UT Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety campus patrols surged as students returned to campus following an order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott for increased law enforcement around state...
Gov. Greg Abbott ordered increased patrols around state buildings in Austin and UT campus, in a letter to the director of Texas’ Department of Public Safety on Thursday.
In the letter addressed...
Students celebrated UT’s first Kwanzaa Umoja dinner with a gift exchange, live performances, keynote speech and ceremonial lighting of the unity candle Thursday evening.
The dinner, hosted...
Deaf teenagers and educators can now play the first-ever American Sign Language-accessible video game this fall thanks to the University’s National Deaf Center on Postsecondary Outcomes.
The...
A University experimental theater group produced seven plays in 24 hours this weekend at the first Play in a Day event.
The event was hosted by The Broccoli Project, a student-oriented theater...
America’s “history of classism” still prioritizes the votes of white people, a UT professor said during an on-campus panel Thursday.
During a panel held two days after Texas’...
Dozens of intersex individuals and allies chanted “Change our hearts, not our parts” at an Intersex Awareness Day rally Saturday.
During the rally, attendees advocated for bodily...
Homemade shrines of Hindu deities adorn students’ dorm rooms and apartments in place of the sacred images found in temples to celebrate Diwali because of busy schedules and long commutes to temples.
Diwali,...
As part of the week-long celebrations of Indigenous Peoples Week at the University, students learned the art of beadwork Tuesday.
The beading workshop was led by Nan Blassingame of the Cheyenne...
Graduate school representatives from around the world lined up to speak with prospective graduate students Tuesday for the 2019 Graduate School Fair.
The annual fair was hosted by UT’s Graduate...
Design students interested in bringing their ideas to the real world will be able to do so thanks to a $1 million endowment to launch a new product design program.
Mike Reese, a UT mechanical engineering...
Latinx Americans need to be proud and fight against negative stereotypes, Alejandra Castillo, president and CEO of YWCA, said during a Hispanic Heritage Month kickoff Tuesday afternoon.
The Lyndon B....
Engineering students celebrated their return to classes with free food, music and poolside volleyball Sunday at Cockrell Kickoff.
Cockrell’s annual back-to-school kickoff took place at...
