UT President Gregory Fenves announced options the University is exploring to reopen campus in the fall semester at a media briefing Friday.
While a specific contingency plan will be announced by the...
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UT scientists are researching an...
Electric scooters that once cluttered Austin street corners are now harder to find. Ride-sharing and micromobility companies such as Lyft, Lime and Bird have all laid off employees and altered scooter...
With misinformation spreading about the connection between bats and the new coronavirus, local bat experts say they are educating Austin residents about these misconceptions and the importance of bats.
“People...
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Fuel Our Heroes Austin, a student-led...
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Good Apple, a subscription-based...
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Two bilingual Colombian UT nursing...
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A UT-Austin laboratory is creating...
UT researchers are developing an automated breathing unit made from widely available materials, such as the windshield wiper motor from a Toyota Camry, to help solve the ventilator shortage caused by the...
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The University is providing access...
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Construction projects, facilities...
Mike Melinoe, Austin-based musician, visual artist and model, started his music career as a rapper in Detroit, Michigan. Since moving to Texas, he has worked on developing his sound with a musical style...
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The UTLA Semester in Los Angeles...
Alternative pop musician Jake Germany performs under the name Phangs. In contrast with his pseudonym’s vampiric connotations, Phangs’ music is delicate, contemplative and symphonic.
He...
Ryan Cassata is a musician, actor and LGBTQ+ activist based in Los Angeles. The 26-year-old is originally from Long Island, New York, and came out as transgender over a decade ago.
Cassata’s...
Gritty. Honest. Vulnerable.
Naya Ali, a hip-hop artist born in Ethiopia and raised in Canada, said she writes songs that embody those emotions.
After beginning her career in marketing, Ali began...
When the “Tennis Fan” singer initially received word about South by Southwest, Martha Betty Glenn Brown wanted to travel to Texas and perform in spite of the cancellation. But as global fears about...
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Students who are approved for emergency...
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University Housing and Dining is...
As part of the Moody Center construction south of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, 86 trees were transplanted, repurposed or removed, said Jim Shackelford, director of Capital Planning and Construction.
The...
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs will move its courses online starting March 30 due to concerns of the new coronavirus, according to an email Dean Angela Evans sent to LBJ students Wednesday.
Evans...
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs will host UT’s first Women’s Campaign School this summer, a training program for women wanting to learn how to run for office or manage a campaign...
University researchers developed a new way to preserve and deliver some vaccines without refrigeration to more easily distribute them to developing countries, according to a press release from the College...
University researchers from Texas and California are using the WebAssembly programming language to make the Firefox web browser more secure.
Researchers from UT-Austin, the University of California...
Angela Evans will conclude her tenure as dean of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs this December, according to an email from the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost sent last...
Sanitary Aid for Everyone, an alumni and student-led research group, is working to create a biodegradable sanitary pad to help women without access to adequate facilities and menstruation products.
The...
In a unanimous decision, the UT Student Government Supreme Court ruled the Election Supervisory Board was correct in determining Connor Alexander and Camille Johnson’s Executive Alliance campaign...
University scientists made a breakthrough in novel coronavirus research by creating a 3D atomic-scale map of the part of the virus that infects human cells, according to UT News.
Jason McLellan,...
A broken water pipe left some residents of Jester West Residence Hall without hot water and electricity for parts of Thursday and Friday.
Rick Early, director of residential facilities operations...
Parking lot closures from construction on the new Moody Center multipurpose arena have led students with Class C parking permits to park further from campus on the other side of Interstate 35.
Parking...
Requests for oat milk as a dairy alternative in dining halls trickled in to University Housing and Dining this year, UHD registered dietitian Lindsay Wilson said.
UHD continuously receives student feedback...
Landscape Services plants annual crops, such as ornamental fruits and vegetables, during the winter to add aesthetic beauty to the most visible areas on campus, said Landscape Services horticulturist Ty...
Homelessness affected 17% of “surveyed” college students in the past year nationally, according to a Hope Center for College, Community and Justice report.
Petroleum engineering senior...
Longhorn-branded gear and collectibles are up for auction online as they are being cleared out of athletics facilities undergoing construction.
Jerseys, gloves and burnt orange-colored chairs are among...
Growing up, business sophomore Marshall Comeaux used to shout answers at the TV while watching “Jeopardy!” This spring, he will compete on the show with 14 other university students across...
The University’s nutritional sciences master’s program will be available on the online course provider platform edX starting this fall.
Since 2017, UT’s nutritional sciences...
A century after the 19th Amendment passed in the United States, an exhibition on women’s activism will be on display at the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.
The exhibition “‘On...
A multicolored, abstract mural of a longhorn will soon brighten the north wall of The Castilian above the sidewalk on 24th Street.
American Campus Communities, which owns The Castilian, commissioned...
To boost efficiency and improve the services offered in the Flawn Academic Center, the ID Center and Service Desk in the FAC will merge into one desk.
The ID Center and the Service Desk are located...
Although there are no cases of the new coronavirus in Travis County as of Monday, University Health Services sent a campuswide email on Jan. 23 to educate students about the virus and seasonal respiratory...
Forty Acres Pharmacy is cutting down on paper waste by printing QR codes with medication information on prescription receipts starting this semester.
By scanning the QR code with their mobile...
Starting this semester, students can request halal burgers and chicken breasts in J2 Dining and Kinsolving Dining.
Halal options became available on Tuesday following years of advocacy from the...
An artist’s legacy is cemented the moment they pass from one world into the next. They can no longer affect how they are perceived, who they can influence or how they will be remembered. With the...
UT professor Allan MacDonald won the Wolf Prize in Physics for his theoretical and experimental work on the field of study twistronics, on Jan. 13. This work, which changes the electronic properties of...
Scientists have observed same-sex sexual behaviors in over 1,500 animals species. However, many have assumed this behavior is costly because it does not lead to offspring. According to an article University...
Bats are one of Austin’s most iconic nonhuman residents, but their populations have been declining because of natural and man-made threats across Texas and the United States.
White-nose...
Waves is a cinematic masterpiece. The film starts and ends with calm steady breathing, but everything in between the opening and closing credits is thoroughly heart-wrenching.
The story focuses...
On a quiet Saturday evening, filmmaker Isabel Dunn gathered with a handful of friends and family members in the Harry Ransom Center. Over the past year, her short documentary was viewed by hundreds of...
It’s been two years since Lady Antebellum released new music and the band’s latest album is well worth the wait.
On Nov. 15, the country music group released its eighth studio album,...
For the past 28 years, runners have braved the late autumn chill to participate in the ThunderCloud Subs Turket Trot on Thanksgiving morning.
The 5-mile run has grown to be the largest of its kind in...
The Austin International Drag Festival brings performers and audiences from across the world to the Texas capital.
From Nov. 14-17, nearly 2,000 spectators are expected to watch the event according...
University researchers have discovered a material that may increase the computing speed and data storage capabilities of computer chips.
In September, mechanical engineering researchers published...
UT’s Special Education Department will offer its first course taught entirely in a foreign language next semester.
Mark O'Reilly, special education department chair, said the department will...
The arena swelled with energy as dancers moved in time with the drum beat. During the Fancy Feather Dance, men clad in beads and feathers stomped and twirled in a fury of color as singers in the drum circle...
Country music singer Miranda Lambert released her seventh studio album on Nov. 1. Wildcard is a collection of musical vignettes full of spunk and grit, performed with the emotional range of a professional...
“Terminator: Dark Fate” hit theaters Nov. 1. The film is the sixth iteration of the killer robot saga that first gained popularity in the 1980s.
In the film, Gabriel Luna plays the deadly...
“The Terminator” is back, again.
Since 1984, the Terminator films have been set in a dystopian universe where the remnants of the human race unite to form the Resistance and battle the self-aware...
Many residents of Southwestern Travis County rely on Trinity Aquifer for their water supply, but due to overpumping and lack of regulation, the water supply is rapidly declining, said a representative...
Praise be. Kanye West finally released his latest album, Jesus is King, on Oct. 25. The 27-minute composition weaves together gospel melodies with introspective rap lyrics to create a work of...
A former defense department officer outlined the complications with implementing efficient business strategies at the Pentagon and the importance of communicating with Congress at a talk Monday.
The...
The National Institutes of Health granted biomedical engineering assistant professor Janet Zoldan $627,000 to fund her stem cell research for three years.
Zoldan said the grant, which she received in...
It’s easy to fall in love with a band that is so good at writing songs about heartbreak.
A R I Z O N A’s sophomore electro pop album, Asylum, was released on Oct. 11. According to Billboard,...
At 97 years old, John Goodenough is the oldest person to be awarded a Nobel Prize.
On Oct. 9, the UT engineering professor, along with Stanley Whittingham of Binghamton University, State University...
Nanogel technology may help deliver drugs to cancer cells directly while minimizing patient side effects, according to research by University scientists.
According to a study published in the...
Experimental psychedelic folk singer, songwriter Natalie Mering of Weyes Blood said she has been performing on her own wavelength since she began writing music at 15.
In April 2019, she released her...
University scientists are developing molecular tools that could impact future research on antibiotic-resistant bacteria and cancer drugs.
Emily Que, assistant professor of chemistry, was awarded the...
It’s officially autumn. The season’s most infamous caffeinated beverage, the Pumpkin Spice Latte, is available at Starbucks locations across the nation. Predictably delicious, the latte inspires...
California-based R&B-soul singer and songwriter Marc E. Bassy dropped a symphony of hip-hop beats and heartfelt lyrics on Sept. 27. The artist’s sophomore album, PMD, was released on his personal...
There are eels in every major river basin in Texas, but most people do not know about them, said Dean Hendrickson, curator of ichthyology at the Biodiversity Center.
Researchers in the center’s...
Fans searching for life advice from the dads of emo music can find it on Blink-182’s latest release, Nine. On Sept. 20, Blink-182 released their ninth studio album three years after dropping their...
Dell Medical School will continue research and care for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and dementia with support from a $250,000 grant from the Darrell K Royal Research Fund for Alzheimer’s...
When it hits theaters Sept. 13, star-studded, female-forward film “Hustlers” could be the pinnacle of what has been labeled “hot girl summer.”
Inspired by a New York Magazine...
Thousands of students explored hundreds of booths lined outside Gregory Gymnasium on Wednesday to learn more about student organizations, eat pizza and collect free swag at Party on the Plaza.
Chad...
