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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

The Daily Texan

All content by Julian Petzold
Texas Antiquities Advisory Board recommends landmark status for Steve Hicks School of Social Work Building

Texas Antiquities Advisory Board recommends landmark status for Steve Hicks School of Social Work Building

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter April 24, 2024

The Texas Antiquities Advisory Board recommended the Texas Historical Commission grant landmark status to the University Junior High building in an April 3 meeting. The recommendation, which delays...

UT graduate student receives $430,000 fellowship, studying stars, exoplanets

UT graduate student receives $430,000 fellowship, studying stars, exoplanets

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter April 10, 2024

Ph.D. candidate Quang Tran received a $430,000 fellowship from the Heising-Simons Foundation on March 28 for his research in the field of astronomy. As a postdoctoral fellow, Tran will continue his...

UT professor helps develop theory explaining why we have biases

UT professor helps develop theory explaining why we have biases

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter March 5, 2024

A UT professor recently co-wrote a research paper explaining why we experience perceptual biases. Perceptual biases occur when observations inform how someone makes decisions. Xuexin Wei, an assistant...

Love behind a curtain: New student organization hosts live dating show as first event

Love behind a curtain: New student organization hosts live dating show as first event

Paisley Garza and Julian Petzold March 1, 2024

Students seeking a well-deserved break after a long week of classes can mark “KUPID,” a live blind-dating show featuring UT students, on their calendars. Hosted by UT student-owned RAMA Entertainment,...

UT and JPMorgan Chase researchers develop unlearning algorithm for AI

UT and JPMorgan Chase researchers develop unlearning algorithm for AI

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter February 21, 2024

UT researchers, in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase, developed an algorithm teaching generative AI models to unlearn information in image-to-image models. The paper describing the research, published...

A plane enters gate 25 at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on Feb. 14, 2024.

Austin airport checkpoint closes for construction amidst growing city population

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter February 16, 2024

One of four security checkpoints at the Austin airport closed last week, marking the beginning of an expansion project set to last until late 2026. To accommodate a growing number of passengers every...

Former UT lecturer and pharmacist finds passion teaching high school students

Former UT lecturer and pharmacist finds passion teaching high school students

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter February 12, 2024

Every morning, 11th and 12th-grade teacher Karen Whitefield turns the lights on in her classroom at Northbrook High School in Houston and prepares her lesson plans for the day. While she once taught genetics...

Professor Jay Banner guides his science of environmental justice class through testing the water quality of Waller Creek on East 23rd Street on Feb. 2.

UT geosciences professor receives prestigious Cherry Award

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter February 7, 2024

A UT geosciences professor won one of the most prestigious awards in teaching on Jan. 23. Jay Banner, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of the Environmental...

Dell Medical School research lab testing psychedelics as potential treatment for mental illnesses

Dell Medical School research lab testing psychedelics as potential treatment for mental illnesses

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter January 26, 2024

Dell Medical School is currently conducting a research study to see how psychedelics could help patients with mental health disorders like depression, trauma and anxiety. Led by Greg Fonzo, the co-director...

Texas fans gather at Victory Lap to watch the UT vs. Wyoming Football game on Sept. 16. Victory Lap, a new sports bar in West Campus, recently opened on Sept. 2, 2023.

Sugar Bowl appearance helps Austin businesses to start the new year

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter January 19, 2024

Nearly three weeks after UT played in the Sugar Bowl in its first-ever College Football Playoff appearance, Austin businesses are still reaping the benefits. The fan turnout around Austin on New Year’s...

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UT professors use female influencers to teach economics concepts in new research paper

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter November 29, 2023

A pair of UT economics professors helped publish a collaborative paper guiding educators to better explain economic concepts to Generation Z. The paper, written by University of Texas at Austin professors...

West Campus cat rescuers start fundraiser for cat food donations

West Campus cat rescuers start fundraiser for cat food donations

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter November 16, 2023

Cats of West Campus, a project created by UT employees, started a “food-raiser” in an attempt to gain resources for feeding cats around campus. The project, originating from Christina Huizar and...

UT alumni and brothers David and Andrew Woods hotel in the Rainey Street Historic District opened in October.

UT alumni open hotel in downtown Austin

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter November 10, 2023

David and Andrew Wood, brothers and UT alumni, opened a hotel in the Rainey Street Historic District last month to expand on their real estate development ventures and reconnect with their past in Austin. The...

Longhorn SHARE Project hosts mental health support circles at Blanton Museum

Longhorn SHARE Project hosts mental health support circles at Blanton Museum

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter October 31, 2023

The Longhorn SHARE Project will offer mental health peer support SHARE circles throughout the month at the Blanton Museum of Art to provide a safe space for students to talk about mental health. The...

Business owners express concern over I-35 expansion project

Business owners express concern over I-35 expansion project

Erika Pernis and Julian Petzold October 26, 2023

Every morning, assistant director Jaime Cano warmly welcomes hundreds of families into Escuelita del Alma, a daycare and preschool center decorated with care and full of well-loved toys and cherished memories.  The...

The Texan Recap: New York Fashion Week, Club for ADHD Inclusivity

Angelica Ruzanovais, Julian Petzold, and Aislyn Gaddis October 25, 2023

Editor's note: This podcast was originally published on Spotify on Oct. 22, 2023.  In this episode of The Texan Recap, audio editor Aislyn Gaddis chats about UT students volunteering at New York Fashion...

Government senior Andrew Zhebrak is the co-president of Students for ADHD Inclusivity.

Students look to form ADHD inclusivity organization

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter October 18, 2023

A student organization hoping to unite students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, named Students for ADHD Inclusivity, is in the process of being formed. The organization applied to become...

University responds to record-dry state of aquifer

University responds to record-dry state of aquifer

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter September 26, 2023

The Edwards-Trinity aquifer, which supplies the city and other Central Texas regions with water, is at its lowest and driest point on record, according to Ab.  Despite the drought, the University continues...

Jester Jester, an anonymous freshman in costume, hands candy out and scares pedestrians on speedway on Sep. 12, 2023.

‘The Jester Jester’ evokes students, advertises new spirit organization

Julian Petzold, General News Reporter September 19, 2023

An anonymous freshman dressed up as a clown has emerged as an enigma on campus over the past couple of weeks. Nicknamed “Jester Jester” by freshmen on their class Snapchat stories, the clown frequents...

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