Census data released Thursday verifies what most Texans already know — in the last 10 years, the state has seen a huge population boom and dramatic demographic shifts.
Texas is still the second...
Wednesday wrapped up the last of the statewide outreach hearings, which invited public testimony about Texas Legislature redistricting — including Austin officials who asked senators not to divide...
Cyclist Furtemba Sherpa has used six bikes to ride 46,000 miles in 71 countries in hope of promoting environmental awareness and world peace.
Sherpa arrived in Austin on Monday afternoon with the...
Moments after campaigning opened for the 2011 Student Government elections Wednesday morning, Student Government hopefuls flooded campus hot spots with candidate logos and banners.
Because the Student...
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright said it took years for him to come to terms with what he saw while covering America’s involvement in the atrocious conflicts in the Middle East.
Wright,...
A Nobel Prize-winning physicist encouraged a more realistic discussion rather than one based on exaggeration of the future of energy use in the 21st century during a lecture Wednesday.
Burton Richter,...
State officials and UT administrators recognized 70 Mexican and Spanish international students as part of a reception at the Texas Capitol on Wednesday.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, Sen. Judith Zaffirini,...
Abhijit Joshi, an alumnus of the Michener Center for Writers, has been distinguished as the Graduate School’s Outstanding Graduate Alumnus of the year.
Graduate studies spokeswoman Kathleen...
An array of nonprofit organizations and government agencies attended a volunteer fair Wednesday to find students willing to serve the Austin community.
The Volunteer and Service Learning Center...
The campuswide lockdown during the Sept. 28 campus shooting raised questions for students, faculty and staff. The office of Campus Safety and Security responded by publishing a set of procedural definitions...
Former state Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp said to about 50 students Tuesday that she was not mad at the man who shot her parents and 22 others during the 1991 Luby’s massacre in Killeen.
“I...
Industry insiders revealed the secrets of how to make it big as a recording artist during a talk Tuesday night.
Panelists Zannie K. of Clear Channel’s The Beat, Leah Manners of KOOP and KAZI’s...
