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Digital library will allow faculty to give students access to free educational resources

Lauren Goodman September 9, 2020

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board launched a digital library called Open Educational Resources on Sept. 1 to provide students with free educational materials in Texas higher education institutions. Funds...

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UT research funding data ‘slightly distorted’ in accountability report, according to Office of Sponsored Projects

Lauren Goodman September 4, 2020

Research fund amounts sent to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for UT’s annual accountability report have been unintentionally “slightly distorted” over years to inaccurately...

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Unlike other universities, UT-Austin will not have COVID-19 case threshold to trigger shutdown

Anna Canizales August 26, 2020

UT has not declared a set number of confirmed COVID-19 cases that would cause a campus shutdown but has declared student death as a potential shutdown trigger.  University spokesperson J.B. Bird...

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What questions do you have about the coronavirus at UT-Austin?

The Daily Texan Staff August 26, 2020

The Daily Texan is reporting on how UT-Austin and local officials are responding to the spread of COVID-19. We want to hear about how coronavirus is affecting you — especially if you are a UT student,...

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Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium created to alleviate COVID-19, future pandemic effects

Neha Madhira August 25, 2020

More than 50 organizations across Texas have partnered together to form the Texas Global Health Security Innovation Consortium to alleviate the effects of COVID-19 and future pandemics.  The consortium...

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UT Health Austin recruits coronavirus symptom screening volunteers

Hannah Williford August 25, 2020

University students and community members are volunteering as COVID-19 symptom screeners for UT Health Austin in order to allow their typical clinic operations to continue. Volunteers ask each person...

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UT Police officers to educate community on social distancing guidelines, ask violators to leave campus

Brooke Ontiveros August 25, 2020

The UT Police Department will ask people to leave campus if they do not cooperate with mask and social distancing guidelines this fall.  UTPD will remind students violating mask-wearing and social...

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Despite guidelines, UT-Austin students fear COVID-19 outbreaks on campus

Anna Canizales August 24, 2020

After other universities have reopened and closed down weeks later due to coronavirus outbreaks, some UT students said they are not confident in the University’s policies to prevent the spread of...

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Fewer students Mooov-In to UT residence halls amid coronavirus pandemic

Samantha Greyson August 21, 2020

Around 3,600 students will be settled into the University’s residence halls by the end of this year’s Mooov-In, which began Tuesday. That’s less than half of the number of students who...

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UT-Austin to change Title IX policy under new federal regulations, still using law firm recommendations

Lauren Grobe August 13, 2020

UT-Austin has changed its Title IX policies to comply with new federal regulations while still following law firm Husch Blackwell’s recommendations. The U.S. Department of Education’s new...

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UT System Board of Regents names Jay Hartzell as sole finalist for UT-Austin president

Andrew Zhang August 12, 2020

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from a UT System press release. The University of Texas System Board of Regents named Interim President Jay Hartzell as the sole...

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Student Government, Senate ask UT-Austin, Board of Regents for increased tuition transparency, financial aid clarification

Andrew Zhang August 11, 2020

UT Student Government and the Senate of College Councils released a statement Tuesday asking the University and the UT System Board of Regents to be more transparent about tuition costs. The statement...

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