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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

COVID-19

Students worried COVID cases will rise after football games, data says differently

Students worried COVID cases will rise after football games, data says differently

Lauren Nelson September 21, 2021

Editor's Note: This first appeared in the September 17 flipbook issue.  After over 91,000 thousand people attended UT’s first home football game nearly two weeks ago, some UT students worried COVID-19...

UT-Austin freshman admission numbers maintain steady growth rate throughout pandemic

UT-Austin freshman admission numbers maintain steady growth rate throughout pandemic

Kaushiki Roy September 21, 2021

UT maintained steady growth in fall undergraduate admissions throughout the pandemic and saw overall student diversity increase in the past decade.  The University admitted 18,994 students in fall...

New portable Proactive Community Testing facility replaces Jester West Fireplace Lounge location

New portable Proactive Community Testing facility replaces Jester West Fireplace Lounge location

Henry Hays September 20, 2021

University Health Services opened a new proactive community testing facility on Sept. 8 to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and increase campus testing capacity. The portable facility replaced the previous...

University Housing and Dining return to normal swipe-in policies at residence halls

University Housing and Dining return to normal swipe-in policies at residence halls

Joelle DiPaolo September 20, 2021

After over a year of students swiping in at all times at the front desk to access their residence halls’ lobby, the University changed its policy in early September to only require identification from...

UT-Austin students take time off school, switch to part-time classes due to COVID-19

UT-Austin students take time off school, switch to part-time classes due to COVID-19

Samantha Greyson, News Reporter September 19, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 19th flipbook.  As COVID-19 cases spiked in January, Davey Hiester suspected classes would move online for the fall semester. Before...

Texas Performing Arts receives nearly $9M grant to recover from COVID-19 pandemic

Texas Performing Arts receives nearly $9M grant to recover from COVID-19 pandemic

Sheryl‌ ‌Lawrence‌ ‌ September 13, 2021

After Texas Performing Arts canceled hundreds of performances and lost 93% of their income due to COVID-19, the group received about $9 million from a federal grant program to help businesses recover lost...

UT tracks growing COVID-19 breakthrough cases with testing, contact tracing

UT tracks growing COVID-19 breakthrough cases with testing, contact tracing

Samantha Greyson, News Reporter September 10, 2021

Editor's note: This article first appeared as part of the September 3 flipbook. Since June 1, COVID-19 breakthrough cases have made up over 60% of cases detected in UT’s contact tracing efforts, a...

UT-Austin residence halls return to full capacity

UT-Austin residence halls return to full capacity

Kevin Vu, News Reporter September 5, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the August 31 flipbook. UT-Austin residence halls have reached 100% capacity with 7,400 students living across the 14 residence halls amid Stage...

UT urges students to participate in COVID-19 testing twice a week

UT urges students to participate in COVID-19 testing twice a week

Lauren Nelson August 29, 2021

UT is encouraging all students to partake in proactive community testing twice a week to slow the spread of COVID-19. However, campus PCT capacity currently sits at 15,000 tests a week. With about 51,000...

A student’s guide to avoiding COVID-19 infection and impact

A student’s guide to avoiding COVID-19 infection and impact

Zoe Tzanis, Life and Arts Desk Editor August 29, 2021

As UT eases back into in-person learning, campus floods with returning students causing many to fear a resurgence of COVID-19 cases within the UT community throughout the semester. With the help of...

UT faculty petition for mask mandates in class to ensure greater safety measures

UT faculty petition for mask mandates in class to ensure greater safety measures

Kaushiki Roy August 25, 2021

Almost 800 University faculty signed a petition to allow for a mask and vaccine mandate on Aug. 11, after UT announced faculty could switch their classes partially or completely online just weeks before...

Students vaccinated on campus can recover vaccine cards through UT Health Austin website

Students vaccinated on campus can recover vaccine cards through UT Health Austin website

Marisa Huerta, News Reporter August 25, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the August 23 flipbook. A recent poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found the majority of Americans support...

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