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Sustainability students talk climate anxiety, stress of finding solutions to climate change

Sustainability students talk climate anxiety, stress of finding solutions to climate change

Sarah Brager, Senior News Reporter September 7, 2023

For sustainability studies senior Rae Datt, thinking about schoolwork often prompts a different type of stress than the average student experiences. On top of the typical homework and exams, Datt says...

Customers wait in line at the University Co-op on Aug. 7, 2023

University Co-op announces expansion of multi-million Course Material Scholarship

Laurel Pinchback, General News Reporter September 7, 2023

The University Co-op announced plans this summer to expand the University Co-op Course Material Scholarship by increasing support for students to $12 million over the next eight years.  All students...

FDA approves first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus using research from UT professor

FDA approves first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus using research from UT professor

Isabella Zeff, Senior News Reporter September 7, 2023

The Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus, which uses breakthrough research by a UT professor. Molecular bioscience professor Jason McLellan worked...

Lai Keji stands in his lab in the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building on Aug. 28, 2023.

Research grant awarded to UT physics professor

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter September 6, 2023

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $1.25 million to 21 experimental physicists at the end of August, including associate physics professor Keji Lai. The Experimental Physics Investigators...

Austin City Council discusses affordable housing, gentrification, pride flags

Austin City Council discusses affordable housing, gentrification, pride flags

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

Following a five-item housing finance meeting, The Austin City Council discussed affordable housing, pride flags and new homelessness initiatives in a meeting Aug. 31. The Austin Housing Finance Corporation...

Senior Lucian Juarez at Whitis Court, where he stayed freshman year, on Sep. 3, 2023. Juarez began transitioning at 18. It was the first place he lived in where he felt safe and affirmed, he said.

Senate Bill 14, which bans gender-affirming care for transgender youth, goes into effect despite legal pushback

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

A law preventing transgender minors in Texas from receiving gender-affirming care went into effect last week despite a state district court ruling the law likely violates the Texas Constitution.  Senate...

UT researchers identify Maisie's galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

UT researchers identify Maisie’s galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

A team of researchers identified Maisie’s galaxy as one of the earliest galaxies ever detected using the James Webb Space Telescope. UT researchers first discovered Maisie’s galaxy last summer, which...

Data shows women earn 40% less than men in Central Texas

Data shows women earn 40% less than men in Central Texas

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

Women in Central Texas experience double the national wage gap, earning 40% less than men, according to an Austin Community Foundation report.  This gender wage gap affects housing, education and economic...

UT and U.S. Army host STEM summer camp focused on hands-on experiences for middle schoolers

UT and U.S. Army host STEM summer camp focused on hands-on experiences for middle schoolers

Isabella Zeff, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

A group of middle schoolers attending the Gains in Engineering, Math and Science program gathered in the field outside the University’s J.J. Pickle Research Campus, circling a Texas Robotics autonomous...

Mellon Foundation provides $1.5 million grant to audiovisual annotation platform

Mellon Foundation provides $1.5 million grant to audiovisual annotation platform

Sowmya Sridhar, News General Reporter September 5, 2023

The Mellon Foundation provided AVAnnotate, a platform created by UT associate professor Tanya Clement and Brumfield Labs that allows users to create annotations of audiovisual collections, with a $1.5...

Center for Autonomy collaborates with universities to host undergraduate autonomous technology research program

Center for Autonomy collaborates with universities to host undergraduate autonomous technology research program

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter September 3, 2023

The Center for Autonomy at the Oden Institute hosted a new research program for undergraduates over the summer, providing students with the opportunity to gain experience in autonomous technology research.    The...

Professor Kiran Shokar and Research Program Manager Cynthia Chacon in front of the Dell Medical School on Aug. 30th, 2023. Earlier this month, Dr. Kiran and Dr. Michael Pignone were granted $3 million to help advance access to colorectal cancer screenings.

Researchers from Dell Medical School receive $3 million to improve colorectal cancer prevention efforts in Texas

Sarah Brager, Senior News Reporter August 31, 2023

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas granted Dr. Kiran Shokar and Dr. Michael Pignone $3 million earlier this month to improve statewide access to colorectal cancer screenings and expand...

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