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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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All content by Emily Clanton
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is pictured speaking at a Turning Point USA at UT event on Monday, Nov. 3.

Texas Attorney General speaks at UT Turn­ing Point USA chapter event

Emily Clanton, General News Reporter November 4, 2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton spoke at a Turning Point USA UT event on Monday about the role young people can play in the conservative movement. Paxton entered the stage to a standing ovation, following...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches investigation into Discord

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launches investigation into Discord

Emily Clanton, General News Reporter October 21, 2025

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into messaging platform Discord after the suspect in conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination used it, Paxton announced in an Oct....

Andrea DeLorenzo Ferruzzo, mother of Katherine Ferruzzo, holds up a hook 'em sign during a flag lowering ceremony on the main mall on Friday honoring Chloe Childress and Ferruzzo, two incoming freshman that died during the July 4 floods in the Texas Hill Country.

University honors two incoming students killed in Kerrville floods

Emily Clanton, General News Reporter October 18, 2025

  Over 100 students, parents and faculty gathered in front of the Main Tower on Friday to observe a flag-lowering ceremony in honor of Chloe Childress and Katherine Ferruzzo, who were set to...

UT researchers use AI models to predict storm surges, infectious disease spread

UT researchers use AI models to predict storm surges, infectious disease spread

Emily Clanton, General News Reporter October 15, 2025

A group of UT researchers is using AI modeling to create user-friendly tools that track storm surges and chart their effects on the spread of infectious diseases in the Rio Grande Valley.  Planet Texas...

Foundation honoring Texas flood victim, incoming student distributes supplies to special education teachers

Foundation honoring Texas flood victim, incoming student distributes supplies to special education teachers

Emily Clanton, General News Reporter October 5, 2025

A foundation established in honor of an incoming student who was killed in the catastrophic Central Texas floods is raising money and donating supplies to special education teachers and programs in the...

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