Science journals commonly use p-values, a statistical index used in research data, to decide whether papers are worthy of publication. However, even scientists frequently misuse p-values, according to...

About 70 students took a study break to discuss the future of artificial intelligence Wednesday evening. Bruce Porter, computer science department chair and professor, primarily researches artificial...

Children, like adults, have an innate desire to belong. When excluded, they imitate their peers’ behaviors to try to fit in. Psychology postdoctoral researcher Rachel Watson-Jones found that children...

UT alumnus David Reitze led the first direct detection of gravitational waves, 100 years after Albert Einstein predicted them in his general relativity theory. On Sept. 14 of last year, Reitze and his...

Many wish that research on genes could help them fit into their skinny jeans, but scientists said more work still needs to be done before successful genetically-based weight loss programs can become a...

In response to a gun-support organization’s plan to stage a mock shooting near UT campus Saturday, a group of UT students protested with signs, chants and fart noises. Approximately 10-15 members...

Around 10 UT students joined a worldwide discussion aimed at combating gender-based violence across college campuses. Only two of them were males, including the male co-host. In support of the United...

More members of the University are using HornRaiser — the University’s official crowdfunding platform — to fund their projects, according to Marsha Reardon, student philanthropy and special...

UT graduate students in special education will soon be able to earn a teaching certificate. This year, Diane Bryant, learning disabilities and behavior disorders professor, and her colleagues will launch...

Editor's note: This article has been updated since its original publication to remove students' quotes from a private meeting because of a failure on behalf of the reporter to identitfy herself...

The University is working to bridge the communication gap between the scientific community and the general public. Beginning this month, the Center for Health Communication at the Moody College of Communication...

Engineering graduate students transitioning into faculty positions can now breathe easily — teaching help is on its way. This year, Maura Borrego, associate professor in mechanical engineering,...

Students chanted and carried signs that said “education should not be a debt sentence” as they rallied against tuition fees and student debts on Thursday afternoon. Members of the rally...

The College of Natural Sciences has launched a kickstarter for a $1.2 million crowdfunding campaign to renovate Welch Hall. This community giving effort, will be underway until December 2017, is part...

Students from the Cockrell School of Engineering and McCombs School of Business are celebrating the “classic rivalry” between both schools by showcasing their physical and mental muscles in...

Academic Enrichment Week, a program hosted by the UT Senate of College Councils which aims to enhance students experience outside the classroom, began Monday. The program featured a general study abroad...

Black students from the Society for Cultural Unity spoke out at The Texan Talks event during an interview with UT President Gregory Fenves, asking if black lives matter to him. Loyce Gayo, president...

An extinct species of turtle made its way to the present when a student began studying its remnants, only to discover the reptile was unlike any turtle ever found — it had a nose similar to that...

The preservation of fish reproduction sites is most effective in balancing fisheries and fish conservation, according to UT assistant professor in marine science Brad Erisman. The paper, published in...

The “I’m a Veteran” campaign, an effort to raise awareness of the culture of veteran students on campus, officially started Wednesday. The campaign, organized by the Student Veteran...

A librarian at the Perry-Castañeda Library said in a workshop Tuesday afternoon that keeping personal books in a cool temperature and dry environment with no direct exposure to sunlight will help...

The Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) Pre-Graduate Internship Program awarded Kuhn awards to 23 undergraduates for the fall 2015 semester. Students received $1,000 stipends from the Michael and Alice...

The University appointed Maggie Gilburg as the new director of development for the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs. Gilburg, former director of development for the Texas Tribune, said...

Girls are sentenced to serve in detention facilities for longer periods than boys in juvenile justice settings, according to Erin Espinosa, research associate within the Texas Institute for Excellence...

A research team including UT psychology professor Robert Josephs found male executives with high levels of testosterone and low levels of the stress hormone cortisol tend to have higher-ranking jobs. The...

UT alumna Amy Gentry spoke about sexual violence and her writing career as part of Joynes Reading Room lecture series Thursday evening.  Every woman experiences sexual assualt in one form or another,...

Children born in China without siblings have fewer symptoms of depression and anxiety, according to research published by faculty in the department of educational psychology. The study, published by...

Engineering entrepreneur Ben Dyer encouraged students to “think big and do big” during the Longhorn Startup Seminar on Thursday evening. The seminar is part of an entrepreneurship course,...

The Asian American Culture Committee and the Asian Desi Pacific Islander American Collective, welcomed new students in the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom on Thursday night.  The annual event, titled...

A team led by University of Texas at Austin architecture professor Michael Garrison is designing and building a solar-powered home to compete nationally as part of the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon. The...

A study found non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, helped lower hormone-related breast cancer recurrence in overweight women by half. The study — led by Linda deGraffenried,...

The Cockrell School of Engineering received a $35 million donation from UT alumnus T.W. “Tom” Whaley Jr., the University announced Thursday.  Whaley, who died in 2013, received...

The University Co-op main store on Guadalupe Street will be shelving textbooks alphabetically by the first author’s last name, instead of by class title, for the fall semester. Michael Kiely,...

Since stricter abortion regulations went into effect in Texas in September, 46 percent of clinics have closed, and legal abortions have decreased by 13 percent, according to a study from the University’s...

The School of Nursing received a two-year $703,000 grant from St. David’s Foundation, the University announced Tuesday.   The funding will support the UT School of Nursing Wellness Center...

James Stice, the Bob R. Dorsey Professor Emeritus in the Cockrell School of Engineering, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Engineering Education on June 16.  The...