UT Libraries announced that it obtained free New York Times online subscriptions on Aug. 28 for all students and faculty, granting unlimited access to the multimedia journalism website and app. Campus...

New student organization the Longhorn Bridge Club will pay members to attend meetings and learn to play bridge. New members will receive $15 per meeting they attend as long as they are University students...

A federal judge said he will provide an injunction to stop a law censoring books containing “sexually explicit material” in school libraries last month, resulting from a lawsuit filed by book freedom...

The Austin City Council approved a resolution yesterday requiring access to natural light in all newly constructed bedrooms in Austin after UT community members started a campaign this summer against windowless...

A research data lab at UT recently formed a partnership with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies to create methane emissions data to inform European energy policy. The Energy Emissions Modeling...

Brandon Wollerson donated blood for the first time in high school before he realized he was gay. After a few years of donating, Wollerson came out and became an ineligible donor — until We Are Blood...

Rosana Carroll stood in an unoccupied lot in the Hancock neighborhood north of campus, feeding approximately 60 stray cats two and a half years ago. She said she feeds the now neutered remaining 30 cats...

In mid-August, the city of Austin announced its move into Stage 2 water restrictions, including water accessibility and use limits because of extreme drought conditions dropping water levels in Austin-area...

The University of Texas announced plans to build a new ecological field station in Dripping Springs on Aug. 28 after receiving a $50 million gift from the Winn Family Foundation.  Named the Hill Country...

A new Texas law limiting local governments’ power to legislate in cities across the state went into effect Sept. 1, despite a Travis County legal decision calling it unconstitutional.  House Bill...

A study published in July involving UT researchers found that rapid switches from droughts to floods are occurring more frequently worldwide.  The researchers found that increased evaporation and precipitation...

Patients faced difficulties accessing reproductive care after Planned Parenthood services were terminated from Medicaid coverage in Texas in 2021, according to a study published in August by UT researchers. Medicaid...