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Student advocates say they faced contention during fight for pass/fail resolution

Samantha Greyson March 24, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.   Amid decreased student well-being documented in a Senate of College Councils survey last semester, a UT...

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3,625 and counting: What a year’s worth of COVID-19 case numbers tells us about UT’s reaction to the pandemic.

Kevin Vu March 24, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.   Spring 2020   Nearly one year ago, UT canceled classes and closed operations on March 13, 2020....

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How Student Government executive alliance Anagha and Winston adapted and implemented their platform during their 2020-2021 term

Sheryl Lawrence March 24, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan. Each March, the Student Government executive alliance is elected to serve as the voice of the student body. Each...

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UT, where do Black student demands stand now?

Areeba Amer, Abhirupa Dasgupta, and Sanika Nayak March 24, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.   In the wake of summer protests against police brutality led by the Black Lives Matter movement, students...

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Experts say ‘there hasn’t been’ a COVID-19 response from Texas, leaving local governments to act ‘much tougher’

Lauren Abel March 24, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.   COVID-19 has tested state officials’ leadership as the on-going public health crisis has killed nearly...

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How Austin has addressed police reform since a national reckoning with police brutality

Tori Duff March 24, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan. Trigger Warning: Contains mentions of  police brutality, violence and racism.   After nationwide Black...

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UT-Austin will begin vaccinating people over 16 years old starting Monday, will continue to prioritize those with higher risk

Samantha Greyson March 23, 2021

The University will administer COVID-19 vaccines to people over the age of 16 starting Monday, according to an email to the UT community. Students, faculty and staff who have already completed the COVID-19...

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UT-Austin reports first B.1.429 COVID-19 variant cases

Sheryl Lawrence March 15, 2021

Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include additional information about the number of cases of the B.1.429 variant at UT and to clarify messaging from UT. The COVID-19 variant known...

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Austin Public Health officials look back on a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, look forward to future vaccinations

Samantha Greyson March 13, 2021

Austin Public Health has distributed 134,000 COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday and is looking toward a “new normal” as Austinites continue to get vaccinated, APH director Stephanie Hayden-Howard...

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UT-Austin updates COVID-19 dashboard to include vaccination information

Sheryl Lawrence March 13, 2021

As of March 12, the UT COVID-19 dashboard includes information about vaccination efforts with UT Health Austin. The dashboard now provides information on the number of vaccine doses administered,...

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Kiara Kabbara, Ethan Jones elected student body president and vice president, Steven Ding, Suseth Muñoz for UT Senate

Sheryl Lawrence March 12, 2021

Legislative student organizations, which include Student Government, UT Senate of College Council and the Graduate Student Assembly, announced their representatives for the 2021-2022 academic year Thursday...

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