Among the many films at the 11th annual Indie Meme Film Festival — Austin’s premier event for South Asian cinema — viewers can expect stories about a safe yet socially controversial male contraceptive...

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 25 de marzo del 2026 y fue traducido al español por Lucia Juliana Payton. Este martes, un carrito de paletas rosa se encontraba bajo...

Each Friday this March, students from around the country and the world logged onto Zoom sessions to learn about careers involving the elderly. For the first time, the American Society on Aging (ASA)...

In the final stretch of the school year, take a break from final exams and projects with a walk in the park. In honor of National Take a Walk in the Park Day on March 30, The Daily Texan compiled a list...

A pastel-pink paleta cart sat under the shade of a festive rainbow umbrella, greeting students at the corner of Whitis Avenue and 24th Street this Tuesday. As part of Liberal Arts Week, Latino Studies...

On Wednesday, March 11, six high school teams from around the world competed in the Student Impact Challenge at SXSW EDU, pitching service projects to a panel of Gen-Z changemakers. Aneesh Bondugula and...

The total number of international students in the U.S. increased by 4.5% last year, a slight decrease from 6.6% the year before, according to a report from the Institute of International Education (IIE). Though...

Minority students may get left behind in efforts to build an empowered mindset around math. However, education leaders from Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia want to change that possibility across...

At the South by Southwest Education Conference on Tuesday, four panelists — three of whom have dyslexia — discussed how to reclaim their condition as a cognitive strength in an event titled “Reframing...

In a room shrouded in darkness, a ghostly light reveals a trapped man’s outline. His expression appears unmoving, but his narration sparks hope. “I used to sit in the cell and imagine being on the...

Filmmaker JoeBill Muñoz and documentary producer Jasmine Spearing-Bowen discuss their series, "The Inside Scholars," about three people who started college degrees while incarcerated, at SXSW EDU on Monday,...

For over half a century, the Carnegie Classification, housed under the American Council of Education, has been considered the standard for categorizing postsecondary schools. Many ranking systems, including...

Dana Suskind, pediatric cochlear implant surgeon and early childhood researcher, spoke at SXSW EDU on Monday in a conversation titled, “Born to Be Wired: 4 Rules for AI in Early Childhood.” Interviewed...

Prior to earning a Nobel Peace Prize in 2017, Ira Helfand served as president of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, an organization that received a Nobel in 1985. On March...

“Kokuho”, a Japanese film focusing on the tension between family and one’s craft, debuted in North America at the Toronto Film Festival in September and will grace Austin theaters from Feb. 20, lasting...

A large white kanji — one of many Chinese characters used in the Japanese writing system — blankets a computer screen. A player navigates a cartoon elephant to race across the kanji’s strokes. Its...

“Why can't design objects be inspired by particle physics?”  British artists Fiona Raby and Anthony Dunne posed the question to a crowd in the Goldsmith Lecture Hall, part of the School of Architecture,...

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 2 de febrero del 2026 por Medha Sarin y fue traducido al español por Lily Bonilla el 3 de febrero 2026​ Guitarras derramaban sus acordes...

Guitars spilled their final chords from an elevated soundstage as boot-strapped, jean-clad couples dipped one another in a perfectly synchronized two-step. Surrounding them, long lines of hungry Austinites...

An engaged energy pulsed through the crowd at The Courtyard ATX on Thursday night as four student artists riffed on guitars, bashed out drum beats and sang indie rock. Organized by an up-and-coming club,...

Printmaking has two components: “contact,” where an artist designs an image on materials, such as wood or stone, and “pressure,” where ink-splayed designs are pressed onto a surface, making the...

Last year, Steven Pedigo, director of the LBJ Urban Lab at UT, spoke about housing affordability at the Texas Tribune Festival. Returning to the festival on Nov. 14, Pedigo took to the Bethell Hall stage...

UT students donning matching white shirts with a royal purple logo painted a basketball court in fresh shades of red, yellow, green and blue on Saturday. A few miles away, others mulched and weeded lawns. Hosted...

Goblins in fantastical worlds, wacky sibling rivalries and even a van-life-themed murder story aired at Austin Film Festival, one of the city’s premiere film events, this past week. Works from UT...

Strawberry-colored lights shine throughout Maysa Martins’ exhibit, “Love in Excess,” casting photos and installations in a soft red glow. Red often appears through pieces from the exhibit’s featured...

Announced annually in October, this year’s Nobel Prize recipients highlight significant contributions to science, literature and the humanities. Though none of the honorees announced this year are UT...

This past Friday, a mostly female crowd meditated, massaged their feet and bounced up and down at their seats. These communal body scanning practices constituted “LUMINESCENCE: A Woman’s Health and...

Pfluger Pedestrian Bridge bustled with runners, bikers and musicians this past Sunday. Fifteen minutes past seven, a large group formed along the bridge’s railing, facing the watery abyss of the...

Tucked inside The Cauldron in West Campus is a coffee stand adorned with red drapes and trailing vines. There, a married couple sifts matcha and pours tulip latte art just minutes from their alma mater. Juan...

From left to right, art history junior Sophia Greenberg, neuroscience junior Miya Walker and government senior Beth Nokes at a Feminist Action Project meeting on Tuesday. The three crafted buttons which...

From left, Ryan Streeter moderates a debate with New York Times writers Ross Douthat and Michelle Goldberg. The debate, "Is Liberalism Doomed?" took place on Friday in the Alumni Center as part of the...

Dancers strike a pose for a piece choreographed by Lola Davis during tech rehearsals for their show, Students Exhibiting Experimental Dance, on Tuesday. SEED, created by U.T. Dance Action, will take place...

Makayla Gray, a teacher at Bertha Sadler Means Young Women’s Leadership Academy, speaks during the panel, Celebrating Black History Month: A Snapshot of Black Education in Austin. The event was put on...

Singer audreyisarose performs at an ATX Parties for Palestine rave on Saturday. Proceeds from the event will go to helping a Palestinian family evacuate Gaza.