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Despite rise in Travis County monkeypox cases, experts say risk remains low to UT community

Despite rise in Travis County monkeypox cases, experts say risk remains low to UT community

Claire Stevens, News Reporter August 9, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book.  Despite community concern for rising monkeypox case numbers in Travis County and the return of the student body for the...

‘It's so hard to just do my job’: Abortion restrictions threaten UT, state OB-GYN residency program

‘It’s so hard to just do my job’: Abortion restrictions threaten UT, state OB-GYN residency program

Claire Stevens, News Reporter August 9, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book. A previous version of this article said that medical schools must offer abortion training to remain accredited, but it has been...

UT to discontinue PCT program after Aug. 15, offers more self-test kits

UT to discontinue PCT program after Aug. 15, offers more self-test kits

Hope Unger, News Reporter August 9, 2022

The University will discontinue its proactive community testing program, which provides free testing to asymptomatic students, after Aug. 15, and announced in an email Monday it will offer students four...

UT Senate applications indefinitely postponed for review of governing documents by dean of students

UT Senate applications indefinitely postponed for review of governing documents by dean of students

Morgan Severson, News Reporter August 8, 2022

The Office of the Dean of Students announced it is indefinitely postponing applications for the Senate of College Councils while it reviews the student organization’s governing documents to ensure they...

‘A choice for the greater good’: Students work to unionize Detroit-style pizzeria Via 313

‘A choice for the greater good’: Students work to unionize Detroit-style pizzeria Via 313

Morgan Severson, News Reporter August 8, 2022

Employees at three Austin Via 313 locations, including one in North Campus, announced Thursday that they filed to unionize for better wages and to improve working conditions in Austin’s service industry...

$1 million investment allows for ethical AI research at UT

$1 million investment allows for ethical AI research at UT

Rylie Lillibridge, News Reporter August 7, 2022

A recent $1 million investment to UT from a nonprofit has sparked a new partnership that ensures more developments can be made in ethical applications of artificial intelligence.  The MITRE Corporation...

What do songbirds and professional musicians have in common? Precise timekeeping

What do songbirds and professional musicians have in common? Precise timekeeping

Leila Saidane, News Reporter August 7, 2022

A perfect tempo is not something a skilled musician is born with. It’s achieved through years of exposure to music, timing ingrained in memory and lots of repetition. But for a scaly-breasted wren, a...

You can now look at the world through the eyes of a crab, literally — thanks to UT-Austin researchers

You can now look at the world through the eyes of a crab, literally — thanks to UT-Austin researchers

Ali Juell, News Reporter August 3, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the August 2, 2022 flipbook. UT researchers helped to develop a method to see through the eyes of a fiddler crab, a creature that has a unique and clear...

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UT-Austin fundraiser symbolically names over 600 turtles at the Turtle Pond

Leila Saidane, News Reporter August 3, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the August 2, 2022 flipbook. While working on his dissertation last year, predoctoral fellow Theo Milonopoulos found himself visiting UT’s iconic Turtle...

UT-Austin student runs for Austin mayor, wishes to improve disability access and public transportation

UT-Austin student runs for Austin mayor, wishes to improve disability access and public transportation

Morgan Severson, News Reporter August 3, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the August 2, 2022 flipbook. At just 21 years old, government senior Phil Brual will have his name printed on Austin’s mayoral ballot this November.   Brual...

UT researchers help find new methodology linking melting glaciers to climate change

UT researchers help find new methodology linking melting glaciers to climate change

Rylie Lillibridge, News Reporter August 1, 2022

UT researchers helped develop a new methodology to visualize the effects of human-caused climate change on glacial retreat.  Researchers at UT’s Institute for Geophysics and at Georgia Tech’s School...

UT ends informal classes

UT ends informal classes

Claire Stevens, News Reporter August 1, 2022

From eating at restaurants to gathering with friends to in-person classes, activities that shut down for COVID-19 have made their return. But UT’s Informal Classes program, which the University paused...

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