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The University of Texas tower on April 7, 2024.

Looking Back, Looking Forward: Summer in review and fall preview

Erika Pernis, Ren Leija, and Caroline McConnico August 13, 2024

Looking Back: City and Politics: Summer temperatures rise as the state's power grid faces growing challenges from aging power plants, the strain of integrating renewable energy and the increasing demands...

The Texas State Capitol in Austin on July 14, 2024.

The Texan explains: What is Project 2025?

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter July 19, 2024

The 2025 Presidential Transition Project, launched last year by The Heritage Foundation, aims to prepare for a conservative administration in January 2025. More commonly known as Project 2025, it focuses...

Supreme Court ruling bans homeless encampments nationwide

Supreme Court ruling bans homeless encampments nationwide

Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter July 8, 2024

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld a ruling on June 28 allowing governments to prohibit and fine people experiencing homelessness from camping and sleeping on public property. The case, Grants Pass v....

Biden Administration announces new protections for undocumented spouses of US citizens, DACA recipients

Biden Administration announces new protections for undocumented spouses of US citizens, DACA recipients

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter July 4, 2024

The Biden Administration announced new protections on June 18 for undocumented immigrants and their families.  The policy would permit non-citizens who have resided in the U.S. for a minimum of...

Supreme Court rules abortion pill will remain on the market in first abortion ruling since overturning Roe v. Wade

Supreme Court rules abortion pill will remain on the market in first abortion ruling since overturning Roe v. Wade

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter June 27, 2024

Mifepristone, a commonly used abortion-inducing medication, will continue to be available without additional restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected a challenge to its approval by...

The UT Tower on May 10, 2024.

UT professors join lawsuit against Biden administration

Matthew Gomez, General News Reporter June 10, 2024

Two UT professors joined Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s lawsuit against President Joe Biden and his administration last month over the expansion of Title IX protections.  The education department...

From left, Assistant Professors of Sociology Tony Cheng of Duke University, Samantha Simon of the University of Arizona, and Michael Sierra-Arévalo of the University of Texas at Austin spoke at a policing discussion panel held at UT's William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center on April 15, 2024.

Sociology professors discuss violence of policing during panel

Chloe Robinson, General News Reporter April 16, 2024

Three professors discussed the relationship between sociology, violence and police organizations at an April 15 panel.  Michael Sierra-Arévalo, an assistant professor of sociology at UT and the author...

White House recognizes UT’s opioid overdose prevention program

White House recognizes UT’s opioid overdose prevention program

Melanie Faz, General News Reporter March 22, 2024

The Biden-Harris administration issued a nationwide challenge for better opioid overdose prevention efforts on March 13 and highlighted UT’s Operation Naloxone as an organization tackling the opioid...

Senate Bill 4 temporarily paused by federal judge

Senate Bill 4 temporarily paused by federal judge

Ren Leija, Senior News Reporter March 8, 2024

The United States Supreme Court temporarily blocked a state law allowing police to prosecute and arrest people suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally from going into effect on Monday.  The...

UT Campus the day of the freeze on Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022.

Congressman introduces bill that would connect Texas’ electrical grid to the rest of the US

Olivia Dilley, Senior News Reporter February 29, 2024

Congressman Greg Casar introduced a bill this February that would connect the Texas power grid to the rest of the country. The Connect the Grid Act, which Casar said is co-sponsored by most of the Texas...

General Philippe Lavigne, the Supreme Allied Commander Transformation to NATO speaks at the NATO and the Future of American Security Conference in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Tuesday.

NATO conference discusses future of American security

Jaelyn Rodriguez, General News Reporter February 12, 2024

Dozens of guests filled the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on Feb. 6. to attend the first installment of the 2024 NATO Washington Summit Campaign put on by the Transatlantic Security Initiative to examine...

Students recall their journeys through past 100+ days of violence in Israel, Palestine

Students recall their journeys through past 100+ days of violence in Israel, Palestine

Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter January 29, 2024

In the 100 days since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack and Israel’s subsequent invasion of Gaza, Arab, Muslim and Jewish students said the ongoing conflict has taken a toll on their mental health, exacerbated...

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