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...

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...

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 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...

UT, the Texas Department of Transportation and other partners are collaborating on Texas SMARTTrack, a new initiative to improve road safety and integrate autonomous vehicles. Amit Bhasin, director...

As the controversy surrounding the pilot course Advanced Placement African American Studies sweeps the nation, some members of the UT community think the course could benefit the greater academic and social...

Greg and Kathy Moore met in a government class as UT students. When she was 33, Kathy received a multiple sclerosis diagnosis. She lived a full life with the disease for 20 years, until she reached the...

NASA selected a UT lab as an inaugural facility for planetary science research, providing funding to the lab and promoting collaboration between scientists across the United States. The UT High-Resolution...

House Bill 1548 proposes allocating part of the Texas budget’s $32.7 billion surplus for teacher and school support staff pay raises to help combat the nationwide teacher shortage.  On Jan. 24, James...

Texas lawmakers made another step to keep critical race theory out of public education by proposing a new bill that would ban the curriculum from publicly funded universities in Texas, including UT...

The second-ever Greater Austin Music Census published earlier this month revealed local bands — especially ones composed of Gen Z musicians — are being pushed out of the city due to rising living costs.  Sound...

UT Aquaponics, a project under Engineers for a Sustainable World, began cleaning out the newly restored UT greenhouses last Monday. The adjacent greenhouses are located near the Turtle Pond and Painter...