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UT-Austin estimates $152-$162 million in costs related to fall reopening, revenue losses in fiscal year 2020

By Andrew Zhang - Updated on September 21, 2020 at 10:11 pm

UT spent nearly $20.5 million to reopen campus and estimated $9.5 million in additional costs, according to the report. Of that amount, $7.5 million was used for educational technology, according to an Aug. 18 UT Budget Office report obtained by The Daily Texan through the Texas Public Information Act.
UT-Austin to resume human subject research, increase workforce density

By Amanda Figueroa-Nieves - Updated on September 20, 2020 at 10:50 pm

UT will increase research workforce density to 50%, resume some in-person interactions with human subjects starting Sept. 23 and allow undergraduates to return to labs in early October.
UT-Austin to continue admitting top 6% of Texas high school students

By Anna Canizales - Updated on September 16, 2020 at 1:54 pm

The University announced Wednesday it will continue to automatically admit the top 6% of eligible high school students in Texas for summer and fall 2022.
UT Interim President Jay Hartzell discusses plans for leading campus at Texas Tribune Festival

By Neha Madhira - Updated on September 14, 2020 at 12:30 pm

Hartzell discussed his plans for handling the COVID-19 pandemic at the University, the continuation of football games and online learning during his one-on-one live discussion.
Students face financial uncertainty next year despite CARES Act extension

By Lauren Goodman - Updated on September 13, 2020 at 11:18 pm

Some students were forced to take out additional loans for tuition costs this fall after a decrease in financial aid, despite extra assistance from the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
Miakan-Garza Band hosts teach-in, ceremony urging UT-Austin to return Indigenous remains

By Amanda Figueroa-Nieves - Updated on September 10, 2020 at 11:31 pm

The tribe requested these remains in March 2016 and was denied July 7 by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory.
UT-Austin coronavirus dashboard updated retroactively with 109 new COVID-19 cases

By Andrew Zhang - Updated on September 9, 2020 at 5:14 pm

The UT-Austin COVID-19 Dashboard has been updated retroactively to add 109 cases from off-campus testing sources, according to a text update on the dashboard Wednesday afternoon.
Digital library will allow faculty to give students access to free educational resources

By Lauren Goodman - Updated on September 8, 2020 at 11:07 pm

UT will start to promote and integrate the platform this week to faculty. Instructors can choose to use the free materials from the platform as an additional resource or an alternative to textbooks.
UT research funding data ‘slightly distorted’ in accountability report, according to Office of Sponsored Projects

By Lauren Goodman - Updated on September 4, 2020 at 12:12 am

Research fund amounts sent to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for UT’s annual accountability report have been unintentionally “slightly distorted” over years to inaccurately show more significant changes in funding.
Unlike other universities, UT-Austin will not have COVID-19 case threshold to trigger shutdown

By Anna Canizales - Updated on August 25, 2020 at 11:03 pm

University spokesperson J.B. Bird said UT could transition to fully online classes if the number of cases would create a public health threat to the UT community and overwhelm the University’s ability to test, trace and isolate.

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