The music venues and artists that bring crowds of community members together every night were looked at through a wider lense of the far-reaching effects of being considered a music city.
On Friday,...
A congregation of music fans filed into the pews of the church in anticipation of the concert that was about to begin.
On Tuesday night, Central Presbyterian Church held the first Tiny Desk Family Hour...
Rap listeners, luxury car enthusiasts, fashion followers and everyone in between gathered for one of Monday’s featured sessions, “Using Design ‘Differently’ to Make a Difference.”
The...
Editor’s Note: “In depth at Utalent Records” is a weekly column highlighting the 2018–2019 student artists under the UT record label, Utalent Records.
To most college students,...
It is not very often that an artist’s debut album is filled with deep introspection and maturity. While the pressure of creating a successful breakout project can cause artists to vie for radio hits,...
As 2019 begins, the round-the-clock release cycle of the streaming era shows no signs of slowing. The music landscape has changed even further as some artists have released projects without warning or...
Editor’s Note: “In depth at Utalent Records” is a weekly column highlighting the 2018–2019 student artists under the UT record label, Utalent Records.
From a young age, music...
After surpassing rock as the most consumed music genre last year, R&B/hip-hop nearly doubled its lead over rock music as of June 2018 in Nielsen Music’s mid-year report. As streaming services...
The end of 2018 marks another consecutive year of increased vinyl record sales. As more people express interest in vinyl, some online subscription services have introduced curation and exclusivity to the
vinyl...
With the volume of new music at an all-time high, song links and artist recommendations permeate group chats and social media posts. Without a central place to share new music, many of these suggestions...
When UT alumna Tess Cagle and then-public relations senior Jenna Million resettled in Austin this past February, they wanted to connect with women photographers like themselves in the local music scene....
After five Grammy nominations, collaborations with Logic and Kendrick Lamar and a certified platinum album, it’s safe to say there are plenty of eyes on what R&B singer-songwriter Khalid Robinson...
As animal lovers walked out of ArtHouse Tattoo this past weekend, they left with fresh ink on their bodies and a receipt for a charitable donation they had just made.
On Sunday, dog and cat lovers...
A small group of 20 participants lay down on the floor with pillows and blankets, their heads all directed toward the small altar and drum in the center. Jason Traweek begins to play his drum in hopes...
When Delaney Gibson, one half of the Austin-based electro pop duo SIGNY, entered into a major depressive episode she could not get out of, she said she felt scared. Gibson picked up the phone and decided...
The Austin community came together last Friday in honor of hip-hop artist Mac Miller, who died earlier this month.
Concert promotion company Heard Presents held an event at the Empire Control Room and...
When he began writing raps at the age of eleven, Ariea Bastami never imagined he would begin his musical career through dorm room freestyles and UT retweets.
Approaching the one year anniversary of...
It’s not every day that the highest selling rap artist of all time drops a surprise album. The hip-hop community, fans and critics alike had to give Eminem’s tenth album Kamikaze a listen,...
As their time at UT draws to a close, fall 2017 graduates took shelter from the chilly Friday night weather in the warm, lively atmosphere of their graduation party.
The Great Texas Exit, held at the...
The Feminist Policy Alliance hosted a panel Monday about Texas’ maternal mortality crisis and its disproportionate effects on women of color.
Texas has the worst maternal mortality rate of any...
The racial and regional tensions in the U.S. at the beginning of the civil rights movement were examined through the lens of the American film industry on Friday.
The history department’s Symposium...
Labor, inequality and human rights in international partnerships were the focus during the Rapoport Center’s final conversation of the semester on Monday.
Alvaro Santos, law professor at Georgetown...
Clothing does not typically come to mind when considering the civil rights movement, but author Tanisha Ford said clothing can tell stories that would otherwise be lost.
Ford, author of “Liberated...
Operation Naloxone held their first overdose response training for social work students on Friday, just a few weeks after President Donald Trump declared the opioid epidemic a public health emergency in...
Oscar De La Hoya, Troy Aikman, Evander Holyfield and Vince Young all have one thing in common — Leigh Steinberg.
On Monday, the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation hosted a talk by distinguished...
Over the weekend, the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies celebrated the 10th anniversary of the inception of their bachelor’s degree program.
Alumni panels, keynote speakers and discussions...
The difficult dialogue began with a dark auditorium and a film screening, displaying the long history of the incarceration of African-Americans for the 80 students and community members in attendance.
The...
While some spent this Saturday celebrating Halloween, students competing in Texas Charity Pitch spent the day rehearsing slide shows and memorizing statistics to win up to $2,000 for their chosen charity.
Hosted...
Teams in over 40 cities around the globe, including Austin, participated in a weekend-long hackathon from Friday to Sunday.
UT students formed Austin’s chapter of the movement and worked from...
Despite Hurricane Harvey’s disruption at the beginning of the semester, the Natural Sciences Council was finally able to kick off Natural Sciences Week on Monday.
The week was postponed from the...
Having a limited scope of interests and repeating behaviors are sometimes signs exhibited in people with autism, said neurology assistant professor Audrey Brumback during a panel about autism on Saturday....
The UT-Austin National Association of Black Journalists organized a panel of recent UT-NABJ graduates on Monday to discuss the transition from college to the work force.
Nia Wesley, San Antonio CBS...
In a world with instant shares and retweets, it has never been easier for “fake news” to spread quickly.
A new online initiative centered on promoting media literacy and stopping that trend...
Although the UT Police Department uses various initiatives to promote community outreach, one of the lesser-known options is the department’s Ride Along Program.
The Ride Along program allows...
When asked about her decade-long career in television, executive producer Felicia Henderson, who has worked on television shows including “Everybody Hates Chris,” “Sister, Sister”...
Last Friday, a young woman in the audience of a campus lecture hall asked a panel of mathematicians and scientists how she was supposed to cope in a world that is so hard and confusing for women.
After...
Students laughed at the annual Gwyn David Lecture as Shama Hyder, named a “Top 30 Under 30 Entreprenuer” by Forbes, described the difficulties of starting her own company.
“When I...
Voices Against Violence hosted a fundraising event for students and the community to listen to music and to promote its organization Saturday afternoon.
The event, Summer Sunset Shindig, was held at...
Students filled the Gregory Gym Plaza for the fall study abroad fair Tuesday, visiting the tables of more than 80 different study abroad programs offering destinations around the globe.
The fair was...
