After Austin Public Health found West Nile virus in the city’s mosquito population, the city health department and University Health Services are advising Austinites to take extra precaution against...
Seven Puerto Rican faculty members sent a letter to President Gregory Fenves asking the University to provide support to universities on the island impacted by Hurricane Maria.
The open letter, available...
Texas is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, and after Hurricane Harvey, more people are at risk for overdose.
In the past two decades, deaths from opioid overdose in the United States have quadrupled,...
A recent $118 million lease sale of state lands to oil companies will continue funding UT and Texas A&M universities through oil and natural gas wells.
The lease of approximately 44,000 acres of...
Sixty-six percent of the class of 2017 graduated within four years, UT announced, achieving the University’s largest ever jump between years in its four-year graduation rate — an increase of...
Admissions to UT will become more competitive with a 6 percent automatic acceptance rate for fall 2019 applicants.
The decrease to 6 percent will be UT’s lowest automatic acceptance rate since...
The University is offering more funding and resources to Longhorns impacted by Hurricane Harvey, with students and faculty across campus stepping in to support and donate to these efforts.
Students...
UT has been recognized as having one of the nation’s leading initiatives to improve student graduation rates after increasing degree completion by 10 percent over four years.
The University is...
Different areas of cancer research and treatment in the Dell Medical School have been brought together under the new Department of Oncology.
The department, which opened in the Health Discovery Building...
A trio of UT engineers is preparing for the worst: nuclear disaster.
This August, Derek Haas, mechanical engineering assistant professor, started a research collaboration with the U.S. Air Force and...
APD and UTPD investigated an incident early this morning where shots were fired under the overpass of Interstate 35 and Manor Road.
UT sent out an alert shortly after 5 a.m. informing students of the...
The Austin Police Department warned the public Thursday about an Internal Revenue Service phone scam in which the scammer used a caller ID that was identical to an APD number.
Several people received...
Kendrex White was indicted by a grand jury Monday for murder and three counts of aggravated assault, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
The jury found enough evidence to put White on trial,...
Bicycle accidents in Austin have decreased by nearly one-third over the past five years, yet several areas of the city remain just as dangerous to cyclists, according to data from Austin-Travis County...
Lawyers in the Haruka Weiser murder case met in court Thursday morning to discuss the jury selection process for the upcoming October trial, according to the Austin American-Statesman.
Eighteen-year-old...
Computer science junior Callie Koch combined a love for game design with her understanding of social anxiety to pitch a social situation simulator that won her team $1,000.
At the Games4Health online...
Climate change activists rallied at the Texas Capitol during President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office to protest state and national policies that deny global warming.
Environmental groups...
“EarthDate,” a collection of two-minute radio segments from researchers at the Jackson School of Geosciences, debuted on Earth Day with 10 segments made available to stations and listeners...
Senior fashion designers debuted their unique clothing collections, showing off pieces they have been working on since the fall semester at the annual University of Texas Fashion Show on Wednesday evening...
Depression and anxiety once consumed neuroscience junior Justin Ahamed’s life — until he opened up about his struggles and finally accepted help.
“Sometimes, I feel everything,”...
A newly formed student group on campus helps comfort sexual assault survivors by sending them donations and kits filled with clothing items, toiletries and notes of support while they’re in the hospital.
Strengthening...
Black and Hispanic millennials are more optimistic toward their futures than their white and Asian counterparts, according to a study released March 20 by the Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public...
At least 20 restaurants in zip codes surrounding UT Austin are continuing their operations with few repercussions despite failing or receiving low scores from the health department in the past three years.
According...
Celebrators and protesters of the Israel Block Party stood on opposing sides of Speedway on Wednesday afternoon, exchanging their conflicting ideologies in what has become an annual occasion for both parties....
Hundreds of elementary and middle school girls from around Austin celebrated UT’s 16th annual Girl Day on Saturday at the Cockrell School of Engineering, where they participated in hands-on engineering...
Designer Yael Kanarek, who works with mediums ranging from 3-D prints to graphic designs and jewelry, taught as a guest lecturer and worked with fine arts students as an artist-in-residence during her...
History graduate student Nadine Ross took first place in UT’s inaugural Three Minute Thesis competition with her research on citizenship and national belonging, specifically for people of mixed-race...
Journalism professor Stephen Reese was awarded the Paul J. Deutschmann Award, one of the top journalism research honors, for his long-term studies on how news can shape the public’s perception of the...
Teach For America CEO Elisa Villanueva Beard spoke to students on Tuesday on the importance of equal opportunity in education and how any student can become a teacher.
The Undergraduate Business...
Members of the Counseling and Mental Health Center Student Organization planned brand new events open to all students at their first meeting of the year on Tuesday.
Mental health promotion coordinator...
Students opened up about their mental illnesses, dismissing common myths and encouraging others to de-stigmatize issues such as anxiety and depression, at an event held Monday evening by Student Government.
Rhetoric...
The amount of hate crimes targeting Muslims is the highest it has been since 9/11, having increased about 33 percent in Austin in the past two years, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety.
This...
The In-N-Out Burger on the corner of Guadalupe and 27th Streets officially opened its doors Thursday, making it the fifth location in Austin.
“We’re really excited to be here, so it’s...
Nearly 50 Muslim students openly prayed Wednesday in the Main Mall to protest an Israeli bill that would restrict mosques’ call to prayer.
The Israeli government is considering a...
Protesters marched past the Texas State Capitol Tuesday evening, chanting, “We will stand. We will fight. Water is a human right,” in an effort to call out companies such as Chase Bank and...
Two UT graduate students are collecting winter clothing donations to deliver to Standing Rock Sioux protesters in North Dakota this Thanksgiving break.
Education graduate student Andrew Gonzales and...
The Texas Women’s Council showcased the work of female students in the fields of film, photography, theater and more at the Union on Sunday.
The event, Women in the Arts, was held to bring...
Individuals who stutter, ranging in ages from middle school to adulthood, shared their stories Saturday at an open mic in the West Mall in celebration of International Stuttering Awareness Day.
At the...
Professors and students began working Friday on an open database that tracks Republican legislators’ support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump around the country and gives extensive...
Plans for the reconstruction of the Nueces Mosque in West Campus are taking off after decades of delay, with mosque leaders intending to present the proposal to the Austin Council by January.
Under...
Arabic-speaking students at UT are tutoring Austin’s newly settled refugee families who can no longer receive benefits from the state as of Sept. 30.
UT English Language Learners, a volunteer...
A chapter of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists has opened at UT, allowing journalism students such as junior Nidia Cavazos to feel a sense of community in the diverse world of journalism.
“You...
Students for Equity and Diversity, a student group which works to promote awareness of diversity issues, hosted an open forum Thursday at the SAC’s Multicultural Engagement Center at which students...
First-year Dell Medical School students partnered with local Austin artists to create a mural at the HOPE Outdoor Gallery that encourages people to become more comfortable with the medical community.
The...
Starting next spring, students in the McCombs School of Business earning a Masters of Business Administration will be able to enroll in four new courses ranging from finance to economics and management.
Finance...
The Institute For Israel Studies screened the award-winning Israeli film “To Take A Wife” Thursday at the PCL as part of a three-part series. The film — written by, directed by, and starring...
New student portal MyUT debuted this fall as the main site to address student needs and will replace UTDirect by 2017.
A special team of UT professors, technicians and coordinators designed the...
UT-Austin’s Center for Mexican American Studies will host the 45th annual Linguistic Association of the Southwest conference, a three-day event from September 15–17, which highlights Mexican-American...
