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Fricano's Deli permanently closes amid COVID-19 crisis

By Neha Madhira - Updated on April 22, 2020 at 7:14 pm

Fricano’s Deli, a well-known sandwich shop open for 14 years total and nine in West Campus, is shutting down permanently after closing business due to the coronavirus pandemic.
UT Student Government unanimously appoints executive board for 2020-21

By Anna Canizales - Updated on April 21, 2020 at 10:05 pm

Student body president Anagha Kikkeri and student body vice president Winston Hung appointed this year's executive board at Tuesday's meeting.
UT students create fundraiser for health care workers during COVID-19 pandemic

By Austin Martinez - Updated on April 21, 2020 at 9:22 pm

Straight from their laptops at home, a group of UT students is running a fundraiser to support the medical community during the COVID-19 pandemic.
UT nursing students translate about diagnosing, managing COVID-19 into Spanish

By Nataleah Small - Updated on April 20, 2020 at 9:29 pm

Two bilingual Colombian UT nursing students helped translate a handbook about diagnosing and managing COVID-19 from English into Spanish to assist Spanish-speaking health care workers.
UT Outpost sees jump in free grocery delivery requests from students in Austin

By Brooke Ontiveros - Updated on April 19, 2020 at 7:40 pm

UT Outpost has delivered free groceries to 214 students in its first week of operations after closing its physical food pantry. The first week of deliveries surpassed the 187 visitors the Outpost received in February, with 144 deliveries on Friday alone, Sara Kennedy said .
Gov. Abbott opens retail stores for limited services, loosens surgery restrictions

By Hannah Williford - Updated on April 17, 2020 at 1:26 pm

Gov. Greg Abbott announced executive orders to open retail stores for “retail to go” services, create a task force to reopen the Texas economy and increase the amount of surgeries allowed by hospitals at a press conference Friday.
UT-Austin lab uses 3D-printing resources to make face shields for health care workers

By Nataleah Small - Updated on April 15, 2020 at 8:13 pm

A UT-Austin laboratory is creating 3D printed face shields for pharmacy and medical workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a UT news release. The Pharmaceutical Engineering and 3D Printing Lab has fabricated 80 face shields so far for the RAPID Shield project, said Rishi Thakkar.
Austin parks enforce social distancing measures with patrols

By Brooke Ontiveros - Updated on April 15, 2020 at 8:04 pm

Austin’s park rangers have asked about 2,000 parkgoers to comply with social distancing orders since the city began enforcing them last month. However, no tickets have been issued to anyone in the city.
Student Government appoints COVID-19 response committee

By Anna Canizales - Updated on April 15, 2020 at 7:15 pm

Student Government created a COVID-19 Response Operational Committee to gather student input and develop legislation to address student needs at the remote assembly meeting Tuesday.
UT researchers develop models for COVID-19 spread in Texas

By Hannah Williford - Updated on April 14, 2020 at 8:32 pm

UT researchers published their projections for 22 metro areas in Texas two weeks ago to determine when surges of COVID-19 will take place and how to mitigate the spread of the disease. The researchers are continually updating the data as projections change.

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