to continue providing...

An apartment complex has applied to purchase the 24th Street lot, which contains Starbucks and Smoothie King, and replace it with a multifamily development. The City of Austin notified residents living...

UT psychiatrists are working with Travis County to improve mental health services in jails and decrease the incarceration of people with mental health issues. In May, the Travis County Forensic Mental...

Editor's note: A previous version of this story said Rethink35 is a new student organization, but it is a new chapter of a larger organization. The Texan regrets this error. UT students and faculty...

A new study written in part by UT researchers found that the green spaces near Waller Creek have a variety of functions that benefit both humans and wildlife. A watershed is any area of land that drains...

UT student volunteers used the Sept. 16 and 17 weekend to canvas for gubernatorial candidate Beto O’ Rourke in neighborhoods around Mueller Park, Blanton Elementary School, Dove Springs and more.   Students...

A fire last month at UT’s Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station provided researchers with a unique opportunity to study how environments recover from fires. Located 40 miles east of Austin, the Stengl...

According to a Student Government report released last spring, 32% of UT students are food insecure. The report cited living on or off campus and differences in access to reliable transportation as factors...