UT-Austin has changed its Title IX policies to comply with new federal regulations while still following law firm Husch Blackwell’s recommendations.
The U.S. Department of Education’s new...
Classics professor Thomas Hubbard is suing 11 people, including at least one UT student, for libel and slander after they accused him of advocating for pedophilia and called for his removal from the University...
After filing her initial Title IX complaint in November, public health senior Kierstyn Gallegos said she was regularly updated on her case after meeting with investigators in January. Since all campus...
Law firm Husch Blackwell has released its final set of Title IX policy recommendations for the University, including a recommendation to centralize Title IX investigations to one office.
Husch Blackwell...
As UT President Gregory Fenves prepares to depart from his position in June, he reflects on his five-year term and what he learned from leading the University.
Fenves said he was planning to leave the...
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new executive...
Graduate students are demanding reduced summer tuition and credit waivers due to coronavirus concerns in a petition sent to University administration April 21.
Earlier this month, President Gregory...
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The University’s Title IX Office...
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As of Wednesday afternoon, donors have...
Update, 3:02 p.m.: The UT System Board of Regents voted Wednesday to appoint Jay Hartzell, dean of the McCombs School of Business, as UT-Austin’s interim president.
UT-Austin President Gregory...
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Summer classes will be held online,...
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UT will now refer to Travis County...
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Students can now change all classes...
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All UT classes will be moved online...
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Gatherings of 250 or more people...
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President Gregory Fenves, Executive...
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The University plans to implement...
Women in Mexico disappeared from the public eye Monday in a nationwide demonstration called “A Day Without Women.”
For Mexican women, “A Day Without Women” was a strike against...
Editor's Note: This story has been updated from an earlier version with additional information about the Husch Blackwell review of UT's sexual misconduct policies.
The University announced substantial...
The Daily Texan spoke with Texas Law alumna Paige Duggins-Clay of Husch Blackwell LLP, the law firm reviewing the University’s sexual misconduct policies. Three lawyers from the firm plan to release...
Michael Center, former UT men’s tennis coach, was sentenced to six months in prison Monday afternoon at a Boston federal court for accepting a $100,000 bribe to fraudulently admit a student to the...
When Fran Peña realized she was having a mental health emergency, she did everything right. She went to an emergency room and checked herself into a mental health hospital, but before she could...
Faculty members will meet this Thursday to discuss their ideal campus environment and will work throughout the coming months to achieve that climate by implementing goals offered by faculty.
The Task...
Student members of the Misconduct Working Group said their voices were overpowered and their ideas ignored during meetings to plan a forum about sexual misconduct on campus.
The group was formed after...
The results of the Iowa caucus are still unclear after a historic delay in vote counting Tuesday night.
The Iowa caucus is the first primary election, kicking off the election season. At...
Over the past few semesters, a University Housing and Dining staff member noticed a trend in dining halls: Students were not eating the bagels.
Erich Geiger, senior director of dining and catering at...
The law firm reviewing the University’s sexual misconduct policies will provide recommended changes by Feb. 28, according to a campuswide email UT President Gregory Fenves sent Tuesday.
At Monday’s...
“Yes, we have failed you,” UT President Gregory Fenves said after multiple students requested UT administration explicitly state if UT’s sexual misconduct policies have failed students.
Fenves,...
Austin celebrated the third Hi, How Are You? Day with a concert headlined by Cage the Elephant on Wednesday. The event was held in honor of late Austin-based artist and musician Daniel Johnston to raise...
As Starbucks reopens, other areas of The Texas Union are undergoing multiple changes, with a new restaurant opening and roof construction starting over the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom.
The Starbucks...
The University Co-op changed its rental return policy last fall, allowing students a 10-day grace period to return rented textbooks with a small fee before charging the full price of the book, said Michael...
Three faculty members and 14 staff members were found in violation of the University’s sexual misconduct policies between November 2017 and December 2019, according to records released Thursday by...
Students held four protests this semester against faculty sexual misconduct and the continued employment of English associate professor Coleman Hutchison and Sahotra Sarkar, an integrated biology and philosophy...
Student protesters took to the steps of the Tower and held a large red banner with the words “UT Protects Abusers” for the fourth protest against faculty sexual misconduct this semester.
The...
The University has finalized the Misconduct Working Group’s membership roster and the date of the town hall forum to discuss sexual misconduct, according to an email sent by Provost Maurie McInnis...
The UT Libraries are pursuing paths to make scholarly material more available after provost Maurie McInnis committed $2.7 million in recurring funds to the libraries’ budget in November.
The...
The Jackson School of Geosciences will have a new dean effective next year, executive vice president and provost Maurie McInnis announced in an email Monday.
Until officially starting her position...
The University’s former assistant vice president of procurement, business and payment services is connected to a criminal investigation by the UT Police Department for conduct that occurred during...
More than 30 students chanted, hung signs and called University officials outside the provost’s office Wednesday while protesting the University’s handling of faculty sexual misconduct.
Sit-In...
More than 30 students chanted, hung signs and called University officials outside the provost’s office Wednesday while protesting the University’s handling of faculty sexual misconduct.
Sit-In...
The budget for the University’s libraries will increase after remaining at $30 million for the past 10 years despite inflation and increasing subscription rates.
Maurie McInnis, executive vice...
The University Budget Council approved an $8 million proposal to relocate and expand one of the Child Development Center’s locations last month.
Center program director Hara Cootes said...
Students gathered in the Tower Friday and chanted phrases such as “Abusive professors deserve to die!” and “Kick out abusive creeps!” during the second Sit-In for Student Safety.
Around...
Students gathered in the Tower Friday and chanted phrases such as “Abusive professors deserve to die!” and “Kick out abusive creeps!” during the second Sit-In for Student Safety.
Around...
UT President Gregory Fenves sent a campuswide email Thursday regarding upcoming changes to the University’s sexual misconduct policies.
Fenves said the University will be hiring a team of...
After student protests on faculty misconduct, the University has committed to look into its Title IX processes, according to a statement from Maurie McInnis, executive vice president and provost.
Title...
U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw spoke to students on whether America is losing its patriotism and gave them a glimpse into the world of Congress on campus Tuesday.
Crenshaw, R-Texas, is a freshman congressman...
UT’s first LGBTQ+ faculty council, created in May, is currently looking into ways to best support a part of the faculty population which historically has been underrepresented.
The Council...
The University responded to student concerns about classes taught by faculty found guilty of sexual misconduct in a statement released on their news website Wednesday.
Maurie McInnis, executive vice...
Chants of “Actions, not words” and “No excuses for abusers” echoed through the halls of the Tower during a sit-in outside the provost’s office Friday morning.
Dozens of...
Faculty, staff and students will be discussing strategies to address traumatic class material, such as sexual violence, at a task force meeting this Friday.
The Faculty Council approved the formation...
There are currently 650 children on the waitlist for UT child care. The University’s Child Development Center is planning to expand its Lavaca Street location and add 40 more spots by May 2022,...
The University did not participate in this year’s Association of American Universities’ sexual misconduct survey, and officials cite the UT System’s own study in 2017 as the reason why.
The...
The University has committed itself to maintaining a diverse population, but according to the Chronicle of Higher Education, minorities remain disproportionately represented at UT.
Of the 7,856...
UT’s Faculty Council passed plans Tuesday to add new majors to the School of Information and the College of Liberal Arts’ Black Studies program.
The bachelor of arts in race, indigeneity...
After about 70 University students were recommended for failure or expulsion when information about an exam was posted in a class GroupMe last week, students say they are leaving GroupMes out of caution.
Anthropology...
A federal judge upheld Harvard University’s use of race in its admissions process last week and ruled against Students for Fair Admissions, a group that is also suing UT for using race in its...
Over the course of a few months, the majority of Garrison Hall’s plastic and paper waste have been replaced with compostable alternatives.
History professors Tracie Matysik and Joan Neuberger...
Multiple campus organizations have joined together to form a coalition under the Interpersonal Violence Prevention policy, a Student Government agency that provides information and resources about interpersonal...
Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, said the facts behind the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump are “self-evident” and justified, formally launching...
As the country prepares for the 2020 election, activists and politicians such as Ai-jen Poo and Annise Parker, respectively, said women and the LGBTQ community are becoming more politically active.
Two...
Assault weapon bans and universal background checks dominated the conversations on gun violence and recent mass shootings at the 2019 Texas Tribune Festival on Friday.
The Tribune hosted two conversations...
Students can now pick up food, toiletries and paper goods from La Tiendita, a recently opened resource pantry in the Gloria Anzaldúa activities student room within the Gordon-White Building.
Mallory...
The University’s policy on outward facing signs has been under review since last September, when the University mandated that all Gun Free UT signs be taken down. The passage of Senate Bill 18 this...
The Division of Student Affairs and the School of Undergraduate Studies launched SHIFT, a substance abuse prevention initiative, on Tuesday, Sept. 24.
Dozens of students attended the kickoff for the...
UT President Gregory Fenves announced a new initiative aiming to strengthen the University’s commitment to ethical conduct in the workplace via email Monday morning.
Honor Texas is a commitment...
To address concerns surrounding the penalties and impact on students created by new Title IX policies, the UT Faculty Council met Monday to discuss how Senate Bill 212 will be implemented at UT.
Faculty...
In a lawsuit filed against the University last week, engineering assistant professor Evdokia Nikolova said she was discriminated against and denied tenure during the 2018-2019 academic year because...
Adriana Alicea-Rodriguez will be the new associate vice president and Title IX coordinator, the University announced in an email Friday morning.
Alicea-Rodriguez will begin work as the coordinator...
The University announced Adriana Alicea-Rodriguez as UT’s new associate vice president and Title IX coordinator in an email Friday morning.
Alicea-Rodriguez will start work as the coordinator...
Unlike some Texas public universities, the University had to change more of its campuswide free speech policies after a new state law went into effect Sept. 1.
The 86th Texas Legislature passed Senate...
A legal review of the athletics admissions scandal revealed no other student-athletes were improperly admitted to UT, UT President Gregory Fenves announced in an email to the student body Monday.
“The...
The UT-Austin Development Board honored the students who won the President’s Award for Global Learning in a meeting Friday.
Teams of students and faculty partnered up to plan a research project...
As freshmen and seniors alike pored over syllabi and prepared for the fall semester, 81-year-old former Bastrop mayor Terry Orr joined them.
As a civil engineering graduate from Texas A&M and...
Graduate students struggling to pay their tuition are being temporarily assisted by a supplement to their current university aid, but some students are concerned about paying tuition when the supplement...
A new exchange program with Yonsei University in Seoul, South Korea, is now taking applications for spring 2020 study abroad.
The University had an affiliate program that allowed students to travel...
The budget for UT libraries has remained at $30 million for the past 10 years, inhibiting growth in technology and academia, said Chris Carter, library director of organizational effectiveness.
The...
Starting Sunday, the University will change how it enforces free speech in most on-campus outdoor public spaces in accordance with a new state law.
In an email sent to the student body Friday afternoon,...
Starting Sunday, the University will change how it enforces free speech in most on-campus outdoor public spaces in accordance with a new state law.
In an email sent to the student body Friday afternoon,...
While UT students have to pay out of pocket for food, books and other necessities, the University offers several free services they might not be aware of.
Among the free resources offered to...
The two finalists in consideration to become UT’s new Title IX Coordinator met with students and faculty Monday and Tuesday to discuss the future of the Office of Compliance.
During the two meetings...
After graduating from UT in 1971 as a Plan II major with a focus on environmentalism, Susan Lippman now spends her time participating in protests with the environmental activist organization Extinction...
Victor Sambuis, business sophomore and France native, recalls learning about Notre-Dame in history classes as early as second grade. Last Monday, he watched the historic cathedral catch fire on a screen...
Since 2003, tenured faculty have seen a consistent rise in their yearly salary, while lecturers’ yearly salary has decreased by 0.4 percent and hovered generally around $60,000.
Non-tenured...
The iconic Leatherface mask from the horror movie “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre” has been preserved by the Harry Ransom Center and is available for patrons to view.
The mask was donated...
University Housing and Dining sent out renewal contract offers for on-campus housing almost a month late, affecting nearly 1,700 current students.
Renewal contract offers were supposed to be sent out...
Undeclared students who are finishing up their sophomore year this semester have only until April to decide what major to commit to.
The School for Undergraduate Studies, which houses undeclared students,...
Services for Students with Disabilities is currently beta-testing a system that will allow professors to view student accommodation requests online.
Currently, students can request accommodations online,...
Texas Performing Arts increased the security at their venue entrances to include metal detectors, a new policy on bags and wands for security guards.
The new security policy went into effect Oct....
Thousands of anti-abortion supporters from around the state carried signs reading “Defund Planned Parenthood” and chanted “We are pro-life” on the steps of the Texas Capitol...
Three UT-Austin education students are fundraising to buy toiletries, clothes and shoes for an Austin elementary school’s toiletry and clothing closet.
Bilingual education juniors Amber Dingman,...
Computer science professors are incorporating flipped classrooms and paired programming to engage with students in larger, lecture-style courses.
The flipped classroom method “flips” the...
On Nov. 11, Snowpea the “albino” squirrel was found dead near the Gates Dell Complex. She is survived by her children.
The Squirrels of UT Facebook and Instagram pages document the many...
Susan Haley was deployed to Kosovo in 2002 only days following her wedding. After she returned, she reunited with her husband Donald for a few months before he was relocated and later deployed to Iraq...
A student group chat focused on finding free food on college campuses has grown into a community that spans across multiple universities.
Finesse UT is a group chat on GroupMe where students can post...
Above the 32 floors of the UT Tower, the bells that usually ring daily were silent for a week in late October.
The bells are part of a carillon, an instrument consisting of large bronze bells typically...
Students who are registered to vote outside of Travis County can vote using a limited ballot — which contains only common races between counties — during the early voting period.
Public...
Students who want to change their name can use a name change service through the Gender and Sexuality Center, but students may not be familiar with what the name change encompasses.
The service started...
Rex Tillerson, former Secretary of State and Exxon-Mobile CEO, emphasized the importance of integrity in business as the inaugural speaker for the Cockrell School of Engineering’s new Distinguished Lecture...
Future students living in Kinsolving, Blanton, Creekside and Whitis Court will be able to control temperature in their rooms with individual thermostats, which are set to begin being added next year.
The...
