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Community members discuss emotional distress, challenges of phone theft at Austin bars

Community members discuss emotional distress, challenges of phone theft at Austin bars

Max Kinser, General Projects Reporter April 24, 2024

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...

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Semester of SB 17: Gender and Sexuality Collective provides safe space for LGBTQ+ students amid shutdowns, changes

Isabella Zeff, Associate Projects Editor April 23, 2024

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...

Senior Katherine Ospina-Prieto stands for a portrait inside the UT Tower on Monday. She is majoring in race, indigeneity and migration, sociology and international relations.

Semester of SB 17: Students continue decades-long cultural graduation tradition

Trisha Dasgupta, General Projects Reporter April 23, 2024

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...

Ceasar Avila poses for a portrait inside the Center for Community Engagement in Austin, Texas on Friday. With the closure of the Division of Campus and Community Engagement, the center will need to be repurposed.

Semester of SB 17: Student sees uncertain future of ‘transformative’ program

Ali Juell, Projects Editor April 23, 2024

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...

Graduate student Megan Cockett stands for a portrait in front of the "Make It Your Texas" sign on the PCL on April 21, 2024. The recent university changes due to SB-17 shut down iPride, an organization Cockett started.

Semester of SB 17: Future librarian manages end of graduate student organization

Ali Juell, Projects Editor April 22, 2024

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...

Senior public relations major Simi Sodipe stands outside the William C. Powers Student Activity Center on Monday.

Semester of SB 17: Student leader navigates loss of community spaces

Meredith Roberts, General Projects Reporter April 22, 2024

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...

‘The energy of the future’: The discourse surrounding state-endowed oil fields, investments

‘The energy of the future’: The discourse surrounding state-endowed oil fields, investments

Vivien Ayers, General Projects Reporter April 22, 2024

“What starts here changes the world” — the University’s motto brands all promotional materials and is a hallmark of the school itself.  What starts here does change the world, but not in...

A look at UT’s meme culture

A look at UT’s meme culture

Sophia Kurz, General Projects Reporter April 17, 2024

From calls for students to get off Grindr, to commentary on Co-op life, UT Austin meme accounts create content centered around student relatability, humor and fostering a community. Meme accounts...

Few working street lights line Graham Pl and Rio Grande St. The City of Austin plans to upgrade more than 400 streetlights in West Campus by the end of the year.

Amid crime, safety concerns, West Campus community members determine a path forward

Kylee Howard and Jaelyn Rodriguez April 15, 2024

Hajin Park is exhausted.  She is exhausted from classes, homework and thinking about post-graduation life, and on top of it all, she is worried about her well-being as a woman in West Campus. “It...

‘It's worth taking a stand’: A look at two student protests that influenced UT’s history

‘It’s worth taking a stand’: A look at two student protests that influenced UT’s history

Trisha Dasgupta, General Projects Reporter April 12, 2024

When thinking about student protests, images of students conducting sit-ins for civil rights, marching against the Vietnam War or walking for Roe v. Wade might come to mind. However, tucked between...

The COVID mindset shift: How perceptions, risks have changed over time

The COVID mindset shift: How perceptions, risks have changed over time

Hasina Shah, General Projects Reporter April 10, 2024

WHAT: The Problem  When Fariah Mahmood thinks back to 2020, the UT graduate remembers barely leaving her house in Williamson County. She recalls the frantic search for reliable face masks and seeing...

Amidst rising need, CMHC continues to expand, better address students’ mental health issues

Amidst rising need, CMHC continues to expand, better address students’ mental health issues

Jaelyn Rodriguez, General Projects Reporter April 3, 2024

While earning a graduate degree in social work, University of Texas alumna Hanna, who wished to be referred to by a nickname, began experiencing intense spikes in her heart rate and difficulty breathing.  Believing...

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