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Services for Students with Disabilities renamed Disability & Access to increase student representation

Services for Students with Disabilities renamed Disability & Access to increase student representation

Morgan Severson, News Desk Editor August 25, 2022

Starting this semester, Services for Students with Disabilities is changing its name to Disability & Access to better reflect the scope of its work and represent those who do not identify with the...

UT community members create strategies to improve inclusivity for students with disabilities

UT community members create strategies to improve inclusivity for students with disabilities

Hope Unger, News Desk Editor August 25, 2022

University students and faculty worked with the Collaborative for Access and Equity this summer to publish advice for students with disabilities on how to benefit more from their classes. The team used...

McCombs and TransUnion partnership offers students new opportunities in data science

McCombs and TransUnion partnership offers students new opportunities in data science

Ali Juell, Senior News Reporter August 23, 2022

The McCombs Center for Analytics and Transformative Technologies and credit reporting agency TransUnion announced a three-year collaboration this month that aims to provide research and mentorship opportunities...

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies receives $2 million in grants

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies receives $2 million in grants

Katy Nelson, News desk editor August 22, 2022

The United States Department of Education awarded UT’s Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies $2 million in Title VI grants on Aug. 3.   The Center for Russian, East European and...

University Health Services addresses monkeypox concerns

University Health Services addresses monkeypox concerns

Joelle DiPaolo, Senior news reporter August 22, 2022

The City of Austin declared monkeypox a public health emergency Aug. 9, but students who attend in-person classes are at low risk for contracting the illness, University health officials say.  UT officials...

Despite rise in Travis County monkeypox cases, experts say risk remains low to UT community

Despite rise in Travis County monkeypox cases, experts say risk remains low to UT community

Claire Stevens, News Reporter August 9, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book.  Despite community concern for rising monkeypox case numbers in Travis County and the return of the student body for the...

‘It's so hard to just do my job’: Abortion restrictions threaten UT, state OB-GYN residency program

‘It’s so hard to just do my job’: Abortion restrictions threaten UT, state OB-GYN residency program

Claire Stevens, News Reporter August 9, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the August 9, 2022 flip book. A previous version of this article said that medical schools must offer abortion training to remain accredited, but it has been...

UT ends informal classes

UT ends informal classes

Claire Stevens, News Reporter August 1, 2022

From eating at restaurants to gathering with friends to in-person classes, activities that shut down for COVID-19 have made their return. But UT’s Informal Classes program, which the University paused...

UT student creates APD Decruitment project

UT student creates APD Decruitment project

Hope Unger, News Reporter July 28, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the July 26, 2022 flip book.  After seeing APD recruitment efforts around Austin, UT student Andie Flores said she wanted to create her own campaign pushing...

UT students say fees to claim AP, IB credits disservice low-income students

UT students say fees to claim AP, IB credits disservice low-income students

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 28, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the July 226, 2022 flip book.  While many other public Texas universities do not charge fees to claim test scores, UT students must pay $10 per credit...

Travis County Commissioners Court orders audit of Central Health over Dell Medical funding

Travis County Commissioners Court orders audit of Central Health over Dell Medical funding

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 26, 2022

The Travis County Commissioners Court ordered an audit of Central Health on Tuesday in response to growing concerns that it has improperly given funding to Dell Medical School. Central Health, the public...

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Class action lawsuit claiming sexual abuse, harassment by former UT track coach dropped

Claire Stevens, News Reporter July 25, 2022

A lawsuit claiming a former UT track coach sexually abused multiple athletes was dropped on July 14, according to court documents. In March 2020, three former UT track athletes brought a class action...

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