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UT Health Austin recruits coronavirus symptom screening volunteers

Hannah Williford August 25, 2020

University students and community members are volunteering as COVID-19 symptom screeners for UT Health Austin in order to allow their typical clinic operations to continue. Volunteers ask each person...

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UT Police officers to educate community on social distancing guidelines, ask violators to leave campus

Brooke Ontiveros August 25, 2020

The UT Police Department will ask people to leave campus if they do not cooperate with mask and social distancing guidelines this fall.  UTPD will remind students violating mask-wearing and social...

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UT-Austin course materials, library resources to be available largely online

Anna Canizales August 25, 2020

The Perry-Castañeda Library opened Thursday with limited capacity and safety measures in place to enforce social distancing and will continue to provide resources largely online. All other libraries...

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Student Government to focus on COVID-19 accommodations, tuition transparency this fall

Anna Canizales August 25, 2020

Student Government will focus on student safety and work with the University to listen to and accommodate a wide range of students this fall while operating remotely, student body president Anagha Kikkeri...

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What’s open, online, closed on campus at UT-Austin this fall?

Andrew Zhang August 24, 2020

Since this semester will look a little different, the Texan has gathered a list of which University services and resources are open, closed or online to help students navigate campus.  Academic...

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International students face time zone differences

Andrew Zhang August 24, 2020

This fall, Bhavya Shukla will start her class day as the sun sets. Since Shukla lives in Singapore, which is 13 hours ahead of Austin, her classes will start around 9 p.m. and end around 3 a.m. daily. After...

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West Campus security improvements delayed further, Walter Webb Hall substation to open soon

Brooke Ontiveros August 24, 2020

Security improvements in West Campus that were set to be near complete by the first day of the fall semester continue to be delayed due to the pandemic, UT Police Chief David Carter said. Last semester,...

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How can students, staff and faculty get tested for COVID-19 at UT-Austin?

Amanda Figueroa-Nieves August 24, 2020

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that asymptomatic members of the UT community can sign up for Proactive Community Testing. University Health Services and UT Health Austin will...

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UT-Austin reduces seating capacities, rearranges furniture in buildings before campus reopening

Lauren Goodman August 24, 2020

UT has reduced seating capacities in buildings and reorganized classrooms to meet COVID-19 safety protocols in preparation for in-person classes during the fall semester. Out of 11,586 total class sections,...

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UT-Austin model projects between 82 to 183 students will arrive on-campus infected with COVID-19

Amanda Figueroa-Nieves August 24, 2020

Between 82 and 183 UT students may arrive infected with COVID-19 during the first week of classes, according to a report published Friday by a group of University researchers.  The COVID-19 Modeling...

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Despite guidelines, UT-Austin students fear COVID-19 outbreaks on campus

Anna Canizales August 24, 2020

After other universities have reopened and closed down weeks later due to coronavirus outbreaks, some UT students said they are not confident in the University’s policies to prevent the spread of...

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Fewer students Mooov-In to UT residence halls amid coronavirus pandemic

Samantha Greyson August 21, 2020

Around 3,600 students will be settled into the University’s residence halls by the end of this year’s Mooov-In, which began Tuesday. That’s less than half of the number of students who...

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