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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Pete Buttigieg talks infrastructure, border crisis, election season at Texas Tribune Festival

Pete Buttigieg talks infrastructure, border crisis, election season at Texas Tribune Festival

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter September 26, 2022

Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Transportation Secretary and former presidential candidate, opened this year’s Texas Tribune festival on Thursday with a talk about infrastructure grants, the border crisis and the...

Reproductive rights, gun control, other issues: What are gubernatorial candidates Greg Abbott’s and Beto O’Rourke’s stances?

Reproductive rights, gun control, other issues: What are gubernatorial candidates Greg Abbott’s and Beto O’Rourke’s stances?

Sasha Haynes, News Reporter September 23, 2022

Republican incumbent governor Greg Abbott and former Democratic congressman Beto O’Rourke will face off in the gubernatorial election Nov. 8.  With the overturning of Roe v. Wade creating uncertainty...

UT psychiatrists work with community to improve mental health in jails

UT psychiatrists work with community to improve mental health in jails

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior news reporter September 20, 2022

UT psychiatrists are working with Travis County to improve mental health services in jails and decrease the incarceration of people with mental health issues. In May, the Travis County Forensic Mental...

UT-Austin’s Stengl Lost Pines fire causes destruction but creates research opportunity

UT-Austin’s Stengl Lost Pines fire causes destruction but creates research opportunity

Rylie Lillibidge, Senior news reporter September 15, 2022

A fire last month at UT’s Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station provided researchers with a unique opportunity to study how environments recover from fires. Located 40 miles east of Austin, the Stengl...

University land endowments raise equity, environmental concerns

University land endowments raise equity, environmental concerns

Ali Juell, News Reporters July 28, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the July 26, 2022 As state-designated land endowments benefit the University of Texas and Texas A&M University systems, a degree of revenue has increased...

Texas Planned Parenthood sees increase in contraceptive, reproductive healthcare demand following abortion ban

Texas Planned Parenthood sees increase in contraceptive, reproductive healthcare demand following abortion ban

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 21, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 19, 2022 flip book. While Planned Parenthood clinics are now unable to provide abortions, their ability to provide other reproductive healthcare...

Government and African Diaspora studies junior Aria Kaylin Tolbert reflects on college life for Black women post Roe v. Wade.

‘You have to live a little bit more in fear’: UT students reflect on Black maternal health disparities

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 14, 2022

Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook. Since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Aria Kaylin Tolbert said losing her bodily autonomy has weighed heavily...

Protesters march down Congress Avenue on Saturday, June 25. A crowd of several hundred attendees gathered to protest the Supreme Court’s ruling to overturn Roe v Wade.

Incoming students consider not attending UT following abortion restrictions

Morgan Severson, News Reporter July 14, 2022

This article first appeared in the July 12, 2022 flipbook. When deciding where to apply for college, high school senior Sarah Warren said she considered applying to UT, but concerns for autonomy over...

After marching from Republic Square, protestors arrive at the Capitol steps on May 3, 2022. The crowd echoed chants such as my body, my choice.

‘We’re all disappointed’: Abortion rights protests form in Austin over leaked Supreme Court draft opinion

Leila Saidane, News Reporter May 3, 2022

Hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of downtown Austin to the steps of the State Capitol on Tuesday evening to protest the United States Supreme Court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade,...

UT partners with state to form semiconductor chip initiative, hosts roundtable with Cornyn, McCaul

UT partners with state to form semiconductor chip initiative, hosts roundtable with Cornyn, McCaul

Leena Alali and Katy Nelson May 1, 2022
Cornyn and McCaul engaged in a roundtable discussion with industry executives at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus to discuss the University’s public-private partnership with the Texas Institute for Electronics to advance semiconductor research within the United States.
Black Law and pre-law students reflect on Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation as first Black female supreme court justice

Black Law and pre-law students reflect on Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation as first Black female supreme court justice

Morgan Severson, News Reporter April 22, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 19, 2022 flipbook. Sitting in the breakroom at his internship for the U.S. House of Representatives, Jeremiah Baldwin said he felt emotional as...

UT-Austin involved in creating world’s largest international dark sky reserve

UT-Austin involved in creating world’s largest international dark sky reserve

Katy Nelson, Senior News Reporter April 21, 2022

The world’s largest international dark sky reserve opened April 7 through a collaboration of entities that focus on environmental concerns and astronomy in West Texas, including UT’s McDonald Observatory. A...

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