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UT enforces TikTok ban on government devices following state orders

UT enforces TikTok ban on government devices following state orders

Leena Alali, Senior News Reporter January 13, 2023

On Dec. 16, UT’s University Compliance department sent an email to students and faculty instructing all University employees to immediately remove TikTok from all state-issued devices.  On Dec. 15,...

2023 legislative session anticipated to address budget surplus, border security, more

2023 legislative session anticipated to address budget surplus, border security, more

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter January 9, 2023

Today marks the first day of the 88th Texas legislative session, following a successful midterm election for state Republicans through gains in both the Texas Senate and House of Representatives and wins...

Spike in Travis County flu cases triples number of positive tests from past years

Spike in Travis County flu cases triples number of positive tests from past years

Trisha Dasgupta, General News Reporter December 2, 2022

Editor's note: a previous version of this story said 49% of students said influenza negatively impacted their academic performance. The story has been updated to reflect the correct number of 61%. The...

UT professors speak on Dan Patrick’s threat to tenure

Bryn Palmer December 2, 2022

History professor Leonard Moore has taught hundreds of students about the Black Panthers, a Black power organization, and Jim Crow laws, legislation passed to enforce racial segregation in southern U.S....

SFA Board of Regents votes to join UT System pending approval of state legislature

SFA Board of Regents votes to join UT System pending approval of state legislature

Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter December 1, 2022

Stephen F. Austin State University’s Board of Regents decided to join the UT System on Tuesday in a 8-1 vote.  The vote was based on a recommendation by a subcommittee formed at SFA regarding system...

LGBTQ+ community finds ways to move forward post-election

LGBTQ+ community finds ways to move forward post-election

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior News Reporter November 29, 2022

The day after the election, some members of UT’s LGBTQ+ community received an email from a professor, checking in on them after the “stress and struggle” of election night.  “We did get through...

An Indigenous dancer performs in the WCP Blackbox at anti-Thanksgiving event hosted by Latinos Studies UT on Nov. 17, 2022.

Student organization holds anti-Thanksgiving feast to bring attention to Indigenious history

Leena Alali, Senior News Reporter November 18, 2022

On Thursday, the Native American and Indigenous Collective held an anti-Thanksgiving feast at the William C. Powers Jr. Student Activity Center.  The United States proclaimed Thanksgiving a public...

Texas Law students win disabilities rights case

Texas Law students win disabilities rights case

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter November 15, 2022

Texas Law’s Disability Rights Clinic successfully defended its first client this semester after representing a Texas student with autism who was denied a free, appropriate public education in her sixth...

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Gov. Greg Abbott wins third term

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter November 9, 2022

Gov. Greg Abbott won re-election in the 2022 gubernatorial race with an approximately 55% majority, earning a third term as Texas’s governor and defeating challenger Beto O’Rourke.  Abbott celebrated...

UT System board members donated $5.8 million to Abbott campaign since 2013

UT System board members donated $5.8 million to Abbott campaign since 2013

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior news reporter November 8, 2022

Members of the UT System Board of Regents donated $5.8 million to Gov. Greg Abbott’s gubernatorial campaigns, according to an analysis by The Texas Tribune.  Abbott appointed all 90 members currently...

Uvalde shooting victims honored at Texas capitol with march, music and Dia de los Muertos community ofrenda

Uvalde shooting victims honored at Texas capitol with march, music and Dia de los Muertos community ofrenda

Clarissa Jasso, General News Reporter November 2, 2022

Victims’ families from the Uvalde shooting gathered at the Texas Capitol along with the Austin community on Nov. 1 to honor the lives of their children, and to celebrate the first day of Día de los...

Title IX office releases annual report, sees increase in direct reporting

Title IX office releases annual report, sees increase in direct reporting

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior news reporter October 31, 2022

The Title IX office released their annual report on Monday, reviewing the Title IX cases received in the 2021-22 academic year.  Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex discrimination and conduct,...

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