In 2003, UT students of several organizations joined the “Boot the Bell” campaign by donning tomato suits and chanting in hopes of boycotting Taco Bell for not treating farmworkers humanely....

The Division of Housing and Food service recently began looking into halal and kosher options for UT dorm dining halls. Halal and kosher foods are names given to products which adhere to specific religious...

Although campus carry has taken center stage in the University’s discussion of gun legislation, open carry will affect students living off campus much sooner.   Starting Jan. 1, it will be...

A suspect is currently in custody after a shooting that happened in downtown Austin on Monday afternoon in the 500 block of Seventh Street. The Austin Police Department is investigating the incident...

Some stray and feral animals may have a temporary home on the UT campus. One of the more noticeable animal populations on campus is the cat population, which is mostly feral, according to Carin Peterson,...

Seven Student Government representatives resigned this semester in response to allegations that SG is failing to represent the UT student body. In a resignation letter, two former SG representatives...

Thanksgiving break will come early next year, but in exchange, an extra day of classes will be added to the fall semester academic calendar. In May 2014, the Faculty Council approved a proposal to extend...

A Student Government resolution in support of racial consideration in the holistic admissions process will not hit the floor before the Fisher v. University of Texas case is heard by the Supreme Court...

University Democrats and College Republicans faced off on Monday in a debate focused on campus carry. The debate, which was hosted and moderated by the Student Government Supreme Court, included questions...

Although the subtropics of South America are thousands of miles from the subtropics of Austin, they have one thing in common ­­­­— they are home to the green-feathered, yellow-bellied...

Results from a campus-wide survey show that students, faculty and staff largely agree sustainability should be a high priority at UT over the next 15 years. The survey was open through the end of October...

SURE Walk, a volunteer-based organization that helps students get from campus to their homes at night, relaunched last week and has an app on the way. The delayed launch of Students United for Rape...

The International Socialists Organization and Young Americans for Liberty have once again not initially been invited to take part in a Student Government debate.   This debate will be about the...

Urban Outfitters on Guadalupe Street reopened its doors for a soft opening Thursday after a little over a week of renovations. Urban Outfitters bought the space formerly occupied by Mellow Mushroom...

Student Government passed a resolution Tuesday in opposition to a United States House Bill which members said would inhibit universities’ abilities to investigate alleged sexual assaults. The...

Several University buildings and a UT shuttle bus experienced flooding after historic amounts of rainfall in Austin on Friday, according to UT spokeswoman Laurie Lentz. The National Weather Service...

Customers looking to get treated by some franchises on the Drag will not be served if they’re wearing a mask this Halloween.  A few stores on the Drag, such as Whataburger and Jamba Juice,...

Liberal Arts Council will vote on legislation in support of creating an undergraduate teaching assistant program in the College of Liberal Arts on Tuesday. According to the legislation, the College...

The early voting location at the Flawn Academic Center had one of the lowest voter turnouts from 19 early voting locations in Travis County so far. As of Tuesday, 447 out of 14,600 Travis County voters...

Student Government introduced legislation Tuesday opposing a national bill that would force sexual assault survivors to decide whether to report their assault within 48 hours. H.R. 3403, or the Safe...

UT’s Student/Farmworkers Alliance delivered a letter in protest of the two Wendy’s locations on campus to UT President Gregory Fenves.  The letter urged Fenves to cut UT contracts with...

A member of University Democrats started a petition calling for Texans to stand with Planned Parenthood in response to the program’s removal from the state’s Medicaid program. The defunding...

They, ze, xe and ve are just a few of the pronoun options used by some non-binary gendered people, but none are options afforded to students when it comes to UT registration and some official school documents. According...

The Office of Sustainability released a survey to students, faculty and staff on Monday to gather input on the first-ever UT Sustainability Master Plan. The survey asks students to choose their highest...

While most incoming students spent their summer buying shower caddies and deciding which posters to bring to their dorm, one freshman was going through the process of bringing his emotional support animal...

Officials ordered a voluntary evacuation of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s Science Park-Research Division after several brush fires were reported in Bastrop County earlier Tuesday. The...

College Republicans, International Socialists Organization, University Democrats and Young Americans for Liberty faced off in a political debate Monday night that included discussion about campus carry,...

Members of the UT libertarian and socialist organizations will participate in the UT student political debate after members affiliated with Young Americans for Liberty convinced organizers to add them...

In a recent resignation letter to President Gregory Fenves, a UT professor emeritus said the new campus carry law would diminish the university’s ability to attract new faculty. The new campus...

UT hopes to complete its move from an outdated mainframe system to a modern cloud system by 2020. The mainframe computer system, primarily used for processing bulk data for a large entity such as a...

Attendance at the latest campus carry forum Tuesday, hosted by the three legislative student organizations, had an attendance of fewer than 30 people. This forum was the third total forum — the...

The most recent annual projected plate waste accumulated from UT dining halls has gone down from 43.59 tons to a projected 35 tons since fall 2014, according to a study by the Division of Housing and Food...

As the Austin City Limits Music Festival approaches, students are turning to the Internet to resell their tickets and passes for prices often greater than the original amount. A popular place for students...

Two rallies converged in the West Mall area on Thursday, vocalizing differing opinions on campus carry legislation that was passed by the Texas Senate in May. The originally planned rally, organized...

After long deliberation and debate during a Student Government meeting Tuesday a motion passed in favor of recommitting A.R. 10 — a resolution in support of increased interaction between the student...

The College of Fine Arts may add a bachelor of science in arts and entertainment technology degree program to their 2016–2018 undergraduate catalog. The new degree program, which the Faculty Council...

The University will begin construction to renovate Speedway as a pedestrian-mall area on Oct. 26. According to Pat Clubb, university operations vice president, the Speedway Mall project is a construction...

Student Government approved an initiative Tuesday supporting the addition of food trucks to campus. The legislation will allow SG members to work with appropriate administrative entities to bring vendors...

UT’s Faculty Council Executive Committee voted Monday to add two new degree programs to the 2016–2018 undergraduate catalog. The Cockrell School of Engineering will add an environmental...

UT President Gregory Fenves discussed campus carry at his first Faculty Council Executive Committee meeting Monday. At the meeting, Fenves said UT System Chancellor William McRaven wants any gun rules...

CIA director John Brennan and other top officials gathered at the LBJ Library to release 2,500 previously classified presidential briefs that will shed light on decisions made by former President John...

Student Government will vote next week on A.R. 11 in support of hosting an annual debate between campus political groups. The resolution, drafted by SG members, states that the groups and UT will ensure...

A UT professor started a petition Friday to preserve Hole in the Wall as a historical site which has garnered signatures from more than 2,500 people. Haydon Hoodoo, a bartender at the establishment,...

Thanks to a new fitness point system, students will not run out of ways to have some friendly competition, UT RecSports officials said. The recreational sports group recently teamed up with Nike to...

UT has no new plans to put gender-neutral restrooms in already-existing buildings on campus because of a lack of funds, according to Ixchel Rosal, director at the Gender and Sexuality Center. UT currently...

Student Government and the Senate of College Councils introduced legislation for judicial review on Tuesday supporting a 30-day grace period for clearing financial bars. The new resolution...

Kirk Lyons, an attorney representing The Sons of Confederate Veterans, filed a plea with the Texas Third Court of Appeals to set up another hearing at the District Court level in the Jefferson Davis statue...

UT is relaunching Safe Ride as a pilot program because of a lack of funds needed to permanently continue the ride-sharing service for the fall semester. Safe Ride is a free Parking and Transportation...

The Student Service Budget Committee allotted a total budget of $112,820 for the 2015–2016 UT Student Government. SG initially requested $168,815 before the committee decided on the final amount....

UT ranked as one of the 25 healthiest universities in the U.S., according to Greatist, an online fitness and health startup. Greatist determined rankings based on a questionnaire that asked about dining...

Three Texas Coffee Traders’ campus locations are back for another year after confusion about their ending contract threatened the business’ on-campus locations. Texas Coffee Traders, which...

At UT, the Facilities Services staff doesn’t just maintain campus buildings — they care for a cherished part of UT’s history: ceremonial maces. The maces, decorative staves used primarily...

In front the UT Tower, with "19” illuminated through its open windows, UT President Gregory Fenves welcomed his first incoming class since becoming president in June.   At Gone to Texas...

A new Library Learning Commons in the Perry-Castañeda Library was revealed to the public in an open house Tuesday.   The new Learning Commons will house the University Writing Center, five...

This summer, Student Government made progress on their list of issues to cover, including the removal of the Jefferson Davis statue, a topic that President Xavier Rotnofsky and Vice President Rohit Mandalapu...

Starting Wednesday, the Perry-Castañeda Library will begin opening its doors 24 hours a day, five days a week, because of popular demand from students. Lorraine Haricombe, UT’s new vice...

Shortly after filing a lawsuit against the University of Texas, the attorney for the Sons of Confederate Veterans created a GoFundMe page to garner financial support in their fight to keep the Jefferson...

Although Blue Bell will return to certain stores around Texas and the U.S. on Aug. 31, the ice cream will not be coming back to the 40 Acres anytime soon, according to Rene Rodriguez, director of food...

A new wave of speakers will come to campus thanks to Speak, a new organization that already has a list of high-profile individuals scheduled to speak in the fall, according to the organization’s...

Correction: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that Mellow Mushroom opened on the Drag in 1974. It has since been updated. Shortly after the chef rolled the final ball of dough into...

Despite death row inmate Rodney Reed being granted a stay, the fight for his freedom continues, according to his brother Rodrick Reed, who spoke Monday at a panel about his case.  In 1998, an all-white...

Anthony Foxx, U.S. secretary of transportation, discussed the future of technology as it relates to transportation in a meeting with UT researchers, faculty, and graduate students Friday. Foxx, who...

In light of several recent investigations into racially insensitive fraternity misconduct around the nation, including one involving the UT Fiji chapter, panelists discussed Friday institutionalized racism...

Rural farming in India is disappearing because farmers typically earn low incomes and suffer from high suicide rates, according to an award-winning journalist who spoke on campus Thursday. Worldwide,...

Amazon Prime customers in West Campus can now have items delivered to them in one hour, thanks to the expansion of Prime Now to several Austin zip codes. Prime Now, a service accessible to Amazon Prime...

President Barack Obama recently took a stance against “reparative” therapy for gay and transgender youths. For some UT students who have gone through the process, the experience can be traumatic,...

After terrorist group al-Shabaab killed at least 147 people, most of whom were students, in Garissa, Kenya, the UT International Office quickly ensured that there were no students or UT faculty in the...

A UT student organization recently started a petition calling for free access to sexually transmitted disease testing on campus for all students and faculty. The UT American Medical Student Association...

The U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau recently approved the sale of powdered Alcohol, which is expected to be available to purchase this summer, although possibly not in Texas. Powdered...

Although American alcohol advertising campaigns are closely monitored and regulated, they do not actually have a significant impact on alcohol consumption, according to research by a UT professor.   Gary...

American-born children of undocumented parents experience elevated levels of anxiety, according to a study conducted by professors from UT’s School of Social Work. If those children’s parents...

Many people form their religious beliefs — or choose not to believe in any higher power at all — based primarily on their life experiences, Fahad Tasleem, a sheikh and public speaker, said...

The Jack in the Box on Guadalupe Street closed its doors for the last time Sunday. Joe Sanchez, a manager at the Jack in the Box location on E. 41st Street said the restaurant was forced to close because...

European security institutions are out-of-date because they have not evolved since the end of the Cold War, according to a panel of lecturers who spoke Monday at the College of Liberal Arts. Foreign...

The discovery that nearly all stars have orbiting planets was a major step in the search toward finding worlds similar to ours, according to research professor William Cochran. In a speech in the O’Donnell...

During World War II, eugenics, combined with modernism, became a popular notion among progressives, Polish art critic Anda Rottenberg said in a lecture Wednesday. Eugenics is the theory and practice...

Many museums prohibit people from using selfie sticks in art exhibits, and the Blanton Museum is no exception, as detailed in an official statement from the museum Monday. A selfie stick is a hand-held...

A strain of cyanobacteria, a bacteria typically found in freshwater, could potentially help lower greenhouse gas emissions, according to postdoctoral researcher and graduate student Jingjie Yu. According...

Putting regulations on corporate speech might indirectly threaten private citizens’ right to free speech, according to KUT journalist David Brown, a panelist in a discussion Thursday about limits...

Two UT alumnae are using video game technology to help students better understand math concepts. Carmen Petrick Smith and Barbara King earned their Ph.D.s from UT in mathematics education. Together,...