Rene Mendoza, an Edinburg High School senior, spent most of his mornings and afternoons cleaning sugar beets and working in fields. At night, he returned home to finish a day’s worth of schoolwork...

Senators anticipated voting on the concealed carry on campus bill Monday, but it stalled on the floor for the second time in a week. The controversial bill would allow concealed handgun license...

Senators on the State Affairs Committee picked up the sonogram bill on Monday to figure out the amount of time women would have to wait between receiving an abortion sonogram and getting an abortion. The...

Dr. Stephanie Marton, who spent more than two years in Swaziland fighting pediatric AIDS, will speak about her experience on campus tonight as a part of UT’s series of events for Global Health...

Early Sunday morning, a burglary was reported in Moore-Hill Dormitory. The UT Police Department said the suspect has not been identified. A student reported that she woke up to find a male on top...

Mexican opera composer Daniel Catán died over the weekend in Austin while working on a new piece for the Butler School of Music. He was 62. The exact time and cause of death is not confirmed,...

An estimated $8 million dollars is circulating through Austin because of Texas Relays, said city officials. The Texas Relays, an annual series of races held throughout the city, generates revenue...

Editor’s Note: This is the second in a three-part series about people who have been affected by eating disorders. Because of the mental state of the subject during her disorder, some dates and concrete...

The U.S. Department of Education hopes to increase the success of higher education institutions by opening student records to specified agencies. The department announced several changes to the...

A judge closed the book on a nearly two-year-old case by sentencing two accomplices in the 2009 West Campus murders to prison after they pleaded guilty. Samuel Gifford, 20, received a 50-year sentence...

Caffeine intake can be directly correlated to two specific genes in our DNA, according to a study released by a team of biological researchers. A group of researchers from various schools of science...

Universities have a hard time getting funding for research in human and women’s rights, students said at a panel Friday. Students from universities around the country attended the 18th-annual...