For the past 30 years, the state of Texas has voted Republican. For the past five, conservative lawmakers have passed a slew of legislation targeting a central, threatening idea — liberal college campuses. In...

In partnership with multiple community organizations, the city of Austin reopened a rent assistance application on Friday to help Austin residents manage the affordable housing crisis. The application...

UT’s Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies held a two-day conference Friday and Saturday about Russia’s role in contemporary history, where panelists discussed the Russia-Ukraine...

The Texas Science & Natural History Museum welcomed at least 200 community members to “Día de los Huesos” on Saturday, an event which celebrated Día de los Muertos with a paleontological...

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board gave a McCombs School of Business master’s program a STEM certification for its “emphasis on quantitative methods, statistical analysis and technological...

The rise of digital platforms has transformed how young people access and engage with news media. In a media landscape where audiences increasingly choose what they consume, reliable, fact-based news media...

CapMetro is continuing community engagement efforts through the spring on Transit Plan 2035, a 10-year strategic plan for enhanced public transportation infrastructure in Central Texas. The preliminary...

The Urban Institute published a rubric on Oct. 18 to guide higher-education leadership in supporting student parents through inclusion, representation and data collection. Kimberly Salazar, research...

With Election Day approaching on Nov. 5, voters with disabilities are raising concerns about voting accessibility and offering suggestions to make polling locations and the voting process more accessible. According...

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation ordered the emergency closure of a local massage parlor located two blocks off of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd effective Oct. 15 for offering illegal sexual...

Experts say half of all sexually active people are predicted to get a sexually transmitted infection by age 25. But STIs remain a taboo topic for many people. “A lot of people are unaware that these...

A federal judge on Tuesday allowed a lawsuit concerning Texas universities’ enforcement of Gov. Greg Abbott’s executive order on antisemitism to proceed in court. In May, pro-Palestine organizations...