The Austin Police Department announced Tuesday they were changing their policies and training pertaining to officers engaging with dogs.
APD spokeswoman Veneza Aguinaga said the new policy will go into...
President James D. Spaniolo of the University of Texas at Arlington announced Monday he was retiring but will remain in the position until the Board of Regents found his replacement.
Spaniolo emailed...
Panel discussions and events continue to take place in support for Omid Kokabee, the UT physics graduate student who many are saying was unjustly sentenced to ten years in prison in Iran.
A Massachusetts...
When Austin resident Dawn Bayer looks at her three adult children, she considers her parenting journey a success. Although she began raising her children within a married heterosexual relationship, Bayer...
For Paul Woodruff, stepping down as dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies to return to teaching means changing jobs, but for the school it means an international search for a new dean that could...
Austin’s City Council unanimously voted to adopt a comprehensive plan June 14 that will guide city development over the next 30 years in order to turn Austin into a more “compact, connected”...
Representatives from the UT System will meet with the U.S. Department of Defense within the next few weeks in an attempt to negotiate a deal to keep tuition funding for active UT military students.
The...
On Thursday, UT graduate Daniel Olvera would not have been able to apply for a high school job teaching social studies because of his undocumented status. Today, it is a different story.
President Barack...
After years of moving at a slow pace, high-rise construction in West Campus has started up again as part of the city’s plans to attract Austin’s student population to the area.
The construction...
UT’s honor code will see changes and clarification in the upcoming months in efforts to increase its effectiveness and implementation.
UT officials set up a University Honor Code Task Force this...
Beginning July 2013, some Austin residents may be required to dial an area code other than the well known ‘512’ to reach local areas in the city.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas, a...
Key changes to energy consumption and production could transform energy processes in Texas, energy experts said Thursday.
The Texas Observer held a public forum June 14 at the Lyndon B. Johnson School...
