Chabad Jewish Student Center and Texas Hillel, both Jewish campus organizations, are reassessing security measures following a shooting on April 27 in a synagogue in the San Diego area.
Specific security...
As the 86th legislative session reaches its final month, UT students work to influence lawmakers while the University stands neutral.
So, when one of our readers asked us, “What does UT’s...
Currently, consent laws in Texas do not explicitly criminalize situations in which survivors are incapable of consent because of alcohol use.
A 2017 UT survey found 77% of sexual assault perpetrators...
UT student activists supporting gun violence prevention have experienced frequent verbal and online harassment from the pro-gun community over the past couple years.
House Bill 357, which would...
Every UT student completes the sexual assault awareness modules and attends the consent theater performance at orientation. After that, UT does not provide any further mandatory sexual education requirements.
So,...
The Daily Texan is committed to providing students with information about what’s happening on the Forty Acres and beyond. That’s why we introduced Curious Campus, where we answer reader-submitted...
After an activist went to homes of lawmakers, state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, withdrew House Bill 357 last week, which would allow Texans to openly carry a handgun without a permit.
Chris...
Speaking to a crowd of about 300 people Saturday, 14 leaders from the UT community delivered presentations for TEDxUTAustin, a localized version of the popular ideas conference.
In the second-ever...
Between class and work, filing taxes is another time-consuming to-do for student workers this tax season. However, this objective on the “how to adult” list often times saves students money.
So,...
This World Autism Awareness week, special education lecturer Lisa Sigafoos will lead her students in advocating for a welcoming setting for UT students with autism.
“It’s a perfect...
Thirty University of Texas and New York University students are expanding their technology consultant company, Varfaj Partners, to support other student businesses in a initiative called Varfaj Leaders.
Varfaj...
Because the laws in this country are supposed to reflect the consensus of the people, the Texas Capitol keeps its doors open to the public so state legislators can hear the grievances of their constituents.
Going...
For 13 years, the McCombs School of Business has partnered with the advocacy group Foundation Communities to prepare tax returns for low-income families in Austin.
Accounting Practicum is a two-part...
An agreement between UT Austin and H-E-B to bring the supermarket closer to campus was passed at the UT System Board of Regents meeting last week.
H-E-B will replace the Randalls at the corner...
Editors Note: A source has remained anonymous in this article to protect their identity.
Medical marijuana has been proposed in the Texas Legislature in session after session, including the introduction...
This semester, the Spanish and Portuguese Department rolled out more hybrid courses, which counts three credit hours online and three credit hours in the classroom.
The department is among a few...
In a bar following the Women in Science Writing Summit at MIT in 2014, physics graduate student Suzanne Jacobs talked with a man who stopped showering 15 years ago. David Whitlock, founder of AOBiome,...
In January 2010, UT graduate advertising alumna Chelsea Collier (‘08) found herself longing for Austin’s mild winters as she picked out a coat suitable for Chicago’s weather. Collier...
This past September, the Department of Agriculture reported 14 percent of Texan families are considered food insecure, two percent above the national average. This holiday season, the Central Texas Food...
Last month, 11 Jewish-Americans were murdered in the most deadly attack on Jews in United States history. Still trying to understand why anti-Semitism remains prevalent, government freshman Julia Stern...
Tackling the obstacles of underrepresentation and funding in the field, 12 prominent Latinx filmmakers agreed external aid is needed to give a voice to the Latinx experience in the American film industry.
An...
Following a moment of silence for the 11 lives lost in a Pittsburgh synagogue, Neil Lazarus spoke at Texas Hillel regarding the perpetuation of hatred and anti-Semitism on American campuses on Tuesday.
Organizations...
While the rain over the past two weeks kept people inside, foster animals from Austin shelters were separated by three walls and a chain link fence from the low temperatures and precipitation.
Animal...
Billions of living organisms gathered at the Austin Central Library for the Texas Farmers’ Market’s fifth annual Fermentation Festival on Oct. 21.
The free event open to the public served...
Eric Klinenberg, a sociology professor at New York University, focused on a path forward from the “burning house” at the College of Liberal Arts’ Difficult Dialogues panel regarding climate...
The Young Conservatives of Texas (YCT) pro-Kavanaugh demonstration on Tuesday, Oct. 2 gave victims of sexual assault, such as journalism senior Sarah Remelius, motivation to voice their own experiences.
“I...
