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West Campus Ambassadors Jason Turner and Israel Cesar Campbell walk down Guadalupe Street on August 24, 2023.

West Campus Ambassadors program seeks to increase safety, cleanliness for residents

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter August 24, 2023

The West Campus Ambassadors program is the newest initiative in an  $8 million investment to increase safety in West Campus, UT President Jay Hartzell and UT System Board of Regents chairman Kevin Eltife...

Mayor Kirk Watson spoke at the the UT University Democrat's meeting in Burdine Hall on August 23, 2023.

Kirk Watson talks housing affordability, Austin growth, return as mayor at first University Democrats meeting

Reece Tincher, General News Reporter August 24, 2023

Mayor Kirk Watson reflected on a changing Austin and dealing with its current affordability and climate crisis at a University Democrats’ Q&A on Aug. 23.  Watson was a guest speaker at the organization’s...

Auto thefts in Austin increase compared to last year, driven partly by lack of anti-theft devices in Hyundai, Kia models

Auto thefts in Austin increase compared to last year, driven partly by lack of anti-theft devices in Hyundai, Kia models

Isabella Zeff, Senior News Reporter August 23, 2023

Adam Smith left his friend’s Austin apartment in the early hours of July 20 ready to drive home, but instead of seeing his Hyundai Elantra, he found an empty parking space. “I went back out (to...

UT introduces new AI literacy course for students and faculty

UT introduces new AI literacy course for students and faculty

Laurel Pinchback, General News Reporter August 23, 2023

Beginning this week, UT will launch a new AI literacy course to provide students with the skills needed to adapt to the ever-increasing role played by AI in educational and professional spaces.  A...

The Chemical and Petroleum building on Dean Keeton and Speedway.

Engineering Discovery Building begins construction, aims to increase collaborative research

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter August 23, 2023

Ever since its construction in 1985, project manager Keith Westmoreland said the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE) building, while full of interconnected faculty and students, felt disjointed and...

UT students walk down 25th st. on the first day of class, Aug. 21, 2023.

UT System and Coursera launch free online micro-credential program

Sarah Brager, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

The UT System and online course provider Coursera launched a micro-credential program earlier this month that’s free for all University students, faculty, staff and alumni across its nine academic institutions....

National reading proficiency in students dropped post-pandemic, UT researchers find

National reading proficiency in students dropped post-pandemic, UT researchers find

Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter August 22, 2023

The reading assessment scores of 4th and 8th graders decreased after the COVID-19 pandemic due to school closures and remote learning, according to a study published by UT researchers last month. Tim...

The Rambler on the intersection of 26th and Nueces on Aug. 21, 2023. U-Hual workers unpack lobby furniture.

Rambler delays move-in to days after first day of class

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

At 11 p.m. on Aug. 17 — four days before the first day of classes on Aug. 21 — Rambler sent an email informing future residents that their move-in was delayed. It stated that residents would move in...

The tower on August 15, 2020.

Huffington Post exposé reveals racist and misogynistic writings of McCombs visiting scholar

Raiyan Shaik, Senior news reporter August 22, 2023

Richard Hanania, a well-known conservative figure and visiting scholar at UT, wrote several articles years ago under the pseudonym “Richard Hoste,” that the Huffington Post characterized as racist...

McCombs to launch new sustainability focused executive education program

McCombs to launch new sustainability focused executive education program

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

The McCombs Schools of Business created a new executive education program called the Sustainability Leadership Program to educate business professionals on integrating sustainability into their work.  The...

UT researchers develop modified VR headset to monitor brain activity

UT researchers develop modified VR headset to monitor brain activity

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

A team of researchers at UT modified a virtual reality headset with a noninvasive electroencephalogram to measure brain activity. “VR headsets are widely used as an immersive environment to either...

Tiktoker Adam Powell, who makes videos on Austin history, stands in front of the Littlefield Home, built in 1893 for Civil War veteran George Littlefield, on August 16, 2023. “I think it should be questioned whether this is a guy who's deserving of honor when his whole life's work, in terms of history, was pushing to honor the Confederacy as much as possible,” Powell said.

Local content creator takes on online platform for community advocacy

Kylee Howard, News Desk Editor August 20, 2023

“It's so niche,” said Adam Powell, owner of @adampowellatx on TikTok. “There's no way the algorithm’s ever going to pick this up.” Twenty-nine-year-old Powell grew up in Leander, north of...

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