Gov. Greg Abbott tweeted a statement Thursday denouncing colleges and cities who seek to declare sanctuary status and said he would suspend state funding to institutions that do.
The tweet came...
More than 300 students spent over seven hours Wednesday protesting the election of Republican Donald Trump on campus and throughout downtown Austin.
The protest, one of many organized by college...
The Daily Texan conducted an exit poll of 300 voters at the FAC and University Co-op polling stations on Tuesday.
According to our poll, 74.6 percent of respondents said they voted for Hillary...
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Clinton: “[If] his tax plan, which would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion, and would, in some instances, disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy, were to go into effect,...
Dallas Police Chief David Brown will serve as the commencement speaker for UT-Austin’s May 2017 graduating class, the University announced Friday.
Brown, who is set to retire in October, accepted...
Increased consumption of calories from food subsidized by the federal government may increase the chances of diabetes, heart diseases or stroke, according to a study by the American Medical Association.
The...
The new class of Texas Wranglers for the Spring 2016 semester have dedicated their inaugural service project to the brother of one of their class members who passed away from cancer this past spring.
The...
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of UT-Austin’s use of race as a factor in the admissions process in June. The ruling in Fisher v. University of Texas allows UT and other universities across...
A group of students crowded around a boy being dragged across the ground, as more joined to watch. Across the street at the University Co-op, Allen Crum, the first floor supervisor, took notice and assumed...
Houston McCoy, one of the Austin police officers who shot the sniper atop the University of Texas Tower 50 years ago, is remembered by his daughter as a humble man.
Monika McCoy, now an APD officer...
The Austin Police Department will be outfitting 500 police officers with body cameras over the next three months.Austin City Council approved a contract with Taser International, the company that will...
The Longhorn Baptist Student Ministry held a prayer vigil in honor of Alton Sterling, Philando Castile and the Dallas Police on Monday night.
Alton Sterling and Philando Castile were both fatally shot...
Professors Mia Carter, Jennifer Lynn Glass and Lisa Moore said the campus carry law, passed in 2015 and set to go into effect Aug. 1, would restrict the freedom of their classroom discussions and...
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down key provisions in the Texas Omnibus Abortion Bill, known as HB 2, on Monday.
In a 5-3 decision for the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, Justice Stephen...
In a 5-3 decision in the case Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that certain requirements in the Texas Omnibus Abortion Bill, known as HB 2, place “undue...
The Supreme Court of the United States is expected to rule on a Texas abortion law known as HB 2 on June 27.
In the case, Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, the plaintiff is arguing the key...
The citizens of United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a highly contested referendum Thursday.
The nation was split over the potential of a British Exit from the EU, or Brexit,...
On June 26, 2015, across the nation, rainbow flags were waved and couples wed, after the 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges was announced.
Justice Kennedy wrote for the majority decision stating,...
Heavy rainfall and flooding in the past month have led to several incidents of drowning in Austin-area waterways.
As a result, a watercraft ban was instituted on Lake Austin, Lady Bird...
President Obama accepted Governor Abbott's request for Individual Assistance for 12 Texas counties because of heavy rainfall and flooding in the past month.
The counties included in this declaration...
At the intersection of 4th and Colorado streets, in front of Rain, a gay nightclub, a community vigil was held Sunday night to honor the victims of the Orlando, Florida shooting, which happened early Sunday...
René Salazar, the new assistant dean for diversity at Dell Medical School, plans to open an office for diversity and make it an important aspect of the school’s mission.
The...
A statement from Chancellor McRaven and President Fenves pleading for the release of former UT graduate student was announced Monday.
Omid Kokabee has been imprisoned in his home country of Iran since...
Students, faculty and alumni raised their glasses to toast the departing president and CEO of the University Co-op, George H. Mitchell, on Monday night at an awards ceremony for academic excellence at...
UT students jumped and slid across the stage in unison before a deep red backdrop as Drake’s “Big Rings” blasted around the auditorium, and the crowd roared deafeningly.
The Eta chapter...
Women who wait to have children until after their 30th birthday are more likely to earn a higher lifetime income, according to a recent study.
The Washington University in St. Louis study, which...
Archaeologists uncovered a slab of stone containing rare text in the ancient language of Etruscan north of Florence, Italy, on the Poggio Colla site.
Michael Thomas, professor and director of...
The UT Center for Politics and Governance hosted national political correspondent Jonathan Martin of The New York Times on Thursday to speak about the presidential election.
“This campaign is...
The UT chapter of United Students Against Sweatshops hosted a event yesterday featuring former Nike worker and workers’ rights advocate Noi Supalai.
Supalai worked in a Nike facility in...
A new housing complex funded through a partnership with the city of Austin aims to provide more affordable housing options.
The Mueller Affordable Homes Program is a project that strives to give...
A petition to President Barack Obama to replace the Church of Scientology on Guadalupe with a HEB has gone viral on social media.
Electrical and computer engineering freshman Abhishek Deb started the...
A report issued by the Indiana University Center for Postsecondary Research revealed there has been an increase in debt-related stress in the past decade among graduate law students in the United States...
During the election season, many candidates promise economic prosperity in their budget proposals — but voters don’t usually think about whether a plan is feasible, one UT professor argues.
In...
The Austin Animal Center will put 26 roosters rescued from a cockfighting ring up for adoption starting March 8.
The birds were discovered after a call was made to the Travis County Sheriff's...
The City of Austin announced a five-year partnership with UT’s Center for Transportation Research on Thursday that will aim to solve Austin’s transportation problems.
The center will assist...
Live sound mixing, video game displays and a whizzing 3-D printer accompanies finger food and a dark room illuminated by streaks of fuchsia stage lights.
Students from the Center for Arts and...
The University announced Monday that Jay Bernhardt has been appointed the new dean of the Moody College of Communication.
Bernhardt has served as the interim dean to the college since Sept. 1 and...
When Beyoncé released her new song “Formation” with an accompanying video and performed it at the Super Bowl last week, she danced her way straight into classrooms, too.
University...
UT-Austin will be offering courses that focus on art and technology on an online platform developed to make these classes more available to students.
Kadenze is an online platform for arts and...
High schools across the country will soon introduce a new computer science course to their curriculums, thanks to an initiative by the University’s UTeach program.
UTeach, a program that encourages...
On Feb. 2, a group of students will premiere their choreographed dance moves inspired by presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and film a music video called “Do the Bernie Sanders.”
UT...
Students from the UT Microfarm will sell produce on a weekly basis for the first time this year.
The microfarm, a student-run project focused on producing locally grown food using sustainable farming...
A group of UT undergraduates known as the 512 Hyperloop Team has created a design of a Hyperloop pod, or high-speed transportation system, and will present it in College Station next weekend.
“The...
