A memorial tree grows on the east side of Prather Hall with a grey stone marker next to it. Both are dedicated to dance freshman Haruka Weiser, who was killed walking to her dorm 10 years ago this April.
For...
Clarence Thomas, associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, spoke at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium on Wednesday to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence’s signing.
In...
When UT freshman Dave Thadani tells voters he is running to be on the Austin City Council, people almost always ask if he is old enough to run. But for Thadani’s campaign, he said his policies are more...
Alex Leisk, General Projects Reporter
• April 16, 2026
Over 40 students packed the Student Government assembly room — a contrast from the usual handful — as the assembly looked to pass funding for UT’s Turning Point USA chapter. The air was tense....
Abbey Shultz, Senior News Reporter
• April 14, 2026
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Dustin Burrows, speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, announced $50 million will be put toward research on ibogaine, a psychedelic drug, on March 31.
In June 2025,...
Don Huffines, the Republican nominee for Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, said decreasing state spending is among his priorities in Bass Lecture Hall on Tuesday. The man running to be the state’s...
The University and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas are partnering to study ways to strengthen the state’s electric grid, announced on March 26 in a news release.
ERCOT, which manages the...
The parents of Savitha Shan, a student who was killed during the Sixth Street shooting in March, shared on April 10 that they created an endowment scholarship in her honor.
Shan Muthian and Selvi...
The John M. Kuehne Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy Library will permanently close on May 6, the dean of the College of Natural Sciences announced in an email last month. In response, students launched...
The Austin City Council has not voted on West Campus zoning updates meant to promote affordable housing nearly a year after it was scheduled to.
The University Neighborhood Overlay is a program that...
To some Austinites, running isn’t just exercise, it’s something closer to a religion.
Run clubs have existed in Austin since the 1970s, but it wasn’t until a decade later that the city became...
The Trump administration proposed sweeping changes to policies regarding college athletes’ Name, Image and Likeness in an April 3 executive order. The order attempts to limit how much athletes can be...
