It was the first day at my first summer internship, and butterflies were racing in my stomach. I was slowly getting settled in my cubicle when my mentor came up to me to ask if I wanted to get coffee with...
Nerdy. Brilliant at math. Antisocial. Works in isolation. Poor communicator. Old. White. Male.
Stereotypes of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) professionals persist. Even with...
Despite the hundreds of initiatives nationwide promoting increased participation by women and underrepresented minorities in STEM fields, women remain a minority in STEM careers in the United States. In...
On Aug. 1, 1966, Charles Whitman opened fire from the UT tower and killed 14 people on our campus, ushering in the modern era of mass shootings. Fifty years later, Aug. 1, 2016, in an ironic twist of history,...
Valentine’s Day next week will be the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting at Parkland, Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. According to the Gun Violence Archive, which uses...
Editor’s note: This guest column is in response to an op-ed by the president of University Democrats Andrew Herrera titled “UT’s administration is not as liberal as you think it is,”...
Editor’s note: This guest column is in response to an op-ed by the president of University Democrats Andrew Herrera titled “UT’s administration is not as liberal as you think it is,”...
Editor’s note: This guest column is in response to an op-ed by the president of University Democrats Andrew Herrera titled “UT’s administration is not as liberal as you think it is,”...
Editor’s note: This guest column is in response to last week’s Forum page about discourse on campus.
The only story necessary to understand Student Government on the Forty Acres: The most...
A Texas lawmaker has filed a bill that would bar undocumented students in Texas from receiving in-state tuition at colleges and universities. Texas Rep. Kyle Biedermann is proposing this bill under the...
The City of Austin and UT’s student body are in all truths overwhelmingly “liberal” — possibly even defined as “progressive” (about 75 percent according to...
The Daily Texan Forum is a space for members of the UT-Austin community to voice their opinions and have them heard. We publish op-eds submitted to us by non-Daily Texan staff members with the goal of...
