There’s a scene in Pixar’s “Soul” that shows an animated depiction of people in “the zone,” where people following their passions — playing the piano, winning a basketball game, whatever...
Campus partially opened Tuesday for the start of a second semester during the COVID-19 pandemic as Austin faces a surge of cases and hospitalizations.
Austin has entered Stage 5 of coronavirus guidelines,...
UT Health Austin received 2,925 doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Monday to be distributed to frontline UT health care workers as part of the first Texas shipment in a nationwide vaccination effort.
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UT will offer almost 60% of spring classes online with a similar number of courses having online, hybrid and in-person modality as in the fall semester. Students living in residence halls may...
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The UT System Board of Regents unanimously approved Jay Hartzell as permanent president of the University on Sept. 21 after he served as interim president since June 1.
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UT advisers are struggling to implement recent grading policy changes, which they say are a sign of the University’s continued disregard for their contributions on campus.
“The recent and...
Editor’s note: This interview has been condensed for clarity. The full interview can be viewed here.
As the end of the fall semester approaches, The Daily Texan sat down with UT President...
Undergraduates can pass/fail three classes across the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters and still count them toward degree requirements, the interim executive vice president and provost said in a campuswide...
UT closed the Commons Conference Center and Café at the J.J. Pickle Research Center indefinitely Nov. 13 because of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on operations, though the café hopes...
UT President Jay Hartzell will earn a $1.25 million annual salary, which the UT System Board of Regents approved during a two-day board meeting ending Thursday.
Despite one UT staff member calling...
The UT Faculty Council passed a resolution allowing fall 2020 undergraduate classes to be taken as pass/fail courses and count toward degree requirements during an emergency meeting Monday morning. The...
COVID-19 hospitalizations, deaths and case numbers continue to climb nationally and locally, causing worry for some UT students as they look toward the holiday season.
Texas surpassed 1 million COVID-19...
UT students kept their eyes glued to their televisions and cell phones on election night, waiting for the results determining the next president of the United States. However, the race would not be called...
Trigger warning: This article references an alleged sexual misconduct violation.
UT-Austin terminated chemical engineering professor emeritus Adam Heller as a research professor Sept. 1 after he...
UT Student Government, the Senate of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly have asked the University and Faculty Council to reestablish grading policies from the spring semester because of...
Although Vietnamese is the third-most spoken language in Texas, UT has not offered classes for the language since spring 2010. Some community members want the classes back on the course schedule, as a...
Republican incumbent Roger Williams won his fifth term to the U.S. House of Representatives for Texas’ 25th Congressional District on Tuesday night, fending off challenger Democrat Julie Oliver,...
UT social work students and professors opposed a now-rescinded rule that would have allowed social workers in Texas to turn away clients because of their sexual orientation, gender identity or disability...
Nearly 60% of classes in the spring 2021 course schedule are remote, according to an analysis of the spring course schedule by The Daily Texan.
Of the more than 10,300 class sections UT lists on the...
During the primary elections in March, Alyssa Crosby sent her application for an absentee ballot far in advance. When she called the election clerk in her home of Tarrant County, they said they never received...
Update as of 10/21 at 8:05 p.m.:
In a message Wednesday evening, University President Jay Hartzell said the Longhorn Band was never expected to play at the game this weekend. He said “The Eyes...
UT administered an anonymous survey to instructors at the beginning of September asking how the fall semester was going and what issues they encountered. Out of 2,596 faculty teaching this fall, 1,223...
The Department of Homeland Security proposed a rule establishing fixed end dates on student visas, which would likely limit international student programs and post-graduation opportunities, according to...
Dozens of students gathered to protest police brutality in Nigeria in a march from campus to the Texas Capitol building Friday afternoon.
Protest organizer Angie Adeyemo said she and the African Students...
Professors are using Zoom breakout rooms for online class activities and discussions, but students are divided on how productive the learning strategy is.
On Zoom, professors can create breakout rooms...
UT-Austin enforced six out of 10 COVID-19 safety plan provisions at the football season opener versus UT-El Paso, according to a recent report released by Austin Public Health.
According to the report,...
A majority of instructors said classes were going “very well” in an anonymous UT survey about professor concerns, instructional progress and course issues administered to faculty Sept. 2-6.
The...
Content warning: This article contains multiple explicit references to child pornography and sexual violence.
McCombs School of Business faculty member Mario Villarreal has been charged with five counts...
UT will approach the spring semester with a similar plan as the fall, UT President Jay Hartzell said in a campuswide message Monday morning.
The spring semester will have “robust”...
The Longhorn Band will be expected to play “The Eyes of Texas” when it performs, according to a Thursday letter addressed to the band’s directors from Douglas Dempster, the College of...
The Protect Texas Together application has generated mixed reviews from the UT community as the app’s development team adds features.
Released in August, the app allows students, faculty and staff...
Some UT students living off campus are concerned about their health as some residences host in-person events during the pandemic.
The city of Austin has issued ordinances restricting gatherings to 10...
UT graduation rates for 2020 hit record highs, with the four-year graduation rate at 72.2% and the six-year graduation rate at 87.6%, according to a Tuesday press release. These metrics increased from...
UT’s revenue losses and expenditures from COVID-19 could total $152 to $162 million by the end of 2020, according to an Aug. 18 UT Budget Office report obtained by The Daily Texan through the Texas...
Students in a cappella and dance performance organizations are singing and dancing through Zoom calls and prerecorded videos this fall.
Singing and dancing groups usually meet in person to rehearse...
Some students are asking UT to change the COVID-19 case notification system in residence halls, which currently informs residents’ primary and secondary contacts who test positive, not the entire...
Students enrolled in geography lecturer Sara Diamond’s class this fall may get a chance to hear her 2-year-old daughter call for attention in the background of the Zoom call.
As COVID-19...
UT System academic institutions developed individual approaches to decreasing the spread of COVID-19 as they open campus this fall. The Daily Texan gathered information from all the institutions on how...
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.
The dashboard will...
The Daily Texan will regularly update this page with information about COVID-19 cases and clusters in University residence halls and housing near campus.
The Texan has reported 11 cases of...
The Behavior Concerns and COVID-19 Advice Line is giving advice on COVID-19 concerns, available UT resources and proper behavior during the pandemic for students, faculty and staff.
BCCAL, which was...
Two students living on campus and four students in an off-campus residence hall have tested positive for COVID-19, according to a UT spokesperson and emails obtained by The Daily Texan.
A resident of...
Update as of 9/1 at 12 p.m.:
One person has tested positive for COVID-19 in Kinsolving Residence Hall, according to an email sent by University Housing and Dining to secondary contacts of the infected...
A resident of the Scottish Rite Dormitory, a private off-campus women’s dormitory north of UT’s main campus, has tested positive for COVID-19.
SRD director Mary Mazurek announced the...
Career services offices at UT are adapting to virtual job and internship recruitment processes as the coronavirus prevents in-person events.
Because the pandemic has caused a recession, students are...
Derek Ji envisioned his senior year at UT as an idyllic “last hurrah” with his college friends — attending football games and absorbing the energy of being a Longhorn before starting...
UT will enforce COVID-19 health guidelines on campus this fall through an online reporting process that could result in punishment from the University. However, off-campus violations will not be enforced...
Since this semester will look a little different, the Texan has gathered a list of which University services and resources are open, closed or online to help students navigate campus.
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This fall, Bhavya Shukla will start her class day as the sun sets. Since Shukla lives in Singapore, which is 13 hours ahead of Austin, her classes will start around 9 p.m. and end around 3 a.m. daily.
After...
The UT System Board of Regents approved new systemwide Title IX and sexual misconduct policies to comply with federal Title IX modifications during a virtual meeting Wednesday.
The board updated...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include comments from a UT System press release.
The University of Texas System Board of Regents named Interim President Jay Hartzell as the sole...
UT Student Government and the Senate of College Councils released a statement Tuesday asking the University and the UT System Board of Regents to be more transparent about tuition costs.
The statement...
As the COVID-19 pandemic forces local school districts to restrict visitors and start the school year online, future teachers face uncertainty with their certifications, which require in-person observation...
Universities across the country are navigating reopening amid the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, schools have pursued different routes to opening their campuses with plans of in-person classes, testing,...
When Milia Daher, a human dimensions of organization senior from Bolivia, first heard that taking online classes would jeopardize her visa status and force her to leave the country, she became filled with...
As classes move online and COVID-19 creates financial uncertainty, some students are trying to get out of their off-campus apartment leases for the upcoming school year.
Apartments, unlike on-campus...
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The federal government has decided to allow international students to take all classes online and remain in the United States, rescinding U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement guidance...
International students are facing uncertainty with their future enrollment at the University as COVID-19 causes embassy closures, flight cancellations and immigration policy changes.
These developments...
As part of an Austin-area contact tracing initiative, University community volunteers are calling patients with confirmed or suspected cases of COVID-19 to help curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
When...
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here.Incoming UT students are worried about...
With culturally significant objects like eyelid tape and hair perm products on display, the Museum of Color illustrated the complex nature of colorism during its opening on Saturday.
The Museum of Color...
Armed with paint brushes, gardening tools and hammers, members of the UT community volunteered in St. Johns, an Austin neighborhood, on Saturday as part of The Project, UT’s largest annual day of...
Students gathered to voice opinions about a potential undergraduate collaboration between the College of Liberal Arts and the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs on Wednesday.
The Liberal Arts...
A visiting associate professor spoke to the UT community Friday about immigration and American history as a part of the Gender, Race, Indigeneity, Disabilities and Sexuality Studies Initiative.
A. Naomi...
