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Texas Stalking Project aims to create resources on campus for students being stalked

Texas Stalking Project aims to create resources on campus for students being stalked

Meera Hatangadi, General News Reporter November 15, 2022

A new UT project called the Texas Stalking Project will be operational by 2023 with the goal of being a resource to students experiencing stalking and cyberstalking. Taking a multidisciplinary approach,...

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Student organization eliminates $30,000 in Austin medical debt, raises awareness for hospital charity care

Joseph Sweeney, General News Reporter November 14, 2022

About 40 student volunteers created a local chapter of Dollar For, a national charity, to combat medical debt in the Austin community. Karthik Venkudusamy, a biochemistry junior and co-president of...

School of Design, Creative Technologies projects video game on UT Tower, looks towards future of immersive experiences on campus

School of Design, Creative Technologies projects video game on UT Tower, looks towards future of immersive experiences on campus

Reece Tincher, General News Reporter November 14, 2022

About a hundred people gathered around the Tower the night of Nov. 3 to watch a video game that was projected onto the building. The School of Design and Creative Technologies’ projection, titled...

Hybrid cafe, bar opens in West Campus on historical Freedman land

Hybrid cafe, bar opens in West Campus on historical Freedman land

November 11, 2022

On Oct. 26, the Cauldron Cafe opened its doors to the public. The property, wedged between the two buildings that make up Hilltop Apartments on 2402 San Gabriel, encompasses part of what was once Wheatville...

McCombs Center for Global Business receives $2.5 million gift

McCombs Center for Global Business receives $2.5 million gift

Ali Juell, Senior news reporter November 11, 2022

UT alumni Ray and Karen Brimble donated $2.5 million to the McCombs Center for Global Business to improve the center’s educational and career resources.  Ray Brimble, founder and CEO of Lynxs Holdings, ...

IC2 Institute funds two faculty-led research projects to create real-world impact

IC2 Institute funds two faculty-led research projects to create real-world impact

Isabella Zeff, General news reporter November 11, 2022

Faculty-led research projects recently received funding from UT’s IC2 Institute, a research unit that explores the intersection between technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. One project receiving...

UT yet to hire CARE counselor for graduate school

UT yet to hire CARE counselor for graduate school

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter November 11, 2022

Last spring the University said they planned to hire an in-department graduate school CARE counselor to provide mental health support for students, but while the hiring process began in late spring, the...

Austin City Council votes to fund tenant education program, protects renters’ right to organize

Austin City Council votes to fund tenant education program, protects renters’ right to organize

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter November 11, 2022

The Austin City Council voted on Oct. 13 to fund tenants’ rights assistance and an education program through the Austin Tenant Council, in addition to voting on Oct. 27 to protect tenants’ rights to...

UT researchers receive $4 million grant to improve literacy through peer tutoring

UT researchers receive $4 million grant to improve literacy through peer tutoring

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior news reporter November 10, 2022

UT researchers received $4 million to look at the efficacy of cross-age peer tutoring to improve reading skills in elementary school students. The grant, given by the Institute of Education Sciences,...

National Science Foundation grants money for pandemic preparedness research

National Science Foundation grants money for pandemic preparedness research

Tisha Shrestha and Rylie Lillibridge November 9, 2022

A $1 million pilot grant awarded to UT from the National Science Foundation allowed for the creation of the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science, where researchers will attempt to resolve challenges...

Three professors unveil reason behind the Andes Mountains’ varied shape

Three professors unveil reason behind the Andes Mountains’ varied shape

Pili Saravia, General news reporter November 9, 2022

Three professors from across the country united in the Andes Mountains to find the cause of the range’s varied width. They found the subsiding of the plate tectonics caused the odd shape of the range...

UT’s first Arabic debate team attend championship, discuss future

UT’s first Arabic debate team attend championship, discuss future

Kylee Howard, News general reporter November 9, 2022

UT sent their first team to the U.S. University Arabic Debating Championship at Stanford University on Oct. 14-16. The four students participated in a debate contest held entirely in Arabic over the course...

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