La ciudad de Austin estableció un sistema de alerta de texto el 25 de octubre para advertir a los residentes sin hogar de emergencias o condiciones de clima extremo, según un comunicado de prensa.  El...

The city of Austin established a text alert system on Oct. 25 to warn unhoused residents of emergencies or extreme weather conditions, according to a press release. The new communication system allows...

A lawsuit filed on Nov. 6 claims City of Austin leaders and Austin Transit Partnership misled voters in 2020 about Project Connect, the city’s multi-billion dollar public transportation project.  The...

The Rambler Apartments relocated several residents to nearby hotels Oct. 18 because of water leaks, according to an email sent the previous day to residents.  Jessica Nunez, president of TruePoint...

UT launched the Open Source Program Office, a central office for open source software training and connection to support open source practices in the University community, according to an Oct. 25 press...

A University-housed organization catered to Latina and Indigenous students is working on making changes to comply with the state’s diversity, equity and inclusion legislation slated to take effect on...

Heritage conservation non-profit Preservation Austin launched a new program called Legacy Business Month on Oct. 1 to encourage Austinites to support local businesses. The program provides participants...

As violence continues to unfold in Israel and Palestine, students with loved ones in the region find outlets for their grief on campus by attending events like vigils. The Palestine Solidarity Committee...

Fourteen professors received recognition from the University of Texas System Board of Regents across several of its academic and medical institutions, including an UT Austin professor, for exceptional...

City Parks Alliance, a nationwide urban parks membership organization, chose Austin to host their 2026 Greater & Greener Conference, an international event bringing industry professionals together...

The newly retitled Fariborz Maseeh Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering which, according to a Sept. 28 press release, will transform the department’s curriculum and research...

The Center for Disease Control selected a team of researchers at UT and the University of Massachusetts Amherst to assist with creating the nation’s first outbreak response and disease modeling network.  The...

An Air Force research program awarded UT a $4 million grant to lead a research collaboration centered around activity in space, according to a recent press release. The grant from the Create the Future...

The Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work is funding 15 underserved communities around Texas to advance innovation in health prevention services, according...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas sent out several notices in the past few weeks asking residents to conserve power due to high temperatures that caused power outages surrounding campus. According...

A research data lab at UT recently formed a partnership with the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies to create methane emissions data to inform European energy policy. The Energy Emissions Modeling...

The Center for Autonomy at the Oden Institute hosted a new research program for undergraduates over the summer, providing students with the opportunity to gain experience in autonomous technology research.    The...

J. Tinsley Oden, 86, founder of the Oden Institute for Computational Engineering Science, died on Sunday, according to a recent press release. Oden was widely known as the founder of computational mechanics.  “Professor...

Editor's Note: This podcast was originally published on Spotify on August 25, 2023. In this new series, we highlight a few important stories The Daily Texan reported that week. In the first episode,...

Richard Hanania, a well-known conservative figure and visiting scholar at UT, wrote several articles years ago under the pseudonym “Richard Hoste,” that the Huffington Post characterized as racist...

The McCombs Schools of Business created a new executive education program called the Sustainability Leadership Program to educate business professionals on integrating sustainability into their work.  The...

The UT System Board of Regents announced plans to build a new medical center on the site of the Frank Erwin Center during a press conference Aug. 14. The University of Texas at Austin Medical Center will...

In a 6–2 decision, The Texas Supreme Court ruled on April 5 that two Texas university systems can revoke students’ degrees for academic misconduct, even after they have graduated. The decision stems...

The Addiction Research Institute at the Steve Hicks School of Social Work partnered with the CLEAN Cause Foundation to improve the sustainability and financial models of recovery housing. The FIRST Fund,...

New UT research revealed that upper respiratory viruses might be why Black and Hispanic children are more likely to go to the emergency room for complications with asthma than white children. Results...

A former Capital Metro driver arrested in 2019 for fatally striking a cyclist on UT campus pleaded guilty to criminal negligent homicide in early February. Former bus driver Mindi Stafford was sentenced...

Richard Lowery, associate professor of finance, sued multiple UT officials, claiming they infringed on his First Amendment rights and threatened him for his publically conservative views, according to...

UT’s Project CONNECT, an initiative to improve overdose reporting, started rolling out its app in Texas this year to maintain a comprehensive system of overdose data. Overdoses are significantly underreported...

New computer models from UT researchers revealed Greenland’s vertical glacier fronts might be melting at faster rates than previously estimated. A vertical glacier front is a large cliff-like structure...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 23 de enero por Raiyan Shaik y fue traducido al español por Jessica Nino. Un nuevo proyecto de ley de la sesión legislativa del estado...

A new bill from the 2023 state legislative session is set to target Austin’s logistical support for abortions. Logistical support is defined as any funding that allows individuals to travel for an...

The College of Liberal Arts is developing a new undergraduate major focusing on data science to be housed under the department of psychology. The department began developing the new major, which will...

In an Oct. 31 press release, the College of Pharmacy revealed the latest findings on the development of their patented Thin Film Freezing technology — which rapidly freezes and dries medication into...

Last spring the University said they planned to hire an in-department graduate school CARE counselor to provide mental health support for students, but while the hiring process began in late spring, the...

The Moody College of Communication unveiled renovations to the Walter Cronkite Plaza and updates to the plaza’s digital art installation Oct. 14. The plaza connects the William Randolph Hearst building...

The number of medical residents at Dell Medical School and Ascension Seton has nearly doubled since 2015, and is projected to increase from there, according to a recent press release. Through the expansion...

Duo Security, the two-factor authentication service used by UT to verify a student’s identity when logging into their student accounts, plans to introduce the “Universal Prompt” on Oct. 19 to simplify...

Texas law students gained experience in public service this summer with the help of Texas Law’s new Summer Public Service Program, which granted 167 students stipends to work in unpaid government and...

UT’s LaunchPad, a student entrepreneurship program, is accepting applications for new StartUP grants to provide funding to any undergraduate student for their entrepreneurial ventures.  “We’re...