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UT Elementary School to restore classroom gardens with $2,500 grant

Brooke Ontiveros February 26, 2020

UT Elementary School, a research-based charter school that serves prekindergarten to fifth grade, lost its classroom gardens two years ago. Thanks to a $2,500 grant, the school plans to restore the gardens...

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Moody Communication Council provides period products in Belo Center for New Media women’s restrooms

Madi Margulies February 26, 2020

The Moody Communication Council began providing free period products this month in the women’s restrooms of the Belo Center for New Media after a period product donation drive last semester. Periods...

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Guest lecturer discusses history of sugar, connection with race

Sera Simpson February 26, 2020

A visiting professor discussed the contemporary relevance of sugar plantations in Texas and how it affects the modern food system in a lecture Tuesday. Professor Ashanté Reese, an assistant professor...

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Student government debate covers mental health, student representation

Anna Canizales February 25, 2020

Candidates for student body president and vice president proclaimed their opinions on student safety, mental health and student representation at the Student Government debate Monday evening. Eight...

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UT-Austin lab uses robots to help survivors of strokes

Will Brooks February 25, 2020

A UT laboratory is testing a robotic exoskeleton that will be used to assist people who are recovering from a stroke. ReNeu Robotics Lab in the Mechanical Engineering Department began creating the exoskeleton...

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Fun Run brings foam cannon, obstacle courses to campus

Cahal McAuley February 25, 2020

Students took off on a three-mile Fun Run around the University campus Monday evening in preparation for the annual Longhorn Run on April 18. Over 150 participants signed up for the Fun Run, which began...

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Imagine Lab hosts virtual reality showcase for Entrepreneurship Week

Jasmine Lopez February 25, 2020

UT students explored two room-scale virtual reality setups to interact with virtual reality Monday morning in the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center.  The Moody Imagine Lab, part of the Moody...

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Disability Student Advocacy Coalition hosts Disability History Night

Lauren Abel February 25, 2020

The Disability Advocacy Student Coalition discussed a history of unfair and inhumane treatment of disabled people that continued into the 1990s at the Disability History Night on Monday in the William...

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Counter Cafe opens new location in West Campus

Hannah Williford February 25, 2020

Counter Cafe quietly opened its third location in Austin at the beginning of the year near Guadalupe Street, replacing Conan’s Pizza Central in West Campus. Located on West 29th Street near Cabo...

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UT-Austin scientists make breakthrough in coronavirus research

Nataleah Small February 25, 2020

University scientists made a breakthrough in novel coronavirus research by creating a 3D atomic-scale map of the part of the virus that infects human cells, according to UT News.  Jason McLellan,...

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Connor and Camille SG campaign disqualified for overspending

Anna Canizales February 25, 2020

The campaign for student body president and vice president candidates Connor Alexander and Camille Johnson was disqualified from running Monday night after being issued two fines exceeding the amount...

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Former UT tennis coach Michael Center sentenced to six months in admissions scandal

Lauren Grobe February 24, 2020

Michael Center, former UT men’s tennis coach, was sentenced to six months in prison Monday afternoon at a Boston federal court for accepting a $100,000 bribe to fraudulently admit a student to the...

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