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UT launches Longhorn SHARE, peer-led support groups addressing mental health issues

UT launches Longhorn SHARE, peer-led support groups addressing mental health issues

Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter May 4, 2022

A new peer-led support group program at UT will help students address issues concerning imposter syndrome and mental health diagnoses or discuss navigating queer identities and first-generation college...

UT study records impact of pandemic on stigmatizing language around opioid use

UT study records impact of pandemic on stigmatizing language around opioid use

Ali Juell, News Reporter May 3, 2022

The language used by health professionals when addressing opioid use on Twitter became increasingly stigmatized during the pandemic, according to a UT College of Liberal Arts study.  Scott Graham,...

After marching from Republic Square, protestors arrive at the Capitol steps on May 3, 2022. The crowd echoed chants such as "my body, my choice."

‘We’re all disappointed’: Abortion rights protests form in Austin over leaked Supreme Court draft opinion

Leila Saidane, News Reporter May 3, 2022

Hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of downtown Austin to the steps of the State Capitol on Tuesday evening to protest the United States Supreme Court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade,...

UT-Austin engineering students create charger checkout system at PMA library

UT-Austin engineering students create charger checkout system at PMA library

Leena Alali, News Reporter May 2, 2022

Starting Fall 2022, students will be able to check out cords to charge their electronics from the Physics, Math and Astronomy building’s library as part of an initiative from the Society of First-Year...

4th Street LGBTQ+ bars face possible demolition

4th Street LGBTQ+ bars face possible demolition

Morgan Severson, News Reporter May 2, 2022

LGBTQ+ bars on Fourth Street face potential demolition in 2023 for the construction of a 400-unit apartment building. Austin’s Historic Landmark Commission Architectural Review Committee must decide...

UT researchers create model of campus water distribution system to see how crises affect quality

UT researchers create model of campus water distribution system to see how crises affect quality

Koshik Mahapatra, News Reporter May 1, 2022
The study, published at the end of March, was funded by the National Science Foundation and started a few months after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
UT partners with state to form semiconductor chip initiative, hosts roundtable with Cornyn, McCaul

UT partners with state to form semiconductor chip initiative, hosts roundtable with Cornyn, McCaul

Leena Alali and Katy Nelson May 1, 2022
Cornyn and McCaul engaged in a roundtable discussion with industry executives at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus to discuss the University’s public-private partnership with the Texas Institute for Electronics to advance semiconductor research within the United States.
West Campus Starbucks increases employee discipline; employees claim union-busting

West Campus Starbucks increases employee discipline; employees claim union-busting

Morgan Severson, News Reporter April 28, 2022

Starbucks employees at the West 24th and Nueces Street location in West Campus plan to protest outside of the store this Saturday at 4 p.m. following a shift in their treatment by management after they...

UT offers temporary positions to Ukrainian scholars

UT offers temporary positions to Ukrainian scholars

Madeline Duncan, News Reporter April 28, 2022

UT is offering eight paid faculty positions to Ukrainian scholars who are displaced or unable to return home as a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Texas Global is partnering with the...

UT organization Fika strives to amplify nontraditional science career paths

UT organization Fika strives to amplify nontraditional science career paths

Jessica Garcia, Life & Arts Reporter April 28, 2022

At an industry panel last semester, Sabrina Lu and Sydney Suthar shared a eureka moment. Listening to UT alumni discuss how they use their science degrees unconventionally, Lu and Suthar felt inspired...

Research projects announced for UT-Austin Frontera supercomputer

Research projects announced for UT-Austin Frontera supercomputer

Katy Nelson, News Reporter April 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 26, 2022 flipbook. The world’s most powerful academic supercomputer — UT Austin’s Frontera — received its next annual set of projects...

Community volunteers, students collect 6,000 pounds of trash at Lady Bird Lake

Community volunteers, students collect 6,000 pounds of trash at Lady Bird Lake

Morgan Severson, News Reporter April 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 26, 2022 flipbook. Students and community members celebrated Earth Day this year by participating in Rowing Dock’s first annual Earth Day Clean...

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