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West Campus is notorious for ever-expanding growth, and the past year was no exception.
Four new student housing projects were completed in 2018 and have recently opened for students: Skyloft,...
After Plan II sophomore Rylan Maksoud found out his lease with a West Campus apartment complex had been terminated in January, he vowed to pursue every legal avenue open to him.
But first, Maksoud created...
Uber plans to take its services to the skies and has enlisted UT to help them get there.
A team of researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering partnered with the U.S. Army Research Labs to test...
After more than a decade of planning, Austin’s new Sobering Center opened its doors Thursday as an alternative to jail and emergency room sobering. Instead of facing punitive measures, such as a...
After a tweet with over 3,200 likes and retweets about suspected sex trafficking flyers in West Campus raised alarm over the weekend, the UT Police Department said the rumors were unfounded.
The bright...
Mason Sheu found that he needed to call a Lyft home after venturing away from campus one day his freshman year. For those new to Austin, many may face the same issue as Sheu as they learn to navigate the...
According to Capital Metro, the largest public automated-bus pilot in the country will take place this fall in Austin. Cap Metro has already begun testing a fleet of six electric, self-driving buses, which...
To combat the mountains of furniture and home goods discarded by students moving out of their West Campus apartments, the first-ever [Re]Move & [Re]Use program set up donation locations from July 27...
At the end of July each year, many students’ apartment leases end. However, they often aren’t able to move into their next place for days or even weeks, leaving some scrambling to find...
Many Austin-area businesses are moving away from using single-use plastic straws in an effort to promote more environmentally friendly practices.
Anthony Rivera, co-director of UT’s Campus Environmental...
A Travis County jury found Meechaiel Criner guilty of capital murder in the April 2016 death of dance freshman Haruka Weiser, sentencing him to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 40 years.
After...
