The U.S. Department of Education hopes to increase the success of higher education institutions by opening student records to specified agencies. The department announced several changes to the...

A judge closed the book on a nearly two-year-old case by sentencing two accomplices in the 2009 West Campus murders to prison after they pleaded guilty. Samuel Gifford, 20, received a 50-year sentence...

Caffeine intake can be directly correlated to two specific genes in our DNA, according to a study released by a team of biological researchers. A group of researchers from various schools of science...

Universities have a hard time getting funding for research in human and women’s rights, students said at a panel Friday. Students from universities around the country attended the 18th-annual...

UT faculty recently earned three grants worth $4.7 million from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas to improve understanding of cancer treatment options. UT’s Texas Institute...

Chemical engineering senior Johnny Sompholphardy seemed surprised that the mint-condition Blackberry phone turned on without fail. “Why would anyone throw this away?” he said. The...

Black and Hispanic college students are more likely to face family crises that reduce their chances of graduating on time, according to a study presented at an annual conference Saturday. Bradley...

After surviving 18 years in prison and two death sentences, exonerated prisoner Anthony Graves encouraged students to change the system that imprisoned him. The state accused Graves of taking part...

Beverly Kearney doesn’t like to talk about her induction into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame, her record seven national championships as women’s track and field coach or the fact...

Hundreds of students, staff and faculty evacuated the Jesse H. Jones Communication Center Building A after a moving company employee accidentally struck a fire safety sprinkler Thursday. The employee...

Harriet Murphy applied to the University of Georgia’s law school 45 years ago, but was rejected because she is black. After being accepted into UT’s law program in 1966, she faced discrimination...

A stool and a microphone rested at the foot of the UT Tower on Wednesday evening, inviting slam poets, musicians, singers and survivors to come up and speak out against sexual violence. Voices Against...