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UT-Austin discontinues COVID-19 dashboard

UT-Austin discontinues COVID-19 dashboard

Leila Saidane, News Reporter July 14, 2022

UT retired its COVID-19 dashboard on July 1 — six months after it reported the University hit daily positive case records — due to a lack of self-reporting and an increase in at-home testing. The...

UT-Austin researchers develop more realistic audio AI models for Meta virtual reality

UT-Austin researchers develop more realistic audio AI models for Meta virtual reality

Madeline Duncan, News Reporter July 14, 2022

UT researchers have teamed up with Meta to create new voice and audio AI models. Last month, Meta announced three audio models to make virtual reality more immersive and allow for accessible audio editing:...

Government and African Diaspora studies junior Aria Kaylin Tolbert reflects on college life for Black women post Roe v. Wade.

‘You have to live a little bit more in fear’: UT students reflect on Black maternal health disparities

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 14, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Aria Kaylin Tolbert said losing her bodily autonomy has weighed heavily...

UT students to create new organization for campus cats in honor of Domino

UT students to create new organization for campus cats in honor of Domino

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 14, 2022

This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook. When biology junior Brianna Baskin attended the memorial service for Domino, the beloved campus cat, she knew she wanted a way to honor his...

Protesters march down Congress Avenue on Saturday, June 25. A crowd of several hundred attendees gathered to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v Wade.

Incoming students consider not attending UT following abortion restrictions

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 14, 2022

This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook. When deciding where to apply for college, high school senior Sarah Warren said she considered applying to UT, but concerns for autonomy over...

Researchers discover frog-eating bats remember ringtones after years in the wild

Researchers discover frog-eating bats remember ringtones after years in the wild

Leila Saidane, News Reporter July 14, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook. A group of researchers led by a UT grad student discovered that wild frog-eating bats can remember sounds their prey make...

Student leaders, reproductive rights organizations demand action from UT in response to abortion restrictions

Student leaders, reproductive rights organizations demand action from UT in response to abortion restrictions

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 12, 2022

Leaders from legislative student organizations and student advocacy groups demanded action from UT in response to Texas’ abortion ban in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. The demands, which...

UT art class increases students’ empathy

UT art class increases students’ empathy

Madeline Duncan, News Reporter July 11, 2022

A professor within the Department of Art and Art History and a Dell Medical School professor found that art can improve people’s empathy for cancer patients in a recent study. “Aesthetics of Health:...

UT researchers receive grant to improve reconstructive breast surgery

UT researchers receive grant to improve reconstructive breast surgery

Koshik Mahapatra, News Reporter July 11, 2022

Researchers from UT and the UT MD Anderson Cancer Center received a $3.7 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop an accurate model of the breast for reconstructive surgery.  This...

Protesters march down Congress Avenue on Saturday, June 25. A crowd of several hundred attendees gathered to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v Wade.

Incoming students choose not to attend UT following abortion restrictions

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 11, 2022

When deciding where to apply for college, high school senior Sarah Warren said she considered applying to UT, but concerns for autonomy over her body in Texas made her decide against it.   “I was...

UT researchers discover first viruses in ancient archaea, a possible key to origins of complex life

UT researchers discover first viruses in ancient archaea, a possible key to origins of complex life

Leila Saidane, News Reporter July 11, 2022

UT researchers have made the first discovery of viruses infecting ancient archaea that may further scientists’ current understanding of the origins of life.  Asgard Archaea are ancient prokaryotes...

UT, Texas A&M researchers develop e-tattoo that can continuously monitor blood pressure

UT, Texas A&M researchers develop e-tattoo that can continuously monitor blood pressure

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 7, 2022

A team of scientists at UT and Texas A&M developed a new “electronic tattoo” that can continuously monitor blood pressure, providing key insights that could help identify and understand conditions...

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