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Researchers identify antibodies against norovirus, taking step forward in vaccine development

Researchers identify antibodies against norovirus, taking step forward in vaccine development

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter March 24, 2025

Identifying antibodies for 75% of norovirus outbreaks, University researchers took a step forward in creating a vaccine for the virus after publishing a study on March 5. The study, done in collaboration...

Political uncertainty leaves students concerned, disappointed as health organizations cancel opportunities

Political uncertainty leaves students concerned, disappointed as health organizations cancel opportunities

Diego Hernandez and Isaiah Williams March 13, 2025

Chemistry sophomore Zahra Mahmood wanted to work for the National Institutes of Health and began looking into potential job opportunities at the institutes over winter break. Aside from the possible prestige...

Dax on the Main Mall on March 5, 2025. The robot has been seen roaming UT campus tracking accessibility and mobility data.

Daxbots collect accessibility, project planning data while roaming around campus

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter March 13, 2025

Strolling about, maneuvering past students running to class and greeting others as they pass by, small robots roll around campus, working hard to complete their jobs like the rest of society.   These...

The White House on May 29, 2024.

U.S. Department of Education to cut half its workforce

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter March 12, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday that it will fire over 1,300 of its employees beginning March 21 as part of a “reduction in force,” according to a news release. The department...

Protestors advocate at Capitol against Trump administration science-funding policies

Protestors advocate at Capitol against Trump administration science-funding policies

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter March 8, 2025

Hundreds of protestors advocated at the Texas Capitol Friday as part of a nationwide movement against the Trump administration’s recent actions towards scientific funding. Stand Up For Science 2025...

Kourtney Benton holds a sign while standing in front of shirts with names of people who have died by gun violence displayed outside of the Texas Capitol on Feb. 27, 2025.

‘We are the majority’: Gun policy advocates rally at Capitol

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 28, 2025

More than 250 people and at least 25 organizations gathered at the Texas Capitol on Thursday to advocate for “common sense” gun policies. The Texas Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence, an alliance...

A visa-holding student stands in front of the UT Tower on Feb. 24, 2024.

Estudiantes lidian con posibles cambios en la ley de visas

Isaiah Williams, Diego Hernandez, and Daniela Oseguera February 26, 2025

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 24 de febrero de 2025 por Isaiah Williams y Diego Hernandez y fue traducido al español por Daniela Oseguera. Más de 6,600 estudiantes...

A visa-holding student stands in front of the UT Tower on Feb. 24, 2024.

Students grapple with possible visa law changes

Isaiah Williams and Diego Hernandez February 25, 2025

UT’s over 6,600 international students could face changes in the visa process after President Donald Trump sent out an executive order to review the programs on Jan. 20.  The Trump administration...

UT medical researchers concerned about new policies at National Institutes of Health

UT medical researchers concerned about new policies at National Institutes of Health

Isaiah Williams and Diego Hernandez February 18, 2025

Editor's note: Professors quoted in the article are speaking as individuals and not on behalf of the University.  UT medical researchers have found the future of their research uncertain after new...

A speaker rallies the crowd during the Austin Students for a Democratic Society protest at Littlefield Fountain on Feb. 12, 2025.

Estudiantes de Austin por una Sociedad Democrática organizan protesta contra las federales políticas de inmigración

Nota del Editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 12 de Febrero por Catharine Li y Diego Hernandez y fue traducido al Español por Avilenne Perez-Benitez.  Alrededor de 150 estudiantes...

A speaker rallies the crowd during the Austin Students for a Democratic Society protest at Littlefield Fountain on Feb. 12, 2025.

Austin Students for a Democratic Society organizes protest against federal immigration policies

Catharine Li and Diego Hernandez February 13, 2025

Around 150 students and community members gathered at Littlefield Fountain to protest the immigration enforcement policies of President Donald Trump on Wednesday.  Austin Students for a Democratic...

Early action applicants received decisions after initially being deferred

Early action applicants received decisions after initially being deferred

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 11, 2025

Deferred admissions decisions for many Early Action applications released a week earlier than applicants expected on Friday. Many Early Action applicants originally reported on social media that they...

A protester at the Capitol during the 50501 Movement on Feb. 5, 2025.

Manifestantes se reúnen en el Capitolio para protestar contra las políticas y órdenes ejecutivas de la administración Trump

Nota del Editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 05 de febrero de 2025 por Isaiah Williams y Diego Hernandez y fue traducido al español por Citlali Martinez Hernandez.  Cientos de...

Texas volleyball played Texas A&M during the first round of the NCAA volleyball tournament in Austin, TX on Nov. 30, 2023.

NCAA bars transgender women from participating in college, university women’s sports

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 7, 2025

Only student-athletes assigned female at birth will be allowed to compete in university women’s sports, the NCAA announced Thursday in a news release.  The announcement comes after President Donald...

A demonstrator chants with the marching crowd at the “Reject Project 2025” protest in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 5, 2025.

Demonstrators gather at Capitol to protest Trump administration policies, executive orders

Isaiah Williams and Diego Hernandez February 5, 2025

Hundreds gathered on Wednesday in a nationally coordinated protest at the Texas Capitol, marching down Congress Avenue to oppose executive orders from the Trump administration and the Texas Legislature’s...

The UT Tower on Feb. 3, 2025.

Texas government issues letter declaring recognition of only two sexes

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter February 4, 2025

Gov. Greg Abbott sent out a letter to state government agencies on Jan. 30 declaring that the state of Texas only recognizes two sexes, male and female, and follows a similar executive order from President...

UT Energy Institute to lead project to mitigate, monitor emissions in Permian Basin

UT Energy Institute to lead project to mitigate, monitor emissions in Permian Basin

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter January 31, 2025

UT’s Energy Institute will lead an initiative to detect and fix methane leaks in pipelines and wells in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico, according to an agreement signed on Jan. 15. The...

UT Early Action applicants report large amount of deferrals, decisions delayed

UT Early Action applicants report large amount of deferrals, decisions delayed

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter January 29, 2025

It was Jan. 15, the day decisions were released for early action applicants to UT.  High school senior Avishi Singh had sent in her application to the University's electrical engineering program back...

The dome of the US Capitol on Jan. 17, 2025.

Judge temporarily blocks Trump order to freeze federal, research funding

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter January 28, 2025

Editor's note: Since publication, the Executive Office of the President issued a memorandum rescinding the previously announced funding freeze.   A federal judge temporarily halted an attempt...

UT researchers make advances in carbon dioxide reduction technology

UT researchers make advances in carbon dioxide reduction technology

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter January 22, 2025

Smaller ions in liquids with high saline contents can improve efficiency in the transformation of carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, UT and University of Copenhagen researchers found in a Jan. 10...

‘Can't recreate what TikTok created:’ On-campus creators brace for social media app’s potential shut down 

‘Can’t recreate what TikTok created:’ On-campus creators brace for social media app’s potential shut down 

Diego Hernandez, Senior News Reporter January 18, 2025

TikTok, the social media app, might “go dark” on Jan. 19 after a nearly nine-month-long legal battle between Chinese parent company Bytedance and the United States government, according to a statement...

Profesor de UT ayudará a liderar investigación financiada por la NASA sobre la calidad del agua en Puerto Rico

Profesor de UT ayudará a liderar investigación financiada por la NASA sobre la calidad del agua en Puerto Rico

Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 1 de diciembre de 2024 por Diego Hernandez y fue traducido a español por Valentina Avendaño Figueroa. Un profesor asociado de UT está ayudando a...

UT professor to help lead NASA-funded water quality research in Puerto Rico

UT professor to help lead NASA-funded water quality research in Puerto Rico

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter December 1, 2024

A UT associate professor is helping lead part of a NASA-funded research project in Puerto Rico aimed at studying water quality and its impacts on local communities and marine life.  The project,...

Grant Walther sports his viral burnt orange polo in front of the UT Tower on Nov. 19, 2024.

‘Lo mejor que se puede hacer es simplemente pasarlo adelante’: La fama en Internet permite al ‘fan enfadado de Texas’ iniciar una recaudación de fondos para la investigación del cáncer

Diego Hernandez  and Angela Garcia November 23, 2024

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 21 de noviembre por Diego Hernandez y fue traducido al español por Angela Garcia. Con el marcador en 30-15, parecía como si el partido...

Grant Walther sports his viral burnt orange polo in front of the UT Tower on Nov. 19, 2024.

‘The best thing to do is just pass it forward’: Internet fame allows ‘Angry Texas Fan’ to start cancer research fundraiser

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter November 21, 2024

With the score at 30-15, it seemed as if the Oct. 19 game against the University of Georgia would be the first loss of the season for UT’s football team, and fans weren’t happy. As the cameras...

The Texas capitol building on Oct. 4, 2023.

Death-row inmate Robert Roberson’s execution stay lifted, Texas Supreme Court ruled

Diego Hernandez and Isaiah Williams November 20, 2024

The Texas Supreme Court removed its hold on Robert Roberson’s execution, preventing state legislators’ attempts to stall the execution and clearing the way for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice...

New fellows at Cosmic Frontier Center explore early universe

New fellows at Cosmic Frontier Center explore early universe

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter November 7, 2024

The Department of Astronomy is a step closer to mapping the final frontiers of space with a research center, which announced its inaugural class of fellows on Oct. 23, that studies the early history of...

Texas attorney general blocks death row inmate from testifying at Capitol

Texas attorney general blocks death row inmate from testifying at Capitol

Isaiah Williams and Diego Hernandez October 29, 2024

The testimony of the first person sentenced to death on a “shaken baby syndrome” conviction to a state House committee was halted Oct. 21 by the Texas attorney general.  Robert Roberson was convicted...

Austin City Limits 2024 declared a success for low theft, offense reports

Austin City Limits 2024 declared a success for low theft, offense reports

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter October 23, 2024

The number of reported offenses during this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival decreased from past years, according to an Oct. 18 city press release. There were 67 theft reports during Weekend...

Two adults play mini-golf at Peter Pan Mini-Golf on Oct. 9, 2024.

City of Austin to work with organization on historic, cultural preservation

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter October 11, 2024

Austin City Council passed a resolution on Sept. 26 to provide funds and work with Rally Austin to purchase and preserve historically and culturally significant buildings.  Rally Austin is a real estate...

Austin City Council approves mandate for microchipping pets

Austin City Council approves mandate for microchipping pets

Diego Hernandez, General News Reporter September 29, 2024

Austin City Council approved a mandate last Thursday requiring pets to be microchipped in Austin.  The mandate aims to ease Austin animal shelters suffering from overcrowding, according to city documents....

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