University governing boards commonly include student representatives, but most student regents, including the UT System’s student regent, are forced to advocate for students without a vote.
State...
For the last six years, former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has traveled the country, promoting the idea that state judicial elections lead to corruption and a decline in the Supreme...
Suicide is the second-leading cause of death among college students, a statistic UT Counseling and Mental Health Center officials hope can be minimized by raising awareness in the campus community.
Monday...
Professors in the College of Liberal Arts discussed the potential impact and historical value of the 2012 presidential elections and other aspects of this election season at a panel Tuesday.
The Liberal...
The UT chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity canceled its “a border to cross” event Tuesday night following a negative student response to the Facebook invitation created for it.
The event,...
The School of Undergraduate Studies will invite UT freshmen to participate in the first in a series of surveys Wednesday meant to identify freshmen struggling with the transition from high school to college.
The...
Although flu season only comes around in the fall, researchers on campus are continually working to learn more about the virus and how it spreads.
Several UT professors focus their research on the...
With flu season approaching, UT and the Austin area are combatting the virus by providing flu shots to as many residents as possible.
University Health Services held its first day of flu shot clinics...
NEW YORK — People waiting around in New York City hospitals for loved ones to come out of surgery can’t smoke. In a few months, they can’t have a supersized fast-food soda. And soon,...
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco may soon give new meaning to the word “downsizing.”
Supervisors are set to vote on Tuesday on a proposed change to the city’s building code that would...
LONDON — Global health officials are closely monitoring a new respiratory virus related to SARS that is believed to have killed at least one person in Saudi Arabia and left a Qatari citizen in critical...
WASHINGTON — As condolences poured in from around the world, National Zoo officials waited Monday for word on why a 6-day-old panda cub died and lamented a heartbreaking setback to their closely...
