Austin City Council passed a resolution to amend the University Neighborhood Overlay on Thursday to make West Campus more affordable and accessible for students.  The newest proposal focuses on student...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 12 de Abril del 2024 por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Iñaki Zamarripa.  El Departamento de Transporte y Obras Públicas...

Austin Transportation and Public Works implemented new regulations on April 1 for electric scooters, including allowing only Lime and Bird scooters to operate within the city, after ongoing challenges...

An Austin appellate court upheld two lower court injunctions on March 29 that blocked the Department of Family and Protective Services from investigating families who provided gender-affirming care to...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 2 de abril por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Maria Fernanda Castro. La Universidad anunció hoy el cierre de la División...

The University announced the closure of the Division of Campus and Community Engagement and subsequent layoffs in an email on Tuesday, leaving staff and students blindsided. The Division’s termination...

The University announced today the closure of the Division of Campus and Community Engagement, after a review of the University’s Senate Bill 17 implementation, in an email from President Jay Hartzell. The...

A bike lane connecting segments of a popular Austin trail will soon be replaced by a pedestrian-only path, relegating cyclists to share the street with vehicles.  The multipurpose 11-mile Shoal Creek...

Ryan Wallace, a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Media, died in a fatal car accident on March 22.  Wallace was driving in Bastrop County when a concrete truck ran into a nearby school...

Austin Energy increased its power supply adjustment rate by 5% four times in the past five months, meaning higher costs for consumers. The most recent increase hit electric bills on March 1.  The average...

Residents in a North Campus apartment were relocated at the end of January due to extensive flood damage, according to property management. The entire sixth floor of The Venue on Guadalupe, along with...

Congressman Greg Casar introduced a bill this February that would connect the Texas power grid to the rest of the country. The Connect the Grid Act, which Casar said is co-sponsored by most of the Texas...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 23 de febrero por Olivia Dilley y Angela Santos y fue traducido al español por Daniela Capistran. En su apartamento de West Campus el...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 6 de febrero del 2024 por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Dieter Mouchkatine Un ex-estudiante de intercambio está demandando...

English sophomore Maddox Michener’s West Campus apartment on the night of Feb. 4, he watched police cars pile up on the street but did not receive any official information until morning. “Someone...

The Texas Department of Transportation acquired seven additional acres for the expansion of an East Austin shelter for the unhoused community, potentially doubling its space, according to a Feb. 8 press...

A former exchange student is suing the Texas Rho chapter of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity for personal injury damages. Sigma Alpha Epsilon is not a registered student organization and is not...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 15 de febrero por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Maria Fernanda Castro. “CollegeHouses”, una organización cooperativa...

CollegeHouses, a cooperative housing organization of seven co-ops, is raising rent costs across the board for more than 500 residents — the first time it’s done so since COVID-19. Rates differ...

Austin City Council approved an update to the city's bike parking code which will expand the amount of bike parking spaces available to cyclists. The new code simplifies regulations for developments,...

Austin rent has declined steadily over the past year, but The Daily Texan found rates for one-bedroom apartments in West Campus are 65% higher than Austin’s median cost. A rental report found the...

Thousands chanted “There’s no justice, there’s no peace!” at the Texas Capitol on Sunday afternoon, calling on the United States to support the top United Nations Court’s order stating that Israel’s...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 31 de enero de 2024 por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Nicolas Siman. Durante una reunión de enero, CapMetro anunció planes...

CapMetro announced plans to station unarmed security guards at high-traffic stops during a January meeting.  “We have made a decision based on feedback that we have gotten from the public … that...

A non-profit organization announced its new lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation at a press conference on Monday in front of the agency’s headquarters.  Rethink35 is a nonprofit...

Starting in the 1970s, students could pass a thriving artists’ market nestled between what is now Dollar Slice Club and convenience store and coffee shop Foxtrot. Even in June of 2018, a Google Street...

Dirty Sixth, an iconic Austin neighborhood, has been a hot spot for bargoers for years. But it’s also “fallen into disrepair,” according to Stream Realty Partners — a Dallas-based realty company...

Since its pilot launch in August, the West Campus Ambassadors program removed over 6,000 pounds of trash from the area and provided over 280 escorts throughout West Campus, according to data from late...

A recent poll found more Texans felt the country was headed in the wrong direction, according to the Texas Politics Project, a unit of the College of Liberal Arts at the University. Of those surveyed,...

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 13 de noviembre por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Evelyn Martinez.  La Colección Latinoamericana Nettie Lee Benson de...

UT’s Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection received the career-long archive of esteemed Nicaraguan writer and activist Gioconda Belli this October. Belli was a part of the Sandinista Liberation...

A study published Oct. 2 by a UT professor and colleagues in China explains perplexing properties of our planet’s inner core and may help us understand what qualities make our planet habitable. The...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 19 de octubre por Olivia Dilley y fue traducido al español por Maria Fernanda Castro. Los Tejanos votarán para 14 enmiendas constitucionales...

Texans will vote on 14 constitutional amendments proposed by the Texas Legislature on Nov. 7. The Texas Constitution requires “specific constitutional language” to justify legislative actions, so...

Back in the days before computers or headphones sat under the tree, Jan Todd didn’t want to give her husband any old shirt. Instead, for years, Jan and her husband Terry gifted each other old sports...

The University unveiled brand new LED lights for Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium just in time for football season this fall. While many Texas fans appreciate the atmosphere the lights bring, the...

Pecan Springs Karst Preserve, located 40 miles outside of Austin, opened to the public for the first time on Saturday for National Public Lands Day.  The twelve hundred acres of land are stewarded...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 11 de septiembre por Olivia Dilley y Pili Saravia y fue traducido al español por Hannah Garza.  UT da la bienvenida al crecimiento en...

UT welcomes growth in response to today’s changing environment by attracting students and faculty with great talent, University President Jay Hartzell said in his annual State of the University Address...