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Dinner with 16 Longhorns connects students through food and good conversation

Dinner with 16 Longhorns connects students through food and good conversation

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts Reporter April 25, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook. A unique opportunity for Austin Viktorin to engage with fellow UT students came from an unlikely source: his mom via Facebook...

UT student creates safe space for South Asian women, educate others through TikTok

UT student creates safe space for South Asian women, educate others through TikTok

Kiernan McCormick, Life & Arts Reporter April 21, 2022

After discovering Clinique’s “Black Honey” lipstick shade, Julia Meah filmed herself recommending the product to other South Asian women who also struggled to find lipstick that looked good on their...

UT Trombone Choir to work with alumni, gain invaluable career experience through Zurich residency

UT Trombone Choir to work with alumni, gain invaluable career experience through Zurich residency

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts Reporter April 5, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook. When Nathaniel Brickens, a trombone professor in the Butler School of Music, received an email from Texas Global offering him...

UT alum, Christian hip-hop artist Wande Isola aims to empower women, encourage people to be themselves

UT alum, Christian hip-hop artist Wande Isola aims to empower women, encourage people to be themselves

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts Reporter March 21, 2022

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 8, 2022 flipbook. Wande Isola’s rap career started in an unlikely location — a high school classroom. When Isola’s freshman biology teacher...

UT alum Isaac Gómez highlights authentic Latinx experiences through playwriting, screenwriting

UT alum Isaac Gómez highlights authentic Latinx experiences through playwriting, screenwriting

Kiernan McCormick, Life & Arts Reporter March 3, 2022
Gómez, a playwright and screenwriter known for his work on Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico,” graduated from UT in 2013 with a BA in theater and dance.
UT students find meaning, unity in the 2022 Winter Olympics

UT students find meaning, unity in the 2022 Winter Olympics

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts general reporter February 17, 2022

When Nghi Nguyen sat down to watch her first ever Olympic event this past summer, she said she fell in love with the multi-week athletic tournament. Only six months later, Nguyen said, for her, the 2022...

Black Austin Matters’ podcast spotlights stories, experiences of Black Austinites

Black Austin Matters’ podcast spotlights stories, experiences of Black Austinites

Kiernan McCormick and Reya Mosby February 15, 2022

Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 11, 2022 flipbook. On most days, Austin’s Congress Avenue appeared merely as any other long strip of dark asphalt. However, in June of 2020,...

UT students plan to dress up their pets for Halloween this year

UT students plan to dress up their pets for Halloween this year

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts reporter December 17, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 22 flipbook. Last Halloween, Noah Krivi and his family dressed up their 12-year-old dog, Buddy, in a children’s bumble bee costume: wings,...

‘The Blessings of the Mystery’ exhibition highlights Indigenous voices, environmental activism in West Texas

‘The Blessings of the Mystery’ exhibition highlights Indigenous voices, environmental activism in West Texas

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts General Reporter December 14, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 15 flipbook. A variety of objects — toolboxes, rulers and construction vests — are suspended from the ceiling of the Visual Arts Center’s...

The Daily Texan’s holiday charcuterie board guide

The Daily Texan’s holiday charcuterie board guide

Kiernan McCormick, Life & Arts General Reporter December 1, 2021

The holiday season unifies people through cheer, graciousness and tons of food. Charcuterie boards —  platters of assorted meats, cheeses, fruits, nuts, olives, crackers, bread and more — serve as...

Taking life in stride: Student marathon runners balance training with school, social life

Taking life in stride: Student marathon runners balance training with school, social life

Kiernan McCormick, Life & Arts General Reporter November 10, 2021

Aaron Gonzales set a goal for himself his sophomore year of college: run an ultramarathon, a marathon over the standard 26.2 miles.  “I was drawn to this type of running (because) it was a way to...

This year’s best fall perfumes, body mists

This year’s best fall perfumes, body mists

Kiernan McCormick, Life and Arts Reporter October 24, 2021
The Daily Texan compiled a list of some of the best affordable fall fragrances.
UT student artists help make campus brighter place with classroom drawings

UT student artists help make campus brighter place with classroom drawings

Kiernan McCormick, Life & Arts General Reporter September 29, 2021

On the first Monday of his calculus class, Yun Jang started an iconic tradition: making chalkboard drawings of Marvel superheroes before each lecture in Patton Hall. Jang, a mechanical engineering sophomore,...

Dell Medical School’s collaborative program aims to improve access to substance, opioid use disorder treatment in Texas hospitals

Dell Medical School’s collaborative program aims to improve access to substance, opioid use disorder treatment in Texas hospitals

Kiernan McCormick May 5, 2021
A UT program at Dell Medical School is working to bring accessible treatment to people with substance and opioid use disorder during acute hospitalization, or short-term inpatient medical care.
UT astronomy department to use NASA telescope for new projects

UT astronomy department to use NASA telescope for new projects

Kiernan McCormick April 29, 2021

UT astronomy professors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students will work on projects using NASA’s forthcoming James Webb Space Telescope, which will be the most powerful telescope in space, during...

Commentary co-authored by UT faculty highlights inaccessible substance use disorder treatment during Winter Storm Uri

Commentary co-authored by UT faculty highlights inaccessible substance use disorder treatment during Winter Storm Uri

Kiernan McCormick April 9, 2021

Winter Storm Uri prevented individuals with substance use disorders, specifically opioid use disorders, from receiving proper treatment, according to a piece published in the National Academy of Medicine...

UT-Austin, OU compete in canned food drive competition

UT-Austin, OU compete in canned food drive competition

Kiernan McCormick March 31, 2021
UT is competing against The University of Oklahoma in a canned food drive to combat food insecurity on campus as part of UT’s first annual spirit week.
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Moody doctoral student working to develop COVID-19 Vaccine Curiosity Tool

Kiernan McCormick March 9, 2021

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's March 5 print edition. UT doctoral candidate Chelsea Brass is developing a Vaccine Curiosity Tool to help resolve uncertainty about...

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CMHC offers online scheduling for brief assessments

Kiernan McCormick March 5, 2021

The Counseling and Mental Health Center began offering online scheduling for brief assessment appointments for the first time Feb. 10.  A brief assessment appointment is a 15-20 minute phone call...

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