When thinking about student protests, images of students conducting sit-ins for civil rights, marching against the Vietnam War or walking for Roe v. Wade might come to mind. However, tucked between...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced his legislative charges to the Texas Senate on Thursday, setting its policy priorities for the next legislative session. The charges, laid out in a 15-page document, give...

The University fired 66 staff members in its mass firing on April 2, the president-elect of the Texas Conference of the American Association of University Professors confirmed at a joint press conference...

WHAT: The Problem  When Fariah Mahmood thinks back to 2020, the UT graduate remembers barely leaving her house in Williamson County. She recalls the frantic search for reliable face masks and seeing...

About 20 community members gathered in front of a pink shed housing a refrigerator and pantry last Saturday with coffee and tacos in hand to celebrate the grand opening of a new free fridge in West...

Ph.D. candidate Quang Tran received a $430,000 fellowship from the Heising-Simons Foundation on March 28 for his research in the field of astronomy. As a postdoctoral fellow, Tran will continue his...

CapMetro’s Board of Directors held a public hearing on Wednesday to understand how proposed changes to two of the University’s shuttle routes would impact service to students, faculty and staff. The...

The Austin City Council passed a resolution on March 21 seeking to increase street trees and green infrastructure, such as urban trails and wildlife habitats, in future public land development projects.  The...

UT’s College of Natural Sciences recently announced the winner of its annual Visualizing Science contest, which celebrates images captured by participants. This year, physics graduate student Maile...

Update: The attack will go before Austin Police Department's Hate Crimes Review Committee to determine if it will be classified as a hate crime in May. The investigation is still ongoing. Three...

The City Council will rename the Barton Springs bathhouse after the first Black woman to jump in the springs in 1960.  Joan Means Khabele was part of one of the first integrated classes at Austin...

An Austin appellate court upheld two lower court injunctions on March 29 that blocked the Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating families who provided gender-affirming care to...