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The Daily Texan explains: What’s going on with federal student loans?

The Daily Texan explains: What’s going on with federal student loans?

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter April 9, 2025

The U.S. Department of Education reopened applications for income-driven repayment plans for federal student loans on March 26 following the initial closure of the repayment plans in February, according...

Via 313 Pizza on Guadalupe Street on March 31, 2025.

Pizza chain Via 313 objects to union vote at North Campus location

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter April 7, 2025

Pizza chain Via 313 filed objections on March 25 to a March 18 union vote at its North Campus location, according to a press release from Restaurant Workers United.  Via 313 said in the objection that...

Students walk out of the former Multicultural Education Center on Jan. 18.

Cómo la orientación federal de DEI podría ir más allá del SB 17

Genevieve Britten and Maryella Diaz March 27, 2025

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 26 de marzo por Genevieve Britten y fue traducido al español por Maryella Diaz. El 14 de marzo una corte de apelación le permitió...

Students walk out of the former Multicultural Education Center on Jan. 18.

How federal DEI guidance could reach beyond SB 17

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter March 26, 2025

A federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration on March 14 to enforce an executive order that prompted the U.S. Department of Education to create guidance prohibiting “illegal” diversity,...

Los estudiantes continúan solicitando a la universidad que luche contra el cambio climático

Los estudiantes continúan solicitando a la universidad que luche contra el cambio climático

Genevieve Britten and Sara Solano Aguirre March 3, 2025

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 27 de febrero de 2025 por Genevieve Britten y fue traducido al español por Sara Solano Aguirre. Students Fighting Climate Change,...

Students continue to petition University to fight climate change

Students continue to petition University to fight climate change

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter February 28, 2025

Students Fighting Climate Change, a student organization seeking to hold UT accountable for its role in the climate crisis, sent a letter on Feb. 13 to former President Jay Hartzell requesting he acknowledge...

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El Moody College ofrecerá un nuevo menor académico en producción y transmisión de deportes

Genevieve Britten and Iñaki Zamarripa February 20, 2025

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 18 de febrero del 2025 por Genevieve Britten y fue traducido al español por Iñaki Zamarripa. El Moody College of Communication va...

UT researchers discover communication between growth, immunity pathways in plants

UT researchers discover communication between growth, immunity pathways in plants

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter February 19, 2025

A plant’s immune response to pathogens can cross-regulate the plant’s growth development, UT researchers and collaborators published in a Feb. 5 study. Plants contain pores called stomata that allow...

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Moody College to offer new sports production and broadcasting minor

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter February 19, 2025

The Moody College of Communication will offer a new sports production and broadcasting minor in collaboration with Texas Athletics starting Fall 2025, according to a Feb. 11 news release. The 15-credit...

From left, mediator and professor of practice Evan Smith speaks with State Representatives John Bucy III, Sheryl Cole and Gina Hinojosa at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Febuary 3rd. Each state rep. is a Democrat representing Austin.

LBJ School hosts Texas House Democrats, discussion on party strategy following ‘red wave’

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter February 4, 2025

Now is an “opportune time to reevaluate” party strategy after last election’s “red wave” resulted in Republican representatives gaining control of the government, Texas House Representative Gina...

Revisiting former President Biden’s higher education policies

Revisiting former President Biden’s higher education policies

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter January 21, 2025

Former President Joe Biden ceded the presidency to Donald Trump on Monday and left behind a “mixed” record in higher education policy, law professor Lucas Powe said.  Biden created a student debt...

The Texas State Capitol Building on July 14, 2024.

Federal judge strikes down Biden administration’s Title IX amendments 

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter January 14, 2025

A federal judge overturned the Biden administration’s new Title IX rule on Thursday, undoing efforts meant to “strengthen civil rights protections for all, including for LGBTQI+ students and staff”...

2025-26 FAFSA opened Nov. 21 following last year’s complications, delays

2025-26 FAFSA opened Nov. 21 following last year’s complications, delays

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter December 1, 2024

The 2025-26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid officially opened Nov. 21 — ten days before its initial release date — following four phases of testing. The day of the release, the U.S. Senate...

El seminario web de investigación del programa de UT destaca la experiencia única de los estudiantes latinos que se transfieren de universidades comunitarias

El seminario web de investigación del programa de UT destaca la experiencia única de los estudiantes latinos que se transfieren de universidades comunitarias

Genevieve Britten and Dieter Mouchkatine November 16, 2024

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 12 de noviembre del 2024 por Genevieve Britten y fue traducido al español por Dieter Mouchkatine. Los estudiantes latinos transferidos...

UT program’s research webinar highlights unique experience of Latinx community college transfer students

UT program’s research webinar highlights unique experience of Latinx community college transfer students

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter November 13, 2024

Latinx community college transfer students add unique perspectives to the community, speakers at a UT program’s research webinar said on Tuesday, discussing Latinx student success and diversity,...

Rep. Lloyd Doggett urges Texans to get health coverage amid high uninsurance rates, coverage gaps

Rep. Lloyd Doggett urges Texans to get health coverage amid high uninsurance rates, coverage gaps

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter November 13, 2024

Psychology junior Kayla Sommer was enrolled in Texas Medicaid her whole life until she aged out of the program, causing her to scramble for alternative coverage. As a college student with limited funding...

Nuevo criterio indica los éxitos y desafíos de UT en la participación de estudiantes y padres

Nuevo criterio indica los éxitos y desafíos de UT en la participación de estudiantes y padres

Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 1 de noviembre de 2024 por Genevieve Britten y fue traducido a español por Valentina Avendaño Figueroa. El Urban Institute publicó un criterio el 18...

UT hosts conference about contemporary Russia, discusses history, current events

UT hosts conference about contemporary Russia, discusses history, current events

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter November 3, 2024

UT’s Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies held a two-day conference Friday and Saturday about Russia’s role in contemporary history, where panelists discussed the Russia-Ukraine...

New rubric indicates UT’s successes, challenges in student-parent engagement

New rubric indicates UT’s successes, challenges in student-parent engagement

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter November 1, 2024

The Urban Institute published a rubric on Oct. 18 to guide higher-education leadership in supporting student parents through inclusion, representation and data collection. Kimberly Salazar, research...

The momentum microscope that tracks ultrafast electrons in nanomaterials as a part of the Love, Tito's Quantum Materials Characterization Laboratory is pictured on Oct. 18, 2024.

New shipment funded by Love, Tito’s allows progress in UT lab

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter October 20, 2024

A UT research effort funded by a $1.4 million donation from Love, Tito’s received its first material shipment in early October for a new machine that will allow the group to make progress studying the...

Panel members Gill Nowell and Kais Maknojia pictured at the EV Summit on Oct. 15 2024. The first ever EV Summit USA commenced in the UT Austin Alumni center as industry leaders discussed the American EV industry.

UT organiza el primer EV SUMMIT USA, un evento global de movilidad eléctrica

Genevieve Britten  and Angela Garcia October 19, 2024

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 16 de octubre por Genevieve Britten  y fue traducido al español por Angela Garcia. Un evento de vehículos eléctricos con sede en...

Panel members Gill Nowell and Kais Maknojia pictured at the EV Summit on Oct. 15 2024. The first ever EV Summit USA commenced in the UT Austin Alumni center as industry leaders discussed the American EV industry.

UT hosts first-ever EV SUMMIT USA, global e-mobility event

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter October 16, 2024

A United Kingdom-based electric vehicle event held its first stateside event in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center on the University’s campus on Tuesday. EV SUMMIT, an annual event advocating for...

Author and professor Dr. Carlos Kevin Blanton hands out raffled books after his presentation on his book "George I. Sanchez: The Long Fight For Mexican American Integration" at Elizabeth Shatto Massey Honor Hall on September 24th. The book is a biography of the life of George I. Sanchez and the impact he had on improving the lives of Mexican Americans.

La Facultad de Educación rinde homenaje a George I. Sánchez, activista de derechos civiles y homónimo del edificio de la Facultad de Educación

Genevieve Britten and Valentina Avendaño Figueroa September 26, 2024

Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 24 de setiembre de 2024 por Genevieve Britten y fue traducido al español por Valentina Avendaño Figueroa. La Facultad de Educación celebró el Mes...

Author and professor Dr. Carlos Kevin Blanton hands out raffled books after his presentation on his book "George I. Sanchez: The Long Fight For Mexican American Integration" at Elizabeth Shatto Massey Honor Hall on September 24th. The book is a biography of the life of George I. Sanchez and the impact he had on improving the lives of Mexican Americans.

College of Education honors George I. Sánchez, civil rights activist, namesake of College of Education building

Genevieve Britten, General News Reporter September 24, 2024

The College of Education celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month on Tuesday with a lecture in honor of George I. Sánchez, a Mexican-American activist who fought for education reform.  Carlos Blanton,...

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