Leila is a first-year from Dallas, Texas, studying Radio-TV-Film and Journalism. She is a senior photographer and COVID-19 and campus breaking news reporter.
Deep in the heart of West Campus sits the last standing slave quarters in Austin. Situated behind the Neill-Cochran House off San Gabriel and 24th Street, hundreds of UT students unknowingly walk the same...
Editor's note: This article first appeared in the May 3, 2022 flipbook.
When Wren Thomson took a late-night walk on campus last semester, he didn’t expect a slow, stalking raccoon to chase him past...
The City of Austin reported a total of 28 hate crimes in 2021, an increase from 24 in 2020 and 12 in 2019, reflecting a portion of the increase in bias and discrimination against marginalized communities.
The...
A new peer-led support group program at UT will help students address issues concerning imposter syndrome and mental health diagnoses or discuss navigating queer identities and first-generation college...
Hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of downtown Austin to the steps of the State Capitol on Tuesday evening to protest the United States Supreme Court’s intention to overturn Roe v. Wade,...
Some individuals who contract COVID-19 struggle with “long COVID,” experiencing lingering acute COVID-19 symptoms such as fatigue and shortness of breath, in addition to other symptoms like depression...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook.
After seven years in development, including about two years of construction, UT’s $375 million Moody Center made its debut...
Fans wait for the Moody Center doors to open on the Dell Technologies Plaza on Apr. 20, 2022. The venue featured a performance from Grammy award winner John Mayer and artist YEBBA in its first public concert.
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 15, 2022 flipbook.
Immunocompromised individuals and people 50 and over can now get their second COVID-19 booster shot through University Health...
A student civic entrepreneurship group is gathering community feedback from student residential areas — including North Campus and Riverside — as it develops a report to present to the city of Austin’s...
UT Students and the larger Austin community celebrated Holi at an event hosted by the UT Hindu Student Association. The festival was held was help on the LBJ lawn on April 9, 2022.
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 5, 2022 flipbook.
Former Student Government members of marginalized identities discussed their challenges navigating public office during and...
Essential workers, residents in low-income neighborhoods and those that live in densely populated areas face disproportionately higher risks of contracting COVID-19 during lockdown periods, according to...
University Housing and Dining introduced a new gender-inclusive housing option for certain on-campus residence halls starting in Fall 2022, allowing students to select roommates regardless of gender identity...
UT will begin implementing new financial aid software as the primary interface for the Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid Services in October for the 2023-24 academic year.
Oracle Vocado Student...
Over 100 UT students and community members marched from the Tower to the Capitol on Friday as part of an international climate movement and to encourage the Texas Legislature to hold the Electric Reliability...
Around 300 demonstrators gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday to protest Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent directive to classify gender affirming procedures on minors as child abuse.
“Abbott's written directive,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 25, 2022 in the flipbook.
UT students can vote starting Monday on who will represent them as student body president and vice president for the...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 21, 2022 in the flipbook.
UT students living in Riverside have experienced delays and service disruptions throughout the first few months of classes....
The debate, hosted by Sanika Nayak, editor-in-chief of The Daily Texan, presented the candidates’ platforms and informed the Texan’s editorial board on their candidate endorsement.
The UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium has developed a forecasting model that uses city hospital and cell phone mobility data to predict the progression of COVID-19 transmission, assisting the Austin metropolis...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 8, 2022 flipbook.
The city of Austin announced a plan Jan. 27 to upgrade more than 400 streetlights in West Campus by the end of the year, in...
Rally attendees hold a lit candle during the candle lighting at the Beto O'Rourke rally on Feb. 9, 2022. Attendees held candles in honor of the 246 lives lost during Storm Uri in Feb. 2021.
Gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke speaks near the State Capitol on Feb. 9, 2022. O'Rourke called for the reform of Texas infrastructure after the ERCOT power failures during winter Storm Uri in Feb....
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the Feb. 4, 2022 flipbook.
Capital Metro’s future light rail could eliminate vehicle traffic from The Drag, simultaneously solving the West Campus “transit...
“The Color Inside,” located on top of the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center, is one of 82 skyspaces installed worldwide by artist James Turrell.
The University’s Proactive Community Testing program began offering at-home testing kits Monday for students, staff and faculty who are self-isolating after a positive COVID-19 test result.
UT...
Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 18, 2022 flipbook.
As students and staff return to campus after break, the University is reporting its highest daily rates of positive COVID-19...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the October 26 flipbook.
Students will now be able to enjoy 140º reclining seats with footrests, free on-board Wi-Fi and power outlets on commutes between...
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the October 19 flipbook.
UT began offering third doses and booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to eligible individuals on campus last month.
Moderately...
When the scientists ran a computer model on the Earth’s tectonic plates, they found there is a pinching effect that occurs after a submerged plate is put under multiple geological forces.
University and city officials celebrated UT scientists, researchers, health professionals and volunteers Wednesday for their contributions to the COVID-19 vaccine and their efforts to vaccinate Texans.
The...
SafeHorns installed a new blue light call box, which calls 911 at the push of a button, on the 23rd Street Artists’ Market alleyway on Friday in an attempt to help students feel safer in West Campus.
SafeHorns,...
King Davis, a research professor in the School of Information, will work with graduate students and other professors to identify, organize and produce digital copies of documents from the Austin State Hospital such as admission, treatment and discharge records dating as far back as 1857.
UT students joined about 1,000 protestors in a march to the Capitol on Saturday to oppose Texas’ recent passing of the country’s most restrictive abortion law.
Several UT student protestors voiced...
The Austin Police Department will begin to implement its yearlong “No Refusal Initiative” in October in an effort to curb the number of wrecks by impaired drivers.
The program allows police...
The idea for FireBot, a 20-pound heat-insulated steel robot, came to Siddharth Thakur four years ago after he heard about the death of a local firefighter.
The electrical engineering freshman, said...
