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UT professors express concern over tenure legislation, Hartzell’s response

UT professors express concern over tenure legislation, Hartzell’s response

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter July 3, 2023

The American Association of University Professors at UT responded on June 7 to the statement UT President Jay Hartzell released about Senate Bills 17 and 18. The House version of SB 18, which the Texas...

Canvas introduces new feature allowing students to record a pronunciation of their name

Canvas introduces new feature allowing students to record a pronunciation of their name

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter June 26, 2023

Canvas will include a new feature that gives students the ability to record a pronunciation of their name for better understanding by peers as part of an ongoing initiative to foster a sense of belonging...

Longhorn 100 awards bring connection and community to Longhorn-run businesses

Longhorn 100 awards bring connection and community to Longhorn-run businesses

Grace Xu, General News Reporter June 25, 2023

The inaugural 2023 Longhorn 100 awards celebrated the 100 fastest growing Longhorn-run businesses in the world, connecting generations of Longhorn business leaders and current students.  The event,...

UT TOWER Fellows program adapts post-COVID-19

UT TOWER Fellows program adapts post-COVID-19

Natalia Simbeck, General News reporter June 22, 2023

The University revised its UT TOWER Fellows program to account for post-COVID-19 preferences. Changes include an increased number of semesters and attendance of non-sequential semesters.  The UT TOWER...

UT professor Roger Reeves receives Griffin Poetry Prize for his book ‘Best Barbarian’

UT professor Roger Reeves receives Griffin Poetry Prize for his book ‘Best Barbarian’

Karina Kumar, General News Reporter June 19, 2023

After competing against more than 600 other poets, associate professor Roger Reeves won the Griffin Poetry Prize for his book “Best Barbarian” on June 7.   “It’s unlike anything I could...

Former UT journalism director Kathleen McElroy to direct Texas A&M’s new journalism program

Former UT journalism director Kathleen McElroy to direct Texas A&M’s new journalism program

Aaron Sullivan, General News Reporter June 19, 2023

Journalism professor Kathleen McElroy is leaving UT to become the director of Texas A&M University’s new journalism program, according to a June 13 press release from Texas A&M.  According...

RTF professor Ya’Ke Smith reflects on Juneteenth, anniversary of his documentary about the holiday

RTF professor Ya’Ke Smith reflects on Juneteenth, anniversary of his documentary about the holiday

Ireland Blouin, Senior News Reporter June 19, 2023

“Juneteenth: Faith & Freedom,” directed by Radio-Television-Film professor Ya’Ke Smith, was released last June to help viewers understand the story of Juneteenth. In June 2021, Smith wrote...

UT joins research alliance to cut out carbon dioxide from manufacturing

UT joins research alliance to cut out carbon dioxide from manufacturing

Rylie Lillibridge, Senior News Reporter June 15, 2023

UT helped form a nine-university alliance this spring that aims to cut out carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing processes by switching to clean energy sources.  “It's a great opportunity...

A tool for learning or an accomplice for cheating? How artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, is changing the classroom at UT

A tool for learning or an accomplice for cheating? How artificial intelligence, like ChatGPT, is changing the classroom at UT

Morgan Severson, News Editor June 13, 2023

When Jared Mumm, a professor at Texas A&M University at Commerce, had a sneaking suspicion some of his students used ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot, to write their final essays, he asked...

UHD plans to bring compost bins back to dining halls

UHD plans to bring compost bins back to dining halls

Pili Saravia, General News Reporter June 11, 2023

University Housing and Dining plans on renewing their composting contract and adding compost bins in dining halls for the upcoming fall semester, said Erich Geiger, executive director of residential dining...

UT Musculoskeletal Institute awarded international Value-Based Health Care Prize

UT Musculoskeletal Institute awarded international Value-Based Health Care Prize

Mason Rouser, Senior News Reporter June 8, 2023

The Musculoskeletal Institute at the UT Health Austin medical clinic received the 2023 Value-Based Health Care Prize from an international jury for its innovative approach to patient-centered health...

Graduating seniors are leaving their mark, but not in the way you think

Graduating seniors are leaving their mark, but not in the way you think

Aaron Sullivan, General News Reporter April 20, 2023

While people associate graduation with caps and gowns, it's also become synonymous with increased trash on UT’s campus. As the semester ends, confetti, streamers and champagne corks collect around Littlefield...

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