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Via 313 employees protest for sick pay and safety measures amid Omicron surge

Via 313 employees protest for sick pay and safety measures amid Omicron surge

Sheryl‌ ‌Lawrence‌ ‌, News desk editor January 25, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 21, 2022 flipbook. About 150 workers and Austin community members protested at Via 313 Pizzeria Jan. 8 requesting their management company provide...

Office of the Dean of Students halts Student Government impeachment trials

Office of the Dean of Students halts Student Government impeachment trials

Mackenzie Sullivan, News Reporter January 22, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 21, 2022 flipbook. The Office of the Dean of Students blocked Student Government from proceeding with the impeachment trials of executive board...

CapMetro planning to build light rail on Guadalupe

CapMetro planning to build light rail on Guadalupe

Hannah Ortega, News Reporter January 22, 2022
The rail line is part of Project Connect, a $7.1 billion plan voters passed in the November 2020 election, and will include an orange line and a blue line.
UT sets daily positive COVID-19 case records in January

UT sets daily positive COVID-19 case records in January

Leila Saidane, News Reporter January 21, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 18, 2022 flipbook. As students and staff return to campus after break, the University is reporting its highest daily rates of positive COVID-19...

Remaining SG executives await committee decision on articles of impeachment

Remaining SG executives await committee decision on articles of impeachment

Mackenzie Sullivan, Senior News Reporter January 21, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 18, 2022 flipbook. If the Student Government ethics committee passes the articles of impeachment for remaining executive officers by Jan. 25, members...

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CDC decreases isolation recommendation to 5 days, UT follows recommendation

Sheryl‌ ‌Lawrence‌ ‌, News desk editor January 19, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shortened the recommended COVID-19 isolation period from 10 days to five days at the end of December, and UT changed its instructions for community members...

Dining halls offer takeout for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 surge

Dining halls offer takeout for 2 weeks due to COVID-19 surge

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter January 18, 2022

For the first two weeks of the semester, campus dining halls will be takeout-only to reduce the spread of COVID-19, according to a Jan. 7 email from University Housing and Dining.  The dining hall...

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UT moves classes online for first 2 weeks of spring semester

Kevin Vu, News Reporter January 4, 2022

As COVID-19 cases driven by the omicron variant rapidly increase throughout Texas, UT will have faculty teach remotely for the first two weeks of the semester and return in person by Jan. 31, according...

UT linguistics professor elected president of Linguistic Society of America

UT linguistics professor elected president of Linguistic Society of America

Kevin Vu, News reporter December 19, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the December 2 broadsheet.  The Linguistic Society of America elected a UT professor as its president for the first time since 1973, for a one-year term...

UT researchers use COVID-19 vaccine technology to tackle high-fatality virus

UT researchers use COVID-19 vaccine technology to tackle high-fatality virus

Katy Nelson, News reporter December 19, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the December 2 broadsheet.  Researchers at UT created the first ever treatment for a fatal virus by utilizing a similar antibody technology that was used...

UT Child Development Center breaks ground on new facility to replace San Jacinto location

UT Child Development Center breaks ground on new facility to replace San Jacinto location

Sonali Menon, News reporter December 18, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the December 2 broadsheet. UT’s Child Development Center began construction on a new location Nov. 23 that will be able to accommodate more children. “The...

UT alum James Talarico to run for state house seat in 2022 following redistricting

UT alum James Talarico to run for state house seat in 2022 following redistricting

Tori Duff, News reporter December 18, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the November 5 flipbook.  State Rep. James Talarico, a Democrat from Round Rock, said he plans to run in 2022 for a state House seat in Austin because...

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