According to a 2018 study from the Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences, 23.5%, or roughly 9,500, of UT’s undergraduate students said they experience food insecurity.
Some students celebrate Thanksgiving with food from their own cultures. They said taking the time to make and eat their traditional meals brings them closer to their families and heritage.
Online classes, the never-ending news cycle and COVID-19 have made it difficult to stay positive for some. But in the spirit of Thanksgiving, UT students reflect on what they’re grateful for.
Political discussion has always reared its head at Thanksgiving dinner, but some students think familial arguments will become more intense than recent years after 2020 brought a variety of contentious issues to the forefront.
Even though her first semester of college is only just drawing to a close, government freshman Sydney Murray already knows where she's living next year.
Over the course of a few days, Olga Briceño called her peers and asked them, “Do you think a Black history course should be incorporated into the core curriculum?”
Through mentorship organizations such as the Refugee Student Mentor Program and Project MALES, UT students use their personal experiences to support high and middle school students.
