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Students can register for classes with financial bars up to $1,000

Kylee Howard, Senior News Reporter February 17, 2023

Students with financial bars up to $1,000 will still be able to register for classes beginning this upcoming registration period, Texas One Stop announced in an email to students on Feb. 16. The University...

The best time to get vaccinated is when you’re asleep, UT researcher finds

The best time to get vaccinated is when you’re asleep, UT researcher finds

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter February 16, 2023

Vaccinations are more beneficial when delivered during the resting phase of the circadian rhythm — as opposed to during waking hours — a UT researcher found in a Jan. 30 study. Louise Ince, a research...

Resident assistants support dining hall operations during winter storm

Resident assistants support dining hall operations during winter storm

Sarah Brager, General News Reporter February 16, 2023

Dangerous conditions from the winter freeze earlier this month, including persistent power outages and icy roads, left many UT employees unable to come to campus. However, many student employees filled...

City of Austin grant aims to make safer, more walkable intersections in West Campus

City of Austin grant aims to make safer, more walkable intersections in West Campus

Vivien Ayers, Senior News Reporter February 16, 2023

The city of Austin received a $22.9 million grant on Feb. 3 to improve road infrastructure within the next five years throughout the city, including two prospective Guadalupe Street intersections at Martin...

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Ascension reach agreement

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas, Ascension reach agreement

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter February 16, 2023

After stalled negotiations surrounding the cost of Ascension care for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas insurance holders threatened to end care for some last month, the two entities reached an agreement...

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.

On-campus workers face low wages, high living costs

Julius Shieh, General News Reporter February 16, 2023

Since 2009, inflation has gone up 39.35% and the median cost of rent in Austin has risen by nearly $400 per month. However, over the past 14 years, UT’s minimum wage for student jobs has remained the...

UT alum receives first Academy Award nomination for animated short film

UT alum receives first Academy Award nomination for animated short film

Mason Rouser, General News Reporter February 16, 2023

UT alumna Pamela Ribon landed her first Academy Award nomination on Jan. 24 with the animated short film “My Year of Dicks.” Created and written by Ribon, the film follows a teenage girl living in...

Roundup event changed to West Fest to distance from past

Roundup event changed to West Fest to distance from past

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter February 16, 2023

In 1930, the University introduced Roundup, a homecoming event that included decorated floats and a weekend of parties for “each and every visitor to the (UT) Campus,” according to the event’s original...

Cronk gets bonked: Austin City Council removes City Manager Spencer Cronk for winter storm failings

Cronk gets bonked: Austin City Council removes City Manager Spencer Cronk for winter storm failings

Madeline Duncan, Senior News Reporter February 16, 2023

The Austin City Council voted to remove Spencer Cronk from his position as city manager due to his shortcomings during winter storm Mara in a special session on Feb. 15.  The council voted 10-1 to...

Waterloo Greenway set to begin second phase of project

Waterloo Greenway set to begin second phase of project

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter February 16, 2023

Phase two of the Waterloo Greenway Conservancy project is set to begin construction this spring. The project plans to create a 1.5-mile park system encompassing 35 acres of land that will connect 15th...

Executive director of Rethink35 Adam Greenfield speaks against I-35 expansion at the University of Texas at Austin on Feb. 15, 2022. Rethink35 organized with UT students to protest the Texas Department of Transportation's proposal to expand I-35.

‘Our future is not freeways’: UT students and faculty protest I-35 expansion

Koshik Mahapatra, General News Reporter February 15, 2023

Members of the Rethink35@UT student group, a local chapter of the Austin-based nonprofit Rethink35, held a rally in front of the Flawn Academic Center on Wednesday protesting the potential expansion of...

A pedestrian stops and looks upwards at a new H-E-B sign. The Lake Austin location, which opened on Feb. 15, will be the first in Austin to feature two stories.

First multi-level H-E-B in Austin opens, provides grocery access for University Apartments residents

Julius Shieh, General News Reporter February 15, 2023

A ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated the opening of the first multi-level H-E-B grocery store in Austin on Wednesday. The Lake Austin H-E-B store, which began construction in 2019, features a variety...

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