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Austin will receive 13,650 COVID-19 vaccines as early as next week to begin distribution to high-risk health care workers if the United States Food and Drug Association grants an Emergency Use Authorization...
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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.
Campus
Due...
Reports of academic dishonesty to the Office of the Dean of Students have decreased by 26.4% compared to the same time period last fall.
This semester, 103 reports of academic dishonesty have been referred...
The fate of the on-campus Starbucks and Panda Express rests partially in the hands of students, whose feedback on a survey will help determine campus dining options next semester.
Aramark Educational...
About 30 students stood in a semicircle in front of the University Co-op Friday evening with signs that said, “Our tuition, our rules,” while chanting, “Fuck the cops,” eliciting...
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...
The annual UT bike auction is returning virtually this week with 159 bikes for sale after it was not held last school year.
After laying unclaimed for at least 90 days, bikes abandoned on campus...
The city of Austin held a meeting Tuesday to discuss alternative responses to public safety incidents in City Council District 9, which includes West Campus.
Roughly 30 residents signed up to participate...
All dining locations at the Texas Union and the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center will be operated by University Housing and Dining next semester, and Dine In Dollars will be accepted at all...
Drug violations recorded by the University have decreased by about 58% since last year, and alcohol violations have decreased by about 14%, according to the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Biennial...
Democrat José Garza won the Travis County District Attorney race with 70.98% of the vote against Republican candidate Martin Harry as of 8 p.m. Tuesday, according to KXAN.
Garza will take office...
University employees reported over 1,000 accounts of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence and stalking incidents from January to August of this year, according to a University report.
Under...
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, crime rates have risen in West Campus despite the reduced student population.
Auto thefts, thefts and burglaries have all risen since the beginning of the pandemic....
The Austin Police Department reported four burglaries at The Callaway House, an off-campus private dorm, in the last two weeks.
Three burglaries were reported Oct. 17 on the 7th and 8th floors of The...
Hundreds of flowers will bloom on the sides of University Avenue next year when UT breaks ground on a nearly $2 million project, the Gardens of University Avenue.
The UT Beautification Council is a...
The UT Police Department reported seven dorm rooms were burglarized this weekend in the San Jacinto Residence Hall, according to a UTPD incident notification.
UTPD responded to the first report...
A UT student was robbed at gunpoint Saturday in West Campus, according to a UT Police Department incident notification sent Monday.
The robbery occurred at approximately 2:15 a.m. at the 2100 block...
As the pandemic obscures how classes will operate in the next school year, students may be conflicted on when the best time to sign apartment leases is, not knowing whether their classes will be primarily...
The Austin Police Department reported an increase in scooter and motorcycle thefts in West Campus, according to an APD alert.
Scooters are particularly easy to steal because they can be picked...
West Campus has experienced spikes in 311 COVID-19 concern calls since August, according to the Austin Code COVID-19 complaint cases dashboard. About 67% of these calls resulted in no violations found.
Austin...
Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to include a statement from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.
The Austin Police Department responded to a criminal mischief call at...
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety on Thursday to ramp up patrols in West Campus in response to five robberies reported this week in the area.
Abbott said in the press release...
Financial aid packages disbursed for the semester could potentially require students to return or adjust money because aid is liable to change until the 12th class day, said Diane Sprague, executive director...
The fee for becoming a citizen would have increased by 81%, from $640 to $1160, on Oct. 2, but a judge issued a preliminary injunction, or a temporary block, on one of the largest fee increases for citizenship...
When Maggie Luna began her sentence at Lucile Plane State Jail, she hoped to pursue a college education. However, Luna found accessing higher education opportunities in a women’s prison few and far...
University Health Services is urging students to receive a flu vaccination this fall to prevent COVID-19 and flu patients from taking up hospital space and resources simultaneously.
“We can wear...
University employees are required to complete a new, instructor-led Title IX basics training course this year as part of the recommendations released in August to improve UT’s sexual misconduct policies.
The...
UT researchers created a new online dashboard that tracks COVID-19 hospitalization rates in Texas and provides a forecast for how the epidemic is spreading for different regions in the state.
UT’s...
With UT reporting 1,117 COVID-19 cases as of Thursday evening, some hybrid and in-person classes are making adjustments for when students test positive for or have potentially been exposed to the coronavirus.
UT’s...
Students are coming across fewer available job positions after demand for seasonal workers dropped during the pandemic.
The University Co-op hired 24 fewer seasonal workers this semester in anticipation...
Students like architecture junior Damini Sayeed can no longer pull all-nighters in the architecture studio where students create models of buildings and structures. Studio hours have shifted from being...
UT’s Anxiety and Stress Clinic will continue to offer three free therapy sessions this fall for anyone experiencing distress or anxiety due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“When the pandemic...
Editor’s note: This story contains references to mental illness and mental health emergencies.
UT Police Department emergency detentions due to mental health distress calls have increased...
Students say they are experiencing confusing and frustrating delays with financial aid packages, but the Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid says financial aid packages are being dispersed without...
West Campus apartment complexes may evict students for violating social distancing guidelines that restrict indoor gatherings to 10 people in response to college students' parties around the nation.
"As...
LiveSafe, a free safety app that allows students, faculty, staff and campus visitors to send texts, photos and videos of concern directly to the UT Police Department, launched Tuesday and currently has...
Some university graduate programs will waive standardized testing requirements for admissions starting next summer in response to difficulties accessing tests due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thirty...
The UT Police Department will ask people to leave campus if they do not cooperate with mask and social distancing guidelines this fall.
UTPD will remind students violating mask-wearing and social...
Security improvements in West Campus that were set to be near complete by the first day of the fall semester continue to be delayed due to the pandemic, UT Police Chief David Carter said.
Last semester,...
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Texas Exes has fast-tracked its alumni...
Just days before Lizzie Tennyson’s first day at UT in fall 2019, her cancer reappeared for the fifth time.
Tennyson, who intended to study computer engineering, died March 30 after battling...
On the third anniversary of Harrison Brown’s death, friends and family reflect on his life and his absence as graduation draws near.
“It’s tough to know that we experienced four years...
UT Outpost has delivered free groceries to 214 students in its first week of operations after closing its physical food pantry.
The first week of deliveries surpassed the 187 visitors the Outpost received...
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Austin’s park rangers have asked...
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Online scams and phishing attacks...
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The University of Texas Police Department...
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The Austin and UT Police Departments...
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Professors over 60 are at higher...
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Note: These times are subject to...
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University Health Services currently...
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused an appeal Wednesday from Meechaiel Criner, who was convicted of capital murder in 2018 for killing UT student Haruka Weiser in 2016.
Criner, who represented...
Project Management and Construction Services will begin building a new space for the Emergency Operations Center in the East Campus Garage to put the center in line with federal design guidelines.
The...
In the first training in collaboration with the Austin Police and Austin Transportation Departments, 15 Austin citizens were trained Saturday to issue tickets to those improperly parked in accessible parking...
The University canceled Explore UT on Friday after Mayor Steve Adler issued a declaration of a local state of disaster out of coronavirus concerns.
University spokesperson J.B. Bird said the cancellation...
Following a report of a loud noise at the Texas Union at 10:20 p.m. on Wednesday, the UT Police Department cleared the Union as safe for re-entry an hour later. The source of the reported loud noise and...
The University of Texas Police Department said they will increase safety measures in West Campus after the UT System Board of Regents approved $8 million for off-campus security on Thursday in response...
UT Elementary School, a research-based charter school that serves prekindergarten to fifth grade, lost its classroom gardens two years ago. Thanks to a $2,500 grant, the school plans to restore the gardens...
Large West Campus parties occasionally hire private security, such as UT alumni-run VSI Secure, to resolve safety concerns.
“‘Mo Bamba’ came on, and this guy was on top of the basketball...
An assistant professor at the UT School of Information received more than $1 million last month in grant funding to research how to create more accurate and representative artificial intelligence applications,...
Amazon Fresh launched in Austin last Thursday, allowing Amazon Prime members to ship groceries to their door in two hours with no delivery fee with a purchase of $35 or more, according to a statement from...
The Austin and UT Police Departments both employ close to the authorized number of officers but are still looking to increase recruitments.
APD is budgeted for 1,959 officers and currently employs...
The University of Texas at Austin Police Department will still issue citations, fines and arrests for low-level amounts of marijuana possession following Austin City Council’s resolution last month,...
Students can expect delays on early semester shipments due to an increase in packages at the Jester Mail Center said JD Castro, the assistant director for residence life at UT.
Jester Mail Center typically...
The University added China to its UT Restricted Regions list Wednesday, barring undergraduates from traveling to the country, Texas Global announced in an email.
Texas Global oversees UT’s...
The Austin Police Department hosted its first free gun surrender event on Tuesday, allowing community members to dispose of their guns safely without any questions or paperwork.
The event was held at...
The UT Police Department holds some of the quickest call response times in Austin, UTPD executive officer Chris Bonnet said.
On average, UTPD responded to calls in approximately one to six minutes last...
In the last seven days, the UT Police Department has performed six emergency detentions without warrant, according to the UTPD daily crime log.
An emergency detention occurs when a police officer has...
SafeHorns, a nonprofit UT safety advocacy program, entered to win the $10,000 grand prize from Tiff’s Treats 21st Anniversary charity competition to contribute to their goal of building six police...
The Austin 311 mobile app now allows cyclists to report bike lane parking violations directly through the app. There were approximately 70 violations of improperly parked vehicles in bike lanes since October...
When walking to her West Campus apartment alone at midnight, economics junior Taylor Wissman said it is hard to know someone’s intentions. When she spotted a man sitting in the dark last month, she...
Students in Whitis Court Residence Hall have been experiencing severe fluctuations in temperatures since late September, mechanical engineering freshman Remy Feru said. He said entire weekends have been...
Ice is often inaccessible during nights in Jester West dormitory, government sophomore George Strong said. When students want ice for drinks or injuries, they have no place to obtain it.
“My friend...
With new changes to the online library system coming in January, students will be able to use one search box to filter through all library resources and receive faster and more relevant results, said Michele...
The human brain develops the most between conception and age three, but exposure to adversities such as family poverty, depression or substance abuse can result in developmental stagnation, associate professor...
Pharmacy Dean Lynn Crismon said he will step down in August 2020 after 13 years of 70-hour work weeks dedicated to guiding the School of Pharmacy.
Crismon said he will return to teach at UT after taking...
After about 70 students were recommended for suspension or expulsion for using a class GroupMe in October, around 25 students discussed the University’s academic integrity policy with regard to collaborative...
Ivonne Martinez said she came to the University from an under-resourced high school on the west side of San Antonio. Although she finished second in her class, she said she struggled immensely in her first...
Intense feelings of emotional exhaustion and detachment in up to 60% of medical students and residents and up to 54% of nurses and physicians is compromising the quality of health care, according to a...
By writing positive letters to themselves and role-playing possible scenarios, campus mental health care providers hope to help female students improve their own body images through a
University program.
The...
UT graduate student Quinton Beaubouef, who ran his own business before coming to the University, said he struggled with implementing professional skills in his line of work.
“When I ran the business,...
Undergraduate students who still need to fulfill their signature course requirement will now have the opportunity to earn these credits abroad through new Maymester programs.
The new programs,...
The Center for Community Engagement will offer three low-cost, six-week classes allowing members of the Austin community to access the University’s resources and faculty.
The Center for Community...
In the first seminar of the fall 2019 University Lecture Series, three nationally-renowned faculty members discussed different perspectives critiquing the death penalty and United States criminal justice...
Students chowed down on pizza and chatted with Brent Iverson, School of Undergraduate Studies dean, at Monday’s Pizza with the Dean event, hosted by the Undergraduate Studies Council.
Iverson...
