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Housing Authority provides 300 housing vouchers to Austin’s unhoused population

Housing Authority provides 300 housing vouchers to Austin’s unhoused population

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

The Housing Authority of the City of Austin released plans to provide 300 project-based vouchers for Austin’s vulnerable and unhoused population earlier this month during a press conference.  Partially...

Gov. Greg Abbott appoints three members to UT System Board of Regents

Gov. Greg Abbott appoints three members to UT System Board of Regents

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

Gov. Greg Abbott appointed three members to the UT System Board of Regents, according to a newsletter sent out by the University of Texas System on March 16. Robert Gauntt was newly appointed and vice...

Temporary exhibit honors first generation of Black UT students

Temporary exhibit honors first generation of Black UT students

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

UT honors the first generation of Black UT students, known as the Precursors, with an exhibit displayed in the East Mall until March 31. The exhibit displays 118 wooden posts that represent the first...

House Appropriations Committee approves 2024-25 state budget bill draft —  here’s what’s in it

House Appropriations Committee approves 2024-25 state budget bill draft — here’s what’s in it

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

The House Appropriations Committee approved the official draft 2024-25 Texas state budget Thursday, using an unprecedented $302.7 billion budget to fund property taxes, wage increases and border operations. The...

City officials, community members work to improve West Campus construction safety

City officials, community members work to improve West Campus construction safety

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter March 23, 2023

Compared to many areas of Austin, West Campus sees a higher volume of pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles. As more and more developments pop up to fulfill student housing needs, city officials and...

Ally accessibility platform allows students to access course material more easily as MP3, ePUB

Ally accessibility platform allows students to access course material more easily as MP3, ePUB

Ren Leija, General News Reporter March 23, 2023

As part of an initiative to improve accessibility for students and faculty, UT integrated the Ally accessibility platform into Canvas on Monday. Ally will provide additional formats for course materials...

UT research explores why asthmatic children of color are more likely to go to ER

UT research explores why asthmatic children of color are more likely to go to ER

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter March 22, 2023

New UT research revealed that upper respiratory viruses might be why Black and Hispanic children are more likely to go to the emergency room for complications with asthma than white children. Results...

UT researchers find ambulance transport destinations in US differ by patient’s race, ethnicity

UT researchers find ambulance transport destinations in US differ by patient’s race, ethnicity

Koshik Mahapatra, General News Reporter March 22, 2023

A study published last month in part by UT researchers found significant differences between which hospitals white patients and patients of color are taken to by ambulance from emergency scenes within...

UT researchers launch new transportation center to analyze travel behavior, safety

UT researchers launch new transportation center to analyze travel behavior, safety

Sarah Brager, General News Reporter March 22, 2023

UT announced the launch of a new transportation research center that will analyze travel behavior and commuter psychology in partnership with other schools across the country. Researchers from the Center...

Supreme Court hears cases challenging Biden’s student loan forgiveness program

Supreme Court hears cases challenging Biden’s student loan forgiveness program

Mason Rouser, General News Reporter March 20, 2023

The U.S. Supreme Court heard two cases at the end of last month that challenge President Joe Biden’s program to forgive up to $20,000 of student loans for those who qualify, giving insight to how...

A student walks past Hole In The Wall on March 20, 2023. A car recently crashed into the bar, causing damage to the front of the building.

Community comes together to support employee injured during incident at Hole in the Wall

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter March 20, 2023

The Austin music community came together to support Troy Pruitt, a long-time door attendant at the local West Campus bar Hole in the Wall, after he was seriously injured when hit by a car as he was...

Students walk past Longhorn Coffee Co in the WCP. Longhorn Coffee Co, which is run by Housing and Dining, pays students a minimum of $13/hr.

Longhorn Coffee Co. employees face worker shortages

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter March 20, 2023

Employees at Longhorn Coffee Co. in the William C. Powers Student Activity Center say issues with new management has left them understaffed. McKenna Golen, a government sophomore and student manager...

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