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...
University Democrats gathered outside of the Governor’s Mansion on Sunday in protest of the governor’s decision to reject the resettlement of refugees in Texas.
This decision would make...
With about two weeks left for students to register to vote in the 2020 primary elections, nonpartisan organizations Civic Engagement Alliance and TX Votes are partnering to register students and train...
Thousands of people celebrated Austin’s 26th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day march, gathering at King’s statue in UT’s East Mall on Monday.
The event held at the statue honored King’s...
After breaking down more than 1300 pages of the City of Austin’s land code draft, a communication studies organization mediated a conversation Friday about how the new code will impact Austinites.
The...
As finals approach, student organizations have created a week to address the mental health of students.
Neuroscience junior Bilal Haque said the Undergraduate Business Council, Natural Sciences Council,...
Austin City Council voted Thursday to prohibit the use of city funds in support of businesses connected to LGBTQ conversion therapy.
Conversion therapy aims to change someone’s sexual orientation...
Traveling at 14 times the speed of a bullet, space debris from human-made objects can damage satellites, which support online maps, provide weather information, banking services and global internet access,...
UT staff members listed student employment after graduation, stress culture management and increased collaboration between departments as potential goals for the University’s next ten years at the Council...
Kids dropped paper parachutes and made slime Saturday as part of an event aimed at increasing diversity among engineers and inspiring youth to pursue STEM careers.
During the World Of Engineering...
University Democrats pulled an all-nighter to inspire students to vote in the 2019 elections, even though it’s not a presidential election year.
“By doing this for all elections, it...
The Austin Police Department released a public safety alert last week warning of a potentially lethal batch of MDMA, also known as molly or ecstasy, being sold in the Austin area.
The alert came when...
Women danced in dresses covered in metal ornaments to the sound of a beating drum as part of an on-campus celebration of American Indian Heritage Day.
Great Promise for American Indians, a nonprofit...
At the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, UT history professor Madeline Hsu said nearly 1 million youth in China asserted their need for political reforms, political representation and greater self-determination....
The restrictive nature of asylum policies in the U.S. is “on steroids,” under the current government administration, said Denise Gilman, director for the Immigration Clinic and clinical professor...
History professor Daina Ramey Berry said throughout recorded history, people wrote about slaves like objects. But in her new book, she is trying to shift the narrative by exploring the personal lives of...
Dozens of students ate corn dogs, collected school supplies and played games as they kicked off their first day of class at the Back to School Bash on Wednesday.
The free event was organized by Campus...
