Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's March 10 print edition.
The Daily Texan’s team of South by Southwest Online reporters have created a list of must-sees for students...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's March 10 print edition.
After the festival’s first cancellation in 34 years in March 2020, SXSW is returning March 16-20 2021...
Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be or up to date.
Freezing temperatures, unsafe road conditions and low power...
On a typical morning, Dr. Christopher Moreland, associate professor of internal medicine, is greeted in the hallways of Dell Medical School. Now with the widespread use of face masks, he suspects he’s...
On May 8, 1970, thousands of student protesters marched along Guadalupe Street toward the Texas State Capitol. Alongside them, reporters from The Daily Texan were identified by white bands around their...
As soon as she arrives for work, Sarah, a UT custodian, freezes. She said she’s afraid to touch the surfaces she has to clean, unsure of who cleaned it before her and whether they had COVID-19.
When...
After attending virtual orientation, theatre and dance freshman Ashley Diaz said she still doesn’t feel ready to step on campus in the fall.
Typically, incoming students attend an in-person orientation...
On May 23, bestselling author and speaker Brené Brown will deliver UT’s universitywide commencement speech. When she first agreed to speak, she thought she’d stand in front of thousands...
When she started working at a top-tier company, Janet Walkow was the only woman in her department with a Ph.D. But as her colleagues began receiving raises, she said she was told she wouldn’t be...
Prior to the shift to online learning, anthropology sophomore Kylie Terry said one of her classes did not use Canvas at all.
“It was all paper-based,” Terry said. “We didn’t...
As professors search for ways to remotely offer exams while still encouraging academic honesty, the digital software Proctorio has become widely implemented at UT.
Proctorio was designed to be easily...
As long as there was gas in her car, CeJai Taylor Moore would take her children to local parks and jazz festivals.
Determined to show her children a world beyond their backyard, CeJai said she...
Navigating the Speedway bricks alongside their owners, service dogs are often working from 8 a.m. classes to late night study sessions at the Perry-Castañeda Library.
The work that service...
After declaring a state of local disaster, Austin Mayor Steve Adler canceled South by Southwest at a press conference Friday afternoon. According to an official statement from SXSW, this is the first time...
From the high school football field straight to the cheer mat, male members of UT’s cheer team, Orange Squad, are often recruited without any prior experience.
Often discovered in a campus...
Whether they are performing in an open-air folk festival or simply feeding their dogs, the singer-songwriting duo balance one another’s unique talents.
Ordinary Elephant, a husband-wife folk band,...
Competing in a city full of creatives, millennial photographers have to find ways to set themselves apart or get lost in an endless Instagram feed.
Ultimately, photographers said balancing the pressure...
Bombarded with offers of cups, T-shirts and other merchandise from various campus organizations, some students who are walking down Speedway jump at the opportunity for a free gift. Others are determined...
When Liv Kohan and Liam Wilson waved goodbye to their families in August and each hopped on a plane to Austin, they saw blue and cheery Sydney skies. During their return to Australia over winter break,...
Months before graduating from UT, Anne Dattilo discovered two new planets.
They call her the “planet hunter.”
“I find the term ‘planet hunter’ so incredibly...
Like most 7-year-old girls, Brandy Branham grew up playing with her two sisters’ hair. From a young age, Brandy began to learn how to braid and twist, even practicing on her sisters’ Bratz...
UT Dining received an A+ for their vegan options from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for the first time since it started grading schools.
Lindsay Wilson, registered dietitian for University...
Five University teams will receive up to $25,000 before they leave to implement international research projects this coming summer.
According to a press release, 24 teams submitted solutions to global...
A new software allows graduate students to upload recordings of their correct name pronunciation onto Canvas to help faculty pronounce their names.
In a recent email to graduate school faculty,...
Three Austin transit activists introduced a nearly $4.4 billion transportation project last week that proposes changes to reduce congestion around campus and the
Austin area.
Co-author Susan...
Future wars could be fought with infantry and robots working together. With a new robot delivery, UT researchers will be developing ways to help the two communicate.
The United States Army delivered...
As the Counseling and Mental Health Center says the number of students seeking care for mental health crises continues to rise, professors are sometimes faced with handling students in distress.
Marla...
Parallel Company, an Austin-based development firm, started construction in September on an 18-story, 558-bedroom student housing community on Nueces and 21st streets that will begin leasing in late spring...
The Institute for Military and Veteran Family Wellness has officially opened its doors to offer research-based support for student veterans and veteran families.
The institute, which opened this fall,...
Women’s boutique Miss Behavin is scheduled to open on The Drag during the first weekend of October. It will be located at the former storefront of ice cream sandwich store Moojo.
The boutique,...
Authenticity in advertising and breaking from societal conventions are among the values used by an award-winning advertising agency, the company president and CEO told hundreds of students Thursday.
Troy...
