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After one semester as a newsletter writer and *many* semesters as a reporter and in various editing roles, this is my final...
Former congressman and El Paso city councilman Beto O’Rourke will teach a class at the LBJ School of Public Affairs about voting rights in Texas, titled “Texas Democracy and the Fight for Representation.”
The...
The Texas State Employees Union and Underpaid at UT, a graduate student worker organization, hosted a town hall Wednesday where UT System staff, faculty and students voiced support for demands related...
Campus
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...
University
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.
Campus
Due...
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...
A history professor filed a lawsuit against the University accusing a supervisor of retaliating against him after he distributed a report highlighting pay disparities faced by Black and Hispanic employees...
Austin is moving into the Stage 4 risk category for COVID-19, meaning businesses should reduce operations to 25% capacity and residents should end all nonessential travel and gatherings, Austin Public...
This year, it is not possible to transfer The Big Ticket to another student online or in person, according to Texas Athletics.
In past years, students would use group chats to buy and sell tickets for...
Editor’s Note: This story is developing and will be updated.
The Austin Fire Department responded to a fire and evacuated residents at a West Campus condominium complex, Monday evening.
AFD...
UT’s Senate of College Councils hosted a virtual COVID-19 town hall Monday with the University administration to answer questions about testing mandates, pass/fail policies and COVID-19 safety.
The...
The 5th United States Circuit Court of Appeals revived a lawsuit against the University by a group of students who said the University’s free speech policies on verbal harassment, intimidation and...
With early voting available at two locations on campus, political student organizations have worked to reduce the obstacles students face when voting to ensure their voices are heard.
Before early...
A former Austin-American Statesman photographer filed a lawsuit Oct. 16 against Bevo XV’s owners and handlers for gross negligence after sustaining permanent injuries photographing the 2019 Sugar...
Reworking programs to assist nontraditional students is an urgent issue in Texas, with millions of Texans out of work, the Commissioner of Higher Education said during a committee meeting Monday.
The...
Bars in Austin cannot safely open to 50% capacity with the current COVID-19 infection and hospitalization trends in Travis County, Austin Public Health officials said at a Wednesday press conference.
Last...
The University updated its COVID-19 dashboard Sept. 30 to include active cases and positivity rates for both proactive community testing and clinical testing. As of Thursday evening, the dashboard shows...
Some students are receiving their COVID-19 test results and contact tracing notifications days later than the University promised, leaving students to figure out their own plans for action.
University...
A University staff member died after contracting COVID-19, University President Jay Hartzell said in an email to the community Thursday.
The University is not yet naming the staff member out of respect...
The University will not release information on the location of individual COVID-19 cases due to privacy laws, a University spokesperson said. But experts say the laws wouldn’t prevent UT from doing...
Austin Public Health has seen indications that some COVID-19 case clusters are associated with the football game against UT-El Paso on Sept. 12, said APH Chief Epidemiologist Janet Pichette.
The University’s...
The University updated its COVID-19 dashboard Wednesday to include information about active cases and positive test rates for certain tests.
There are 58 estimated active cases on campus as of Tuesday,...
As the presidential election approaches, students are making plans to vote in person while staying safe during the pandemic.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced in July that early voting in person will begin...
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include information from a Wednesday afternoon press briefing.
The UT Board of Regents unanimously approved Jay Hartzell as the permanent president...
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...
Students who are self-quarantining and are secondary contacts are still allowed into UT dining halls to pick up food, sources from University Housing and Dining and University Health Services said.
Students...
Austin Public Health experts encouraged people not to gather in large groups and warned that criminal charges will be taken against hosts of large gatherings at a media Q&A Friday morning.
Gov....
When Kate Parks started coughing, she wasn’t sure if she had COVID-19 or another illness related to her history of respiratory issues. She scheduled her telehealth appointment for symptomatic testing...
Dozens of students gathered at the Texas Rho fraternity house in West Campus before the Longhorns’ opening football game Saturday, prompting the Austin Fire Marshal to shut the party down.
The...
Editor's note: This story has been updated to include a comment from a UT spokesperson.
The University announced Wednesday it will continue to automatically admit the top 6% of eligible high...
Some students are choosing to leave their Austin housing and return home, fearing the University will send students home as coronavirus case numbers rise within the UT community.
Students living...
Transfer students at UT would normally experience in-person transfer orientation and social events to find their place at campus, but this fall they are being forced to adapt to an unusual semester.
Jeff...
UT has not declared a set number of confirmed COVID-19 cases that would cause a campus shutdown but has declared student death as a potential shutdown trigger.
University spokesperson J.B. Bird...
The Perry-Castañeda Library opened Thursday with limited capacity and safety measures in place to enforce social distancing and will continue to provide resources largely online.
All other libraries...
Student Government will focus on student safety and work with the University to listen to and accommodate a wide range of students this fall while operating remotely, student body president Anagha Kikkeri...
After other universities have reopened and closed down weeks later due to coronavirus outbreaks, some UT students said they are not confident in the University’s policies to prevent the spread of...
Many students say they plan to use the Protect Texas Together app this fall to track their symptoms and location on campus and seek medical help if needed but are concerned their peers might not.
The...
Interim Provost Daniel Jaffe announced Wednesday that Samuel Poloyac will serve as the next dean of the College of Pharmacy, effective Oct. 15, in an email to the community.
Poloyac currently...
The University is asking students to self-quarantine for 14 days prior to returning to campus in the fall, according to a message to the community from Interim President Jay Hartzell on Wednesday.
Hartzell...
As protests continue around the country against police brutality and systemic racism, students and activists are increasingly calling for cities to defund the police.
On June 26, the Minneapolis City...
Over 6,500 students have signed a petition calling for the University to lower tuition for the fall 2020 semester as of Monday.
After the University’s fall plans were released June 29, UT Interim...
The University will rename the Robert Lee Moore Hall as the Physics, Math and Astronomy Building and acknowledge the origins of “The Eyes of Texas” while continuing to sing it as a University...
Interim President Jay Hartzell announced via universitywide email Tuesday that a University custodial staff member died Monday night due to COVID-19 related complications.
This is the University’s...
Austin City Limits Music Festival announced Wednesday that it will not be taking place in fall 2020 due to health and safety concerns from the coronavirus outbreak.
The statement, released on...
As coronavirus case numbers in Texas reach an all-time high, cases are also on the rise among many college students in Austin.
University Health Services has seen a surge in cases among students due...
Interim President Jay Hartzell said in an email Tuesday that about 3,500 of 11,000 courses will now be online this coming fall.
Last month, University officials said about 2,100 fall classes would...
With decreased tuition rates and online classes, the summer semester started on Thursday with higher enrollment than previous summers.
Tuition for summer courses is usually reduced to 85% of the regular...
Jay Hartzell, dean of the McCombs School of Business, started his role as interim president of The University of Texas at Austin on June 1. The UT System Board of Regents appointed Hartzell as interim...
Austin City Council members on Thursday unanimously passed five items in response to police violence and systemic racism.
The items, which are co-sponsored by all 11 council members, include reallocating...
Students, faculty and staff will be required to wear masks in campus buildings this fall, head of academic planning Art Markman said in an interview with The Daily Texan on Friday.
Masks will be encouraged...
The University is aiming to hold most fall classes in-person, with the 400 biggest classes moving to an online-only format, Interim President Jay Hartzell told The Daily Texan in an interview Monday.
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Thousands of people marched through downtown Austin on Sunday to protest police killings after the deaths of...
UT Senate members regathered for a virtual assembly Thursday to discuss a resolution in support of standardizing accountability regarding sexual misconduct in student organizations. The resolution passed...
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Students are trying to register for...
Student Government and the Senate of College Councils passed a joint resolution to make the internal transfer process, used to switch to a different college within the University, easier for students.
The...
Student leaders unanimously passed a joint resolution urging the UT System Board of Regents to give students a voice in appointing a new University president following the announcement that President Gregory...
The UT Senate of College Councils voted to confirm next year’s executive board appointments at their final virtual assembly meeting of the semester Thursday.
The executive board members were nominated...
Student Government voted to approve this year’s executive board at the assembly meeting Tuesday.
The executive board members were appointed by student body president Anagha Kikkeri and student...
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Student Government created a COVID-19...
UT Senate of College Councils will not introduce any new legislation or hold general assembly meetings after April 23 for the remainder of the semester.
Senate is also still actively working on initiatives...
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Students are waking up in the middle...
Next year’s student body president Anagha Kikkeri and vice president Winston Hung will be sworn in over Zoom next Tuesday.
Kikkeri and Hung were elected last month, and Student Government...
Dan Jaffe, vice president for research, will serve as interim vice president and provost starting May 18, UT President Gregory Fenves announced in a campuswide email Thursday.
Jaffe will be taking over...
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Executive Vice President and Provost...
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The University Co-op is providing...
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UT President Gregory Fenves tested...
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Roundup, the largest annual...
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Texas Global has suspended all...
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President Gregory Fenves, Executive...
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Texas Global has suspended all education...
University administration sent an email to all faculty on Sunday to prepare them for the possibility of switching to online classes after spring break due to the coronavirus pandemic, UT President Gregory...
Rice University has canceled in-person classes for a week to prevent the spread of coronavirus after an employee tested positive. We sat down with President Gregory Fenves to see what UT’s plan would...
Anagha Kikkeri and Winston Hung will serve as next year’s student body president and vice president.
The executive alliance won by 111 votes out of 7,609 ballots cast through a single transferable...
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of Student Government executive alliance candidate profiles before the election on March 2 and 3. Read the rest of the profiles and submitted columns from...
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of Student Government executive alliance candidate profiles before the election on March 2 and 3. Read the rest of the profiles and submitted columns from...
Editor’s note: This is part of a series of Student Government executive alliance candidate profiles before the election on March 2 and 3. Read the rest of the profiles and submitted columns from...
Student leaders discussed a resolution to install smart lockers — lockers that can be rented and accessed through an app to store or pick up items — on campus at the assembly meeting Tuesday.
These...
Candidates for student body president and vice president proclaimed their opinions on student safety, mental health and student representation at the Student Government debate Monday evening.
Eight...
The campaign for student body president and vice president candidates Connor Alexander and Camille Johnson was disqualified from running Monday night after being issued two fines exceeding the amount...
An anonymous biennial Senate survey on tuition allocation suggests students oppose the recently announced 2.6% tuition increase.
The final results have not yet been processed for the survey sent last...
Assembly members introduced new legislation establishing the scope of Student Government at the assembly meeting Tuesday.
Student leaders discussed a bill establishing the scope of SG to only...
Two UT scientists developed a game of chance to help students understand taphonomy, or how fossils are formed, in a classroom setting.
UT alumna Anna Weiss and Rowan Martindale, an assistant professor...
President Gregory Fenves spoke to students about sexual misconduct policy and affordability at the Senate of College Councils meeting Thursday. Senate members also discussed legislation codifying a partnership...
Student leaders unanimously passed legislation in support of establishing a student center on campus for nontraditional students during the Student Government assembly meeting Tuesday.
Nontraditional...
Two UT researchers helped discover that the new coronavirus likely spread beyond Wuhan into other cities before Chinese officials could initiate a quarantine, according to the UT News website.
Coronavirus...
UT’s Red McCombs School of Business was ranked among the top six business schools in the United States for positive social responsibility and impact, according to the 2020 Positive Impact Rating...
Student leaders gathered to discuss bills covering international student representatives and spring budget appropriations during the Student Government assembly meeting Tuesday.
The bill...
College students from underrepresented communities often feel burdened with feelings of not belonging, said the director of UT’s Institute for Urban Policy Research and Analysis on the Jan. 27 episode...
The first Senate of College Councils general assembly meeting of the semester focused on introducing new legislation, including requesting professors to include their pronouns on syllabi and surveying...
Three UT alumnae were part of the group awarded a $400,000 grant last Thursday for their work developing businesses in sub-Saharan African communities.
The UT alumnae from the Mandela Washington...
In this semester’s first legislative assembly meeting for Student Government, student leaders gathered to discuss the climate of the assembly.
Kerry Mackenzie, chair of the ethics and oversight...
Student body president Camron Goodman and vice president Amie Jean plan to emphasize their UTxYou platform while continuing the work of previous student body leaders this semester, according to a letter...
Filing for Student Government positions, including president, vice president and University representatives, began Tuesday.
Campaigning begins Feb. 17 and runs through elections on March 2–3,...
When William Hutson decided to apply for a dual masters program after already being admitted to the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, he said he was met with repetitive transcript fees and additional...
Over the summer, English junior Lindsey Ferris realized there were no organized resources to connect students with a career in the publishing industry. So, she decided to start her own student organization....
As some West Campus apartment buildings switch from traditional keys to electronic key fobs, students expressed concerns about the new technology as well as their safety and reliability.
Robby Goldman,...
Over a dozen students shared art and spoke about their experiences with interpersonal violence to heal and connect with others in a safe environment Wednesday night.
Breaking the Silence, an annual...
Hundreds of students sang and meditated Tuesday evening during an on-campus celebration of Diwali, an annual four to five day Hindu festival of lights.
“We want to be able to live a...
During the annual Landmarks Dog Walk, students and their dogs gathered on campus Sunday to explore public art and introduce dogs in need of adoption to the community.
The dog walk guides dog...
Students and community leaders gathered to discuss entrepreneurship and promote student innovation at the annual Intro to the UT and Austin Startup Ecosystem presentation on Monday.
The presentation,...
