Leila Saidane is a junior from Dallas, Texas, studying Radio-TV-Film and Journalism. Her words and photos have been published in The Texas Tribune, The Austin Chronicle, The Austin American-Statesman and The Dallas Morning News.
Leila Saidane, Senior News Reporter
• January 27, 2022
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...
