Thank you, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals.
One would think that I, as a DACA recipient, would be insanely excited to get my citizenship so I can start reaping its benefits — and...
I first learned about the experiences of recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals as a law student in the UT Law’s Immigration Clinic, and then as a graduate student conducting research...
In early 2018, I was months away from graduating with a Juris Doctor degree from the UT School of Law. I was also a few months away from the expiration of my Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status....
“All CNS first-year students (at UT) are placed into some type of small learning community,” the College of Natural Sciences, or CNS, website says. “If you are placed into a FIG, you...
Across the globe, women are entering STEM fields at higher rates than ever before. On campus, UT has a number of organizations and conferences to support female STEM students, such as the Association for...
Scooters did not exist in Austin a year ago, but now they are a part of life for many students on campus — whether they ride them or not. They crowd sidewalks and take up bike parking spaces on campus....
Each year, tens of thousands of students apply to UT-Austin dreaming of higher education on the Forty Acres. Each year, tens of thousands of students are denied.
But there’s another route to UT....
Last month, The Daily Texan reported that the UT system now has the country’s second largest endowment at $31 billion.
As the second wealthiest university system in the country, it’s...
Around 1 a.m. in spring 2018, I was walking back from the PCL with my friend. As we were walking on Guadalupe Street, a woman called for our attention. Hysterically crying, she asked if we could call her...
Politics are hard to keep up with — news changes everyday, and in today’s political climate almost all issues are divisive. But every citizen of voting age is responsible for keeping up with...
Applying to college is stressful. In the midst of tests, papers, jobs and coming to terms with the beginning of adulthood, students have to plan their futures — a daunting task for any young adult.
Imagine...
Every spring for the past 19 years, radio-television-film students have spent their semesters making short documentaries featuring members of the East Austin community. This course, East Austin Stories,...
