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Professor Kiran Shokar and Research Program Manager Cynthia Chacon in front of the Dell Medical School on Aug. 30th, 2023. Earlier this month, Dr. Kiran and Dr. Michael Pignone were granted $3 million to help advance access to colorectal cancer screenings.

Researchers from Dell Medical School receive $3 million to improve colorectal cancer prevention efforts in Texas

Sarah Brager, Senior News Reporter August 31, 2023

The Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas granted Dr. Kiran Shokar and Dr. Michael Pignone $3 million earlier this month to improve statewide access to colorectal cancer screenings and expand...

First-years step into professionalism, give back to hometowns through UT summer internship program

First-years step into professionalism, give back to hometowns through UT summer internship program

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter August 29, 2023

Students gained confidence, lost workplace fear and learned professionalism in the newly expanded Home To Texas, a University program that stretches in-state internship opportunities to first-year students’...

Texas appeals recent Travis County abortion ruling

Texas appeals recent Travis County abortion ruling

Pili Saravia, Senior News Reporter August 24, 2023

Content Warning: Mention of abortion. Almost two years after Senate Bill 8, which banned abortion after six weeks, passed, three women stood in a Travis County courtroom. They urged for clarity in the...

UT System Board of Regents announce plans for new UT medical center

UT System Board of Regents announce plans for new UT medical center

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter August 20, 2023

The UT System Board of Regents announced plans to build a new medical center on the site of the Frank Erwin Center during a press conference Aug. 14. The University of Texas at Austin Medical Center will...

Internal investigation reveals high ranking officials at Texas A&M were involved in UT journalism professor Kathleen McElroy’s failed hiring

Internal investigation reveals high ranking officials at Texas A&M were involved in UT journalism professor Kathleen McElroy’s failed hiring

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter August 7, 2023

An internal investigation conducted by the Texas A&M University System Office of General Counsel reveals several high-ranking officials, including board regents and the campus president, were involved...

Texans in Congress push to decriminalize test-strips, reduce fentanyl related deaths

Natalia Simbeck, General News Reporter August 7, 2023

The United States Congress pushed bipartisan legislation to decriminalize fentanyl test strips in an effort to reduce high overdose rates.  The Fentanyl Safe Testing and Overdose Prevention Act,...

Two Democrats enter race against Sen. Ted Cruz

Two Democrats enter race against Sen. Ted Cruz

Areebah Bharmal, General News Reporter July 31, 2023

Two Democratic challengers, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, entered the race for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s Senate seat. Cruz, who was first elected to the Senate in...

Stakeholders sue state of Texas over transition-related health care ban

Stakeholders sue state of Texas over transition-related health care ban

Natalia Simbeck, General News Reporter July 31, 2023

Physicians and parents of transgender youth sued the state of Texas on July 12 in response to Senate Bill 14, a law banning transition-related health care for minors. The new law, which goes into...

The Battalion staffers share thoughts on recent leadership changes at Texas A&M

The Battalion staffers share thoughts on recent leadership changes at Texas A&M

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter July 31, 2023

Journalism professor Kathleen McElroy rescinded her resignation at UT following the failure of her deal with Texas A&M University, and the future of A&M’s journalism program remains unknown. The...

Coalition of professors sues Gov. Abbott over TikTok ban, claiming it hinders research

Coalition of professors sues Gov. Abbott over TikTok ban, claiming it hinders research

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter July 24, 2023

After the state of Texas banned TikTok on state devices and networks — including at public universities like UT — a group of professors who said the law imposed on their First Amendment rights...

Texas lawmakers pass bills to lower rejection of mail ballots

Texas lawmakers pass bills to lower rejection of mail ballots

Natalia Simbeck, General News Reporter July 23, 2023

With bipartisan support, Texas lawmakers passed two bills aiming to lower the high rejection rates of mail-in ballots seen in 2021. Senate Bill 1599, authored by State Sen. Bryan Hughes and sponsored...

Texas is the best state to road trip this summer

Texas is the best state to road trip this summer

Natalia Simbeck, General News Reporter July 13, 2023

Texans, pack your bags and fuel up because it’s road trip season and, according to a WalletHub ranking released on June 26, Texas is the best state to road trip this summer. The ranking compared...

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