Students pay more than what it costs universities to educate them, according to a report released by a higher education research center. In the policy paper “Who Subsidizes Whom?” three...

Aspiring UT performers had a chance to sing, dance and recite poetry in front of a crowd of more than 1,100 students and community members Saturday. The 11 acts ranged from a slam poet and a Chinese...

Bobbi Duncan said she was 13 years old when she was first sexually assaulted, but it was something she never talked about. She said the abuse continued for about two years. Her assailant was a family...

Fans will get a chance to explore the incredible boredom that surrounds the Internal Revenue Service in David Foster Wallace’s posthumous novel, “The Pale King,” released three years...

About 100 college students from across the state protested anti-illegal immigration legislation and resolutions at Texas A&M University on Friday. Texas DREAM Act Alliance, a statewide organization...

Young women wrote down their favorite and least favorite physical attributes in a body image exercise at a symposium Sunday. The women found the features they disliked were often what someone else...

A brushfire that destroyed 10 homes broke out in South Austin on Sunday. Palmer Buck, Austin Fire Department battalion chief, said the fire began at approximately 1:32 p.m. About 50 percent of the...

A fire broke out in the back lot of Breed’s Hardware Company on 29th Street Friday evening. Austin firefighters responded to a call at 7:26 p.m. and found heavy flames had engulfed a storage shed...

A provocative paper authored by a special research assistant to the University of Texas regents contains about two dozen errors, including quotes attributed to the wrong people, inaccurate citations...

Austin is growing more diverse, and more students are migrating to the University area, said a city demographer. Ryan Robinson, a city demographer, analyzed the 2010 census figures and presented...

Egypt has the chance to install a true democracy if it conducts its elections effectively, a Harvard University professor said Thursday. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned in...

It’s Friday night, and Alex Ramirez sits in the gallery of the Texas House, overlooking the 150 members who debate back and forth across two podiums in the center of the chamber. As a Texas...