For many international students at UT Austin, adapting to life at the University is more than an academic challenge. It's a journey through experiencing a new culture, adjusting to a new environment...

For over 20 years, top-scoring students within each Texas public school district have been guaranteed automatic acceptance into the University. Starting in 1997, any Texas high schooler with a GPA in the...

Longhorns are no strangers to the Texas heat. The brutal sun and oppressive humidity, paired with long walks between stuffy classrooms, only make it harder to stay cool.  Neuroscience freshman...

Noah Keany, a government freshman, and Owen Lowe, an international relations freshman, met on Speedway this year after being introduced by a mutual friend. Lowe loves to shoot Trap and Skeet and serves...

For the past 30 years, the state of Texas has voted Republican. For the past five, conservative lawmakers have passed a slew of legislation targeting a central, threatening idea — liberal college campuses. In...

The rise of digital platforms has transformed how young people access and engage with news media. In a media landscape where audiences increasingly choose what they consume, reliable, fact-based news media...

Experts say half of all sexually active people are predicted to get a sexually transmitted infection by age 25. But STIs remain a taboo topic for many people. “A lot of people are unaware that these...

Grant Gilker's freshman-year dorm saw the blossoming of close connections and the establishment of a home away from home through late nights studying, cooking with friends and great conversations.  After...

Growing up in Austin, Gina Silva always held the University of Texas as a dream in the back of her mind. However, nobody in her family had a driver’s license or a high school diploma. Her mother suffered...

Gracie Warhurst’s phone used to have on it a funny picture of her dad, who passed away in 2020. She remembers the picture well; he was at Whataburger after a football game holding up one of the numbered...

Editor’s Note: The implementation of Senate Bill 17 meant the loss of diversity, equity and inclusion offices, positions and resources throughout campus. The Texan’s projects department reached out...