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New Title IX training required for all UT-Austin employees this year

Brooke Ontiveros September 25, 2020

University employees are required to complete a new, instructor-led Title IX basics training course this year as part of the recommendations released in August to improve UT’s sexual misconduct policies. The...

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Texas congressmen, higher education commissioner analyze universities’ $100M pandemic cost

Samantha Greyson September 24, 2020

The Texas higher education commissioner said the COVID-19 pandemic is the “greatest disturbance to our colleges and universities since the Second World War,” due to the financial consequences...

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UT System Board of Regents appoints Jay Hartzell as UT-Austin permanent president

Anna Canizales and Neha Madhira September 23, 2020

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information from a Wednesday afternoon press briefing.  The UT Board of Regents unanimously approved Jay Hartzell as the permanent president...

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New COVID-19 dashboard tracks hospitalizations for Texas regions, estimates pandemic’s progression

Brooke Ontiveros September 23, 2020

UT researchers created a new online dashboard that tracks COVID-19 hospitalization rates in Texas and provides a forecast for how the epidemic is spreading for different regions in the state. UT’s...

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UT-Austin graduation rates top 70%, highlighted by gains among Black, Hispanic, first-generation students

Andrew Zhang and Anna Canizales September 22, 2020

UT graduation rates for 2020 hit record highs, with the four-year graduation rate at 72.2% and the six-year graduation rate at 87.6%, according to a Tuesday press release. These metrics increased from...

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UT-Austin estimates $152-$162 million in costs related to fall reopening, revenue losses in fiscal year 2020

Andrew Zhang September 22, 2020

UT’s revenue losses and expenditures from COVID-19 could total $152 to $162 million by the end of 2020, according to an Aug. 18 UT Budget Office report obtained by The Daily Texan through the Texas...

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UT-Austin to resume human subject research, increase workforce density

Amanda Figueroa-Nieves September 21, 2020

UT will increase research workforce density to 50%, resume some in-person interactions with human subjects starting Sept. 23 and allow undergraduates to return to labs in early October, according to the...

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UT-Austin to continue admitting top 6% of Texas high school students

Anna Canizales September 16, 2020

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a comment from a UT spokesperson.  The University announced Wednesday it will continue to automatically admit the top 6% of eligible high...

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UT Interim President Jay Hartzell discusses plans for leading campus at Texas Tribune Festival

Neha Madhira September 14, 2020

Campus life this fall is a little surreal, and it feels like a poorly attended day in the summer, UT Interim President Jay Hartzell said.  Hartzell sat down to talk about his plans for handling...

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Students face financial uncertainty next year despite CARES Act extension

Lauren Goodman September 14, 2020

Some students were forced to take out additional loans for tuition costs this fall after a decrease in financial aid, despite extra assistance from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.  The...

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Miakan-Garza Band hosts teach-in, ceremony urging UT-Austin to return Indigenous remains

Amanda Figueroa-Nieves September 11, 2020

The Miakan-Garza Band of Texas hosted a teach-in and ceremony Monday evening to continue to urge the University to return the remains of three of their ancestors.  Speakers recounted the history...

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UT-Austin coronavirus dashboard updated retroactively with 109 new COVID-19 cases

Andrew Zhang September 9, 2020

The UT-Austin COVID-19 Dashboard has been updated retroactively to add 109 cases from off-campus testing sources, according to a text update on the dashboard Wednesday afternoon. The dashboard will...

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