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Early action applicants received decisions after initially being deferred

Early action applicants received decisions after initially being deferred

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 11, 2025

Deferred admissions decisions for many Early Action applications released a week earlier than applicants expected on Friday. Many Early Action applicants originally reported on social media that they...

Texas adds most jobs nationally in 2024, records largest number of Texans working

Texas adds most jobs nationally in 2024, records largest number of Texans working

Kendall Meachum, General News Reporter February 11, 2025

Texas added the most new jobs in the nation last year, creating 284,200 nonfarm jobs in the state, according to data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Jan. 28.  Texas also took the...

Cars pass by Moody’s Kitchen and Bar on Feb. 10, 2025.

Moody’s Kitchen and Bar closed, to be replaced by 1972: Women’s Sports Bar

Laura Rivera, Senior News Reporter February 11, 2025

Moody’s Kitchen and Bar on Guadalupe Street closed Jan. 29 after a mutual decision was made by the owners, a Moody’s spokesperson said in an email. 1972: ATX Women’s Sports Pub, a bar playing all...

UT graduate student coalition launches new campaign to raise pay, protect jobs

UT graduate student coalition launches new campaign to raise pay, protect jobs

Catharine Li, Senior News Reporter February 11, 2025

For a coalition of graduate students in the College of Liberal Arts, fighting for a living wage and just working conditions is a “marathon, not a sprint.”  A group of graduate students known...

Cars drive past the future location of Mad Dogs on Guadalupe Street on Feb. 9, 2025.

Halal hot dog franchise to relocate to Guadalupe Street

Aiman Tareen, General News Reporter February 9, 2025

Halal hot dog franchise Mad Dogs will relocate from 12th Street to Guadalupe Street by the end of February, the owner said. Mad Dogs originally started in Houston in 2022 and quickly gained popularity...

A protester holds up a Mexican flag during their march toward the Capitol at the Betas immigration protest on Feb. 8, 2025.

UT fraternity protests Trump administration’s immigration policy

Daniela Capistran and Isaiah Williams February 8, 2025

Around 300 students and community members marched from Littlefield Fountain to the Texas Capitol on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies and the actions of U.S. Immigration...

Texas volleyball played Texas A&M during the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament in Austin, TX on Nov. 30, 2023.

NCAA bars transgender women from participating in college, university women’s sports

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 7, 2025

Only student-athletes assigned female at birth will be allowed to compete in university women’s sports, the NCAA announced Thursday in a news release.  The announcement comes after President Donald...

College of Natural Sciences unveils new wellness center to support students’ personal, academic success

College of Natural Sciences unveils new wellness center to support students’ personal, academic success

Laura Rivera, Senior News Reporter February 7, 2025

The College of Natural Sciences opened its newly renovated wellness center on Jan. 22 on the fifth floor of Painter Hall, according to an Instagram post from the Natural Sciences Council. The new center...

A demonstrator chants with the marching crowd at the “Reject Project 2025” protest in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 5, 2025.

Demonstrators gather at Capitol to protest Trump administration policies, executive orders

Isaiah Williams and Diego Hernandez February 5, 2025

Hundreds gathered on Wednesday in a nationally coordinated protest at the Texas Capitol, marching down Congress Avenue to oppose executive orders from the Trump administration and the Texas Legislature’s...

Battle Hall on Jan. 31, 2025.

UT renames architecture library after school’s, state’s first Black architect

Caroline McConnico, Senior News Reporter February 5, 2025

UT has officially renamed the Battle Hall library after John Chase, the University’s first Black architecture student, according to a Jan. 23 news release published on his 100th birthday. The library...

The U.S. Capitol on Jan. 17, 2025, decorated for the inauguration of President Donald J. Trump.

Trump executive order prohibits transgender women in sports programs

Catharine Li, Senior News Reporter February 5, 2025

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday prohibiting transgender women and girls from competing in women’s sports and committed to “rescind(ing) all funds” from educational...

From left, mediator and professor of practice Evan Smith speaks with State Representatives John Bucy III, Sheryl Cole and Gina Hinojosa at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Febuary 3rd. Each state rep. is a Democrat representing Austin.

LBJ School hosts Texas House Democrats, discussion on party strategy following ‘red wave’

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter February 4, 2025

Now is an “opportune time to reevaluate” party strategy after last election’s “red wave” resulted in Republican representatives gaining control of the government, Texas House Representative Gina...

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