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Student leaders call for additional federal loan debt forgiveness

Student leaders call for additional federal loan debt forgiveness

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter September 26, 2022

Student body representatives at UT are calling on President Joe Biden to cancel at least $50,000 in loan debt per student, after the president canceled up to $10,000 in loans per student and $20,000 per...

Pete Buttigieg talks infrastructure, border crisis, election season at Texas Tribune Festival

Pete Buttigieg talks infrastructure, border crisis, election season at Texas Tribune Festival

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter September 25, 2022

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary and former presidential candidate, opened this year’s Texas Tribune festival on Thursday with a talk about infrastructure grants, the border crisis and the...

UT strategic plan, high enrollment rates affect student parking availability

UT strategic plan, high enrollment rates affect student parking availability

Leena Alali, Senior News Reporter September 25, 2022

UT’s 10-year strategic plan, Change Starts Here, aims to make the University a high-impact research school. In doing so, UT’s campus is expanding to accommodate more facilities, taking up more land....

EMS staffing shortages continue, communities go underserved

EMS staffing shortages continue, communities go underserved

Joseph Sweeney, General News Reporter September 25, 2022

The shortage of emergency medical services staff, an ongoing issue worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, left many Austin residential areas with limited coverage on Sept. 10 while ambulances were diverted...

Reproductive rights, gun control, other issues: What are gubernatorial candidates Greg Abbott’s and Beto O’Rourke’s stances?

Reproductive rights, gun control, other issues: What are gubernatorial candidates Greg Abbott’s and Beto O’Rourke’s stances?

Sasha Haynes, News Reporter September 23, 2022

Republican incumbent governor Greg Abbott and former Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke will face off in the gubernatorial election Nov. 8.  With the overturning of Roe v. Wade creating uncertainty...

UT, North Carolina State University researchers discover unique material characteristic in nanostructure

UT, North Carolina State University researchers discover unique material characteristic in nanostructure

Sophia Kurz, News Reporter September 22, 2022

UT researchers, in collaboration with co-authors at North Carolina State University, proved the existence of anelasticity in nanostructures in a study published Sept. 12. Similar to elasticity, anelasticity...

UT research finds women receive more workers’ compensation when evaluated by female doctors

UT research finds women receive more workers’ compensation when evaluated by female doctors

Isabella Zeff, General News Reporter September 22, 2022

Women receive more workers’ compensation when evaluated by a female doctor, according to a new study from a UT professor that adds to a growing body of research documenting disparities in health care...

UT community reflects on impact of lack of abortion insurance coverage for University employees

UT community reflects on impact of lack of abortion insurance coverage for University employees

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior News Reporter September 22, 2022

When Lisa Moore moved to Texas in 1991, its inclusivity attracted her, but with increasingly restrictive reproductive healthcare, she no longer feels this way today.  “(It was) a place where I, a...

International students reflect on coexisting in co-ops

International students reflect on coexisting in co-ops

Sydney Boo, General news reporter September 22, 2022

Many international and in-residence University students learn to maneuver cross-cultural relationships while living in co-ops, or cooperative living apartments. Mark Birkenstock, communications and...

Target's 'dynamic pricing' explains inflated cost of West Campus store

Target’s ‘dynamic pricing’ explains inflated cost of West Campus store

Bella Russo, General News Reporter September 22, 2022

Target matches prices to their competitors — one of their biggest competitors being themselves. “I have noticed that everything is higher,” public health freshman Leilani Cheverez said about shopping...

UT LaunchPad launches new grants for undergraduate student startups

UT LaunchPad launches new grants for undergraduate student startups

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter September 21, 2022

UT’s LaunchPad, a student entrepreneurship program, is accepting applications for new StartUP grants to provide funding to any undergraduate student for their entrepreneurial ventures.  “We’re...

UT report showing that sustainable jobs have a growing place in the workforce affirms value of on-campus environmental activism

UT report showing that sustainable jobs have a growing place in the workforce affirms value of on-campus environmental activism

Vivien Ayers, General News Reporter September 21, 2022

A UT report analyzing the connection between career growth and environmentally focused workplaces found that jobs that promote sustainable practices are growing faster than the rest of the workforce in...

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