After its approval by Austin Parks and Recreation on May 22, the Zilker Park Vision Plan has received public opposition online from several groups. Save Zilker Park, a movement against the plan, has grown...

Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 15, which requires all college athletes to compete based on their sex assigned at birth, on June 15.  The legislation requires all transgender athletes to compete...

Radio-Television-Film professor Karen Kocher created the Barton Creek Time Stream, a multimedia educational website dedicated to telling the history of Barton Creek’s conservation efforts. Looking...

In light of community backlash, a revised partnership between the Austin Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety resumed this month after a pause in May. The partnership was...

The American Association of University Professors at UT responded on June 7 to the statement UT President Jay Hartzell released about Senate Bills 17 and 18. The House version of SB 18, which the Texas...

Last month, Austin broke its heat-index record after 118-degree temperatures were recorded at Camp Mabry on June 21, according to the National Weather Service.  Texas, among other states in the...

The United States Supreme Court issued a ruling on June 29 banning the consideration of race in both public and private higher education admissions, also known as affirmative action.  The 6-3 ruling...

“I guess you could say he’s almost like a Renaissance geologist.”  This is how Sharon Mosher, professor and dean emeritus of the Jackson School of Geosciences, described her long-time colleague...

A new national poll conducted by the Civitas Institute on June 6 intended to measure public opinion on various topics like individual liberties, democracy and capitalism in the United States found...

“The keys to the cabinet is on the table.” Wait — that doesn’t sound right.  Artificial intelligence like ChatGPT must develop social skills and world knowledge to avoid mistakes human...

Hundreds of nurses went on strike on June 27 outside the Ascension Seton Medical Center, marking the largest nurses' strike in Texas history, according to a National Nurses United press release.  “We...

In a series of multimedia shots taken by digital artist Nolan Zunk, the College of Natural Sciences highlighted faculty and staff members who are part of the LGBTQIA+ community. “We want members of...