Graduate student Rick Gray purchased his cap and gown, booked a hotel and even sent out graduation invitations to his family, excitedly preparing for the master’s in Computer and Data Science Online...
The School of Civic Leadership appointed Justin Dyer as its inaugural dean on March 25.
Dyer previously taught political science at the University of Missouri and was a founding director of the Kinder...
Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter
• March 26, 2024
Former UT Arabic instructor, Amjad Shabat, along with her husband and 2-year-old daughter, was evacuated from the Gaza Strip to Cairo on March 15.
Shabat and her family are in good health and have found...
Laura Rivera, General News Reporter
• March 26, 2024
An associate English professor received a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Public Knowledge program for her pilot project focused on collecting and organizing historical information earlier this...
Emily DeMotte, General Projects Reporter
• March 25, 2024
For the past four admissions cycles, UT applicants have weighed whether or not standardized scores would make or break their acceptance onto the Forty Acres, adding extra stress to an already uncertain...
The Civil Discord Symposium continued on Friday with a panel discussing the state of the “traditional university” and if it’s still an effective form of education.
Pano Kanelos, University of...
Melanie Faz, General News Reporter
• March 22, 2024
The Biden-Harris administration issued a nationwide challenge for better opioid overdose prevention efforts on March 13 and highlighted UT’s Operation Naloxone as an organization tackling the opioid...
The Austin City Council voted in favor of rezoning the J.J. Pickle Research Campus as a life sciences lab and biomedical zone to expand on- and off-campus developments on March 21.
J.J. Pickle Research...
The Civil Discord Symposium kicked off on March 21 with a discussion of whether society should work towards creating a racially colorblind America.
The Symposium, the first official collaboration...
Maryam Ahmed, Senior News Reporter
• March 19, 2024
UT will host the ‘Civil Discord’ symposium, a free, public series of dialogues about topics ranging from liberalism to race relations, on Thursday and Friday.
The symposium is part of the College...
Emily DeMotte, General News Reporter
• March 19, 2024
UT will bring back the requirement for standardized test scores for admission, the University announced in a press release last week.
The decision ends four years of test-optional admissions,...
A UT professor was awarded for his research that led to the development of the COVID-19 and RSV vaccines on Wednesday.
Research!America, a non-profit advocating for medical and health research,...
