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La Ciudad de Austin lanza un nuevo sistema de alerta por mensaje de texto para residentes sin hogar

La Ciudad de Austin lanza un nuevo sistema de alerta por mensaje de texto para residentes sin hogar

Raiyan Shaik and Jessica Nino November 30, 2023

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...

City of Austin launches new text alert system for unhoused residents

City of Austin launches new text alert system for unhoused residents

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter November 27, 2023

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...

Daniel Young, general manager of Dirty martins, stands in front of the podium at a conference held at the restaurant on Nov. 8.

Lawsuit claims Austin voters misled about Project Connect

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter November 17, 2023

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 on the intersection of 26th and Nueces on Aug. 21, 2023. U-Hual workers unpack lobby furniture.

Rambler residents express frustration over relocation caused by water leaks

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter November 13, 2023

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 establishes new hub for open source software collaboration, support

UT establishes new hub for open source software collaboration, support

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter November 7, 2023

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...

University-housed organization for Latina/x and Indigenous students plans to make changes due to incoming DEI ban

University-housed organization for Latina/x and Indigenous students plans to make changes due to incoming DEI ban

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter November 5, 2023

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...

Preservation Austin launches new program to preserve legacy business

Preservation Austin launches new program to preserve legacy business

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter October 30, 2023

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...

Community members pay their respects with candles at the vigil for Palestine conducted by the Palestine Solidarity Committee on Oct. 26, 2023.

Students grieve loss in Israel and Palestine through on campus vigils

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...

The UT Tower on Jul. 13, 2023.

UT professor receives UT System Regents’ award for exceptional teaching

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter October 23, 2023

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...

Pease Parks orb-shaped tree house on Oct. 10, 2023.

Austin to host international park conference

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter October 13, 2023

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...

A person walks past the Maseeh sign in the Engineering Education and Research Center on Oct. 9, 2023.

UT renames Cockrell School of Engineering department following UT alum investment

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter October 9, 2023

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...

CDC funds UT-UMass Amherst partnership to create disease outbreak network

CDC funds UT-UMass Amherst partnership to create disease outbreak network

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter October 5, 2023

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...

Air Force awards UT $4 million to conduct space research

Air Force awards UT $4 million to conduct space research

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter September 28, 2023

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...

Steve Hicks Institute provides mental health funding to communities around Texas

Steve Hicks Institute provides mental health funding to communities around Texas

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter September 21, 2023

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...

Powerlines on Lamar St. on Sep. 10, 2023.

Residents, students asked to conserve power after frequent power outages

Raiyan Shaik and Pili Saravia September 21, 2023

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...

UT lab partners with Oxford Institute to monitor methane emissions

UT lab partners with Oxford Institute to monitor methane emissions

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter September 14, 2023

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...

Center for Autonomy collaborates with universities to host undergraduate autonomous technology research program

Center for Autonomy collaborates with universities to host undergraduate autonomous technology research program

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter September 3, 2023

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, founder of computational mechanics and former director of Oden Institute dies at 86

J. Tinsley Oden, founder of computational mechanics and former director of Oden Institute dies at 86

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter August 31, 2023

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...

The Texan Recap: Student Government, West Campus Ambassadors Program

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,...

The tower on August 15, 2020.

Huffington Post exposé reveals racist and misogynistic writings of McCombs visiting scholar

Raiyan Shaik, Senior news reporter August 22, 2023

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...

McCombs to launch new sustainability focused executive education program

McCombs to launch new sustainability focused executive education program

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

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...

UT System Board of Regents announce plans for new UT medical center

UT System Board of Regents announce plans for new UT medical center

Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter August 21, 2023

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...

Texas Supreme Court decision allows universities to revoke degrees for academic misconduct

Texas Supreme Court decision allows universities to revoke degrees for academic misconduct

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter April 20, 2023

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...

Addiction Research Institute, CLEAN Cause Foundation awarded $1 million grant to improve recovery housing

Addiction Research Institute, CLEAN Cause Foundation awarded $1 million grant to improve recovery housing

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter April 11, 2023

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,...

UT research explores why asthmatic children of color are more likely to go to ER

UT research explores why asthmatic children of color are more likely to go to ER

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter March 22, 2023

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...

Former CapMetro driver sentenced for 2019 death of cyclist on UT campus

Former CapMetro driver sentenced for 2019 death of cyclist on UT campus

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter February 27, 2023

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...

McCombs professor sues UT officials for threats against viewpoint

McCombs professor sues UT officials for threats against viewpoint

Raiyan Shaik and Kylee Howard February 24, 2023

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...

New overdose data collection app from UT launches in Texas

New overdose data collection app from UT launches in Texas

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter February 10, 2023

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 UT computer models reveal Greenland glaciers might be melting faster than anticipated

New UT computer models reveal Greenland glaciers might be melting faster than anticipated

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter February 1, 2023

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...

Nuevo Proyecto de Ley Lleva Objetivo De Acabar Con la Financiación Para Abortos Fuera del Estado

Nuevo Proyecto de Ley Lleva Objetivo De Acabar Con la Financiación Para Abortos Fuera del Estado

Raiyan Shaik and Jessica Nino January 29, 2023

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...

New abortion bill aims to end travel funding for out-of-state abortions

New abortion bill aims to end travel funding for out-of-state abortions

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter January 23, 2023

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...

COLA to offer new undergraduate data sciences major

COLA to offer new undergraduate data sciences major

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter January 17, 2023

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...

UT pharmacy researchers reveal latest developments on drug delivery technology

UT pharmacy researchers reveal latest developments on drug delivery technology

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter November 18, 2022

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...

UT yet to hire CARE counselor for graduate school

UT yet to hire CARE counselor for graduate school

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter November 11, 2022

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...

Moody College reveals major transformations to the Walter Cronkite Plaza

Moody College reveals major transformations to the Walter Cronkite Plaza

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter October 27, 2022

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...

Dell Medical School, Ascension Seton’s graduate medical education program doubles residents since 2015

Dell Medical School, Ascension Seton’s graduate medical education program doubles residents since 2015

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter October 13, 2022

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...

UT to roll out Duo Security updates to simplify user experience

UT to roll out Duo Security updates to simplify user experience

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter October 7, 2022

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 Laws new program funds summer public interest work

Texas Law’s new program funds summer public interest work

Raiyan Shaik, News Reporter October 1, 2022

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 LaunchPad launches new grants for undergraduate student startups

UT LaunchPad launches new grants for undergraduate student startups

Raiyan Shaik, General News Reporter September 21, 2022

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...

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