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Free opioid overdose-reversing drug now accessible in some UT libraries

Free opioid overdose-reversing drug now accessible in some UT libraries

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. Naloxone, a nasal spray drug that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available for people to pick up...

Round Up returns after 3 years with increased safety, acknowledgement of racist past

Round Up returns after 3 years with increased safety, acknowledgement of racist past

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. Last weekend, the Interfraternity Council hosted Round Up, a music festival put on by IFC chapter members, for the first time...

UT students share experiences with hair-related discrimination following CROWN Act passage in US House

UT students share experiences with hair-related discrimination following CROWN Act passage in US House

Morgan Severson, News Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. Before going to a job interview, Greg Phea pats his Afro down with water to make it appear smaller. He said he does this to...

UT-Austin to implement new financial aid software for 2023-24 academic year

UT-Austin to implement new financial aid software for 2023-24 academic year

Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter April 4, 2022

UT will begin implementing new financial aid software as the primary interface for the Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid Services in October for the 2023-24 academic year.  Oracle Vocado Student...

UT researchers create map of Gulf of Mexico coastal plain to improve flood predictions

UT researchers create map of Gulf of Mexico coastal plain to improve flood predictions

Koshik Mahapatra, News Reporter April 3, 2022

UT researchers created a map of the Gulf Coastal Plain to show how an overlooked network of water channels creates drainage pathways for floods. Coastal plain areas are places where sediment builds...

UT researchers find potential solution for respiratory virus with structure-based vaccine

UT researchers find potential solution for respiratory virus with structure-based vaccine

Katy Nelson, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook. Some of the UT researchers involved in creating the structure-based vaccines used against COVID-19 have potentially created...

UT academic calendar to change for 2022-2023 school year

UT academic calendar to change for 2022-2023 school year

Hope Unger, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook. Starting this upcoming fall term, classes will begin Monday, Aug. 22, and fall break will be extended to a full week, according...

Dining halls adopt more rigorous ID checks after Feb. increase in ID confiscations

Dining halls adopt more rigorous ID checks after Feb. increase in ID confiscations

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook. University dining halls and stores have implemented a new policy to check student IDs due to an influx in students using each...

CapMetro to tear down nearly 100-year-old hamburger eatery for new Project Connect light rail

CapMetro to tear down nearly 100-year-old hamburger eatery for new Project Connect light rail

Riese Yates, News Reporter April 3, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook. The new Orange Line, expected to be operational by 2029, will span 21 miles connecting North to South Austin along 22 stops,...

UT researchers find pandemic disproportionately affects students from marginalized backgrounds

UT researchers find pandemic disproportionately affects students from marginalized backgrounds

Daniela Roscero, News Reporter March 31, 2022

UT researchers found worsening mental health, declining grades and an increase in food insecurity among Texas college students during the COVID-19 pandemic, with students who are women, people of color...

UT researchers examine potential changes in El Niño from climate change

UT researchers examine potential changes in El Niño from climate change

Katy Nelson, Senior News Reporter March 31, 2022

University researchers drilled for ancient corals off the South Pacific Ocean to find out how the climate pattern of El Niño might change as a result of climate change. Although they received inconclusive...

City council approves second phase of increased safety measures for 6th Street

City council approves second phase of increased safety measures for 6th Street

Hope Unger, News Reporter March 31, 2022

Megan was celebrating her birthday with friends at the Sixth Street bar Buck Wild last June when her phone started blowing up with people asking if she was safe. A shooting had just occurred, and she didn’t...

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