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Students wait in line to early vote at the Texas Union on Oct. 22, 2024.

Blue among red: 10 years of voting at Texas public universities

Emily DeMotte, General Projects Reporter November 4, 2024

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...

Austin City Hall on Sept. 12, 2023.

City of Austin opens rent assistance application

Matthew Gomez, Senior News Reporter November 4, 2024

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 hosts conference about contemporary Russia, discusses history, current events

UT hosts conference about contemporary Russia, discusses history, current events

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter November 3, 2024

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...

Families listen to the UT Mariachi at the Texas Science and Natural History museum on Nov. 2, 2024. The museum's Dia De Los Huesos event attracted families to engage with bones and tranditions of Dia De Los Muertos.

Texas Science & Natural History Museum Celebrates ‘Día de los Huesos’

Lizzie Bassett, General News Reporter November 3, 2024

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...

McCombs Master in Professional Accounting program receives STEM Designation

McCombs Master in Professional Accounting program receives STEM Designation

Ethan Housewright, General News Reporter November 1, 2024

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...

In a media landscape where audiences increasingly choose what they consume, reliable, fact-based news media can help shape civic behaviors and electoral participation. This was first published on Nov. 1, 2024.

Digital generation: How young people engage with political news media, participate in civic spaces 

Catharine Li, General Projects Reporter November 1, 2024

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...

Derek Hernandez watches for Bus 18 at the stop at the corner of Martin Luther King and San Jacinto boulevards on Oct. 31, 2024. This stop is one of many without a roof or seating.

Lack of benches, shelters at CapMetro bus stops pose safety concerns for students

Catharine Li, General News Reporter November 1, 2024

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...

New rubric indicates UT’s successes, challenges in student-parent engagement

New rubric indicates UT’s successes, challenges in student-parent engagement

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter October 31, 2024

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...

voters with disabilities are raising concerns about voting accessibility and offering suggestions to make polling locations and the voting process more accessible. This was published on Oct. 31, 2024.

UT community members with disabilities voice polling location, voter accessibility concerns

Erika Pernis, Senior News Reporter October 31, 2024

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...

Rejuve Massage Spa is pictured on Oct. 30, 2024. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation found proof the location had online advertisements with detailed sexual content.

San Antonio Street massage parlor shuts down for suspected human trafficking

Riley Walsh, General News Reporter October 31, 2024

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...

Combating stigma, raising awareness of STIs at UT

Combating stigma, raising awareness of STIs at UT

Max Kinser, General Projects Reporter October 30, 2024

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...

Robert Pitman, U.S. Attorney, law

Federal judge allows advancement of lawsuit against state university’s enforcement of executive order

Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter October 30, 2024

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...

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