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Dr. Anthony Fauci receives 2020 Ken Shine Prize in Health Leadership from Dell Med

Kevin Vu January 14, 2021

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the leading member of the Trump administration's White House Coronavirus Task Force, received the Ken...

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UT-Austin requires COVID-19 test for returning dorm residents

Skye Seipp January 11, 2021

On-campus dorm residents at UT will be required to take a COVID-19 test within four days of returning to their residence hall according to an email they received Friday.  The requirement is due...

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UT-Austin to terminate Campus Climate Response Team in response to Speech First lawsuit

Samantha Greyson December 26, 2020

UT-Austin agreed to dismantle their Campus Climate Response Team Tuesday as part of a lawsuit settlement that claimed the team violated students’ free speech, according to an opinion piece in the...

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Beto O’Rourke to teach seminar at UT-Austin this spring

Anna Canizales December 23, 2020

Former congressman and El Paso city councilman Beto O’Rourke will teach a class at the LBJ School of Public Affairs about voting rights in Texas, titled “Texas Democracy and the Fight for Representation.” The...

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UT Health Austin receives, prepares to distribute 2,925 doses of COVID-19 vaccine

Andrew Zhang December 14, 2020

UT Health Austin received 2,925 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday to be distributed to frontline UT health care workers as part of the first Texas shipment in a nationwide vaccination effort.  Starting...

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UT System workers testify on demands for support during COVID-19

Anna Canizales December 10, 2020

The Texas State Employees Union and Underpaid at UT, a graduate student worker organization, hosted a town hall Wednesday where UT System staff, faculty and students voiced support for demands related...

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First round of COVID-19 vaccines to come as early as next week to Austin, health officials express concern about upcoming holiday season

Brooke Ontiveros December 9, 2020

Austin will receive 13,650 COVID-19 vaccines as early as next week to begin distribution to high-risk health care workers if the United States Food and Drug Association grants an Emergency Use Authorization...

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UT-Austin professor files 2 new libel lawsuits against student, assistant instructor

Samantha Greyson December 8, 2020

Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of pedophilia, sexual violence, pederasty, rape and lowering the age of consent. This article has been updated to include comments from a UT spokesperson...

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COVID-19 vaccines will go to health care workers first, not mandatory to return to campus, UT-Austin officials say

Amanda Figueroa-Nieves December 8, 2020

The University is preparing to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to health care workers, following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the state of Texas.  Amy Young,...

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The Daily Texan’s future remains strong even amid pandemic

Megan Menchaca December 7, 2020

There has never been another semester like fall 2020 for The Daily Texan. For the first time in its 120-year history, the staff had to create a print paper virtually. We temporarily stopped printing...

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We’re not done: What the Diversity and Inclusion Board, management did to improve inclusivity in newsroom

Diversity and Inclusion Board December 7, 2020

In August, the Diversity and Inclusion Board members from both the summer and previous semesters published a letter addressed to The Daily Texan management and Texas Student Media. The letter said, “The...

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Fall 2020: Looking Forward

Campus UT will offer almost 60% of spring classes online with a similar number of courses having online, hybrid and in-person modality as in the fall semester. Students living in residence halls may...

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