The Computational Media Lab, a new project from the School of Journalism, is combining computer science and social media to analyze millions of tweets, Facebook comments and more.
The lab is currently...
Out of the five largest public universities in Texas, UT is the only school that doesn’t offer students credit for printing.
Students must pay for each page printed through Bevo Bucks or...
The Student Government assembly passed seven pieces of legislation Tuesday night dealing with topics such as sexual assault, organ donation and transcripts.
Shannon Geison, a government and marketing...
UT will have a permanent dean of the Graduate School beginning Aug. 1 for the first time since Gregory Fenves was appointed University president.
The University announced earlier this month Mark...
Students may have noticed a disruption in the study space at the Flawn Academic Center where the new Blackstone LaunchPad center has taken root.
The Blackstone LaunchPad had its grand opening last Wednesday...
For the past two school years, almost a third of Student Government’s operating budget has gone unused.
In the 2014-15 school year $31,130, or 27.6 percent, of SG’s budget went unused. The...
The Center for Integrated Design is offering courses to students from all majors to learn how to use creativity and design communication as a part of their everyday lives.
The College of Fine Arts founded...
Recruiting a more diverse campus community, investing in more student housing and increasing housing accommodations for disabled and LGBTQ students are just three of 48 goals from the University’s...
The hammock structure on campus enjoyed by many students since last semester was removed last week because of a lack of funding.
UT student startup Nido began in June 2016, and the company set...
University Unions began offering food trucks on campus last week for students who are bored with the usual on-campus lunch options.
Mulugeta Ferede, executive director of University Unions, said they...
Air Force veteran Maj. Mary Jennings Hegar told stories Monday from her three tours in Afghanistan about how she faced discrimination as a woman in the military.
The campus event was hosted by Texas...
When democratic Georgia Congressman John Lewis was in his 20s, he became one of the “Big Six” leaders of the Civil Rights Movement.
Speakers used Lewis’ life as a call to action Friday...
The Animal Behavior Society is giving its most prestigious award to UT zoology professor Mike Ryan in recognition of an “outstanding career in animal behavior,” according to the society’s...
UT’s School of Architecture will welcome its first female dean, Michelle Addington, this July.
The University announced the new dean Feb. 27, and Addington will begin July 1, replacing interim...
Students are coming together to take a stand against using the “R-word” through a week-long event supporting Spread the Word to End the Word, an international campaign to promote inclusion...
A UT student was the inspiration behind a bill filed Thursday that would limit the amount a public institution of higher education could charge for an official transcript to $10.
Juliette Perrier,...
Many UT bikers are having to adjust their daily routines to get to class on time because of construction safety concerns on Speedway.
The Speedway Mall Project, which plans to turn the area into a pedestrian-friendly...
Raising UT’s four-year graduation rate has been a main goal of the University in recent years, and UT is working to improve this especially among low-income students, according to a recent report.
American...
The state’s lack of sex education in public schools led one UT student to form a campus group aimed at helping students to make informed choices about their sexual health and contraception.
In...
The future of U.S.-Russia relations is uncertain, international relations experts said in a panel Monday evening on campus in Avaya Auditorium.
The Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian...
Social Security is headed in a dangerous and burdensome direction for millennials, finance professor Lewis Spellman said in an op-ed published in December.
In Writing for Texas Enterprise, a site...
