Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

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Medical branches address proposed cuts

Melissa Ayala February 16, 2011

Presidents of UT's six medical branches asked state senators Tuesday to reconsider funding cuts that could impact research, residency slots and overall funding for Texas health-related institutions...

Student committee joins college deans in budget decisions

Ahsika Sanders February 16, 2011

The group was the first of the College Tuition and Budget Advisory Councils to submit a proposal to its college, and a meeting Friday indicated that the students and administrators have similar goals....

Visiting former president talks foreign policy, Egypt

Jody Serrano February 16, 2011

Former President Jimmy Carter addressed more than 200 students and community members at the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium on Tuesday night about the situation in the Middle East, his own and other presidencies...

Funds to restore, move fossil pending

Lauren Giudice February 15, 2011

The Texas Natural Science Center will restore a 112-million-year-old deteriorating dinosaur tracks fossil before moving it to the Texas Memorial Museum. The tracks, which have been at UT since 1941,...

Faculty, students march across campus for same-sex partners’ equal benefits

Allie Kolechta February 15, 2011

UT violates its own anti-discrimination policy because of its failure to provide insurance benefits for same-sex partners of faculty and staff, a UT staffer said at a rally on Monday. The Pride...

Two Jeopardy! champions contend with AI computer

Yvonne Marquez February 15, 2011

Students and faculty watched a historic "Jeopardy!" match Monday between two human champions and a machine made possible, in part, by the research of three UT professors. Watson, a deep...

Powers home from hospital; date of return unconfirmed

Katrina Tollin February 15, 2011

Doctors released UT President William Powers Jr. from St. David’s South Austin Medical Center on Sunday following treatment for a pulmonary embolism. Powers, 64, is resting at home and being...

Obama’s proposed cuts could impact Pell Grants

Lauren Giudice February 15, 2011

President Barack Obama proposed cutting higher education by $89 billion over the next decade to ease the impact of the projected $1 trillion budget deficit Monday. The cuts to higher education spending...

UT research center receives grant for solar cell systems

Ahsika Sanders February 15, 2011

A $1.6 million grant from the State Energy Conservation Office will help fund two solar cell systems at the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in North Austin. The grant will cover 80 percent of the costs...

Harvard report calls for career-specific training, counseling

Katrina Tollin February 15, 2011

The United States needs to reevaluate higher education because of high dropout rates, according to a report by the Harvard Graduate School of Education. The report challenges the presumed need for...

Campus fair promotes healthy hearts

Yvonne Marquez February 15, 2011

Although Valentine’s Day might normally be a time for exchanging candy and paper hearts, students also learned about their flesh-and-blood hearts Monday. Students who wandered to the Spanish...

Moody Theater opens to tune of Texas country icon

Jono Foley February 15, 2011

Willie Nelson played his second show at the new Austin City Limits Moody Theater on Monday night. The state-of-the-art theater, located on Willie Nelson Boulevard, will be the new home to Austin...

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