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The UTLA Semester in Los Angeles Program has canceled its summer session and replaced it with a virtual program according to an email from Michael Wilson, assistant dean of professional programs.

A virtual meeting with Black male students and faculty was hijacked by unidentified individuals using racial slurs and derogatory aliases Monday. As a result of the racist harassment, the University will now require students to be authenticated by the UT Austin Zoom system and use a Zoom application to join classes and meetings, Vice Provost David Platt announced in a campuswide email Wednesday

UT will now refer to Travis County for overall COVID-19 numbers instead of tracking the number of student cases, as the University cannot reliably report on cases outside of Austin, UT spokesperson J.B. Bird said.

Composition professor Dan Welcher resigned on March 2 shortly before the University moved to terminate him for “repeatedly engaging in an array of unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature,” according to documents obtained by The Daily Texan.