Advocacy groups are calling for governments to be more transparent by making broad categories of information more accessible to the public online. Student research groups in the LBJ School hosted TXGov...

Unlike the majority of her peers, Eastside Memorial High School sophomore Darriyan Kent wasn’t sleeping off the previous school week on this gray and cloudless Saturday morning. Dressed to work in...

Experts called for change in the minds of Europeans and Americans as they compared and contrasted racial and religious intolerance on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean during a panel discussion at UT this...

Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott launched a campaign to promote financial literacy among college students and warned the group to avoid racking up excessive credit card fees. Abbot released a 14-minute...

A man is 50 percent more likely to take back a girlfriend who cheated on him with another woman than one who cheated on him with a man, according to UT research. Psychology graduate student Jaime Confer...

About 200 Latino students drop out of high school every hour in the U.S., said Sarah Sanchez, UT’s recruitment director for Teach for America, a national organization that commits recent college graduates...

The intersection between science and religion creates ample fodder for fiery debate, but two religious leaders at a panel Thursday shared a more moderate view with students. The Islamic Dialogue Student...

A group of students are working to take action against the $1 million in proposed budget cuts to specialized ethic and identity studies centers. The Students Speak, a UT activist group, led a “teach-in”...

A new Student Government committee will attempt to bridge the gap between the city and the University by tackling Austin issues that could impact students. The Mayor’s Student Advisory Council includes...

Despite the nation’s high unemployment rate, University graduates’ job prospects are improving, career service administrators said. Outside companies posted 51 percent more jobs University-wide in 2010...

While most scientists agree that coral reefs are in danger of dying, they point their fingers at causes that range from global warming to water pollution. New research from UT researchers suggest there...

Members of Heman Sweatt’s family sat among faculty, staff and students at a book talk Thursday to honor UT’s first African-American law student. The talk was the first event of the 25th Annual Heman...