UT law professor and House District 49 candidate Heather Way hosted a watch party to see votes roll in for the Super Tuesday election results. She ultimately lost to Gina Hinojosa, an Austin Independent...
Buffalo Business First, a New York-based business publication, has ranked UT-Austin #14 on its list of the 200 best public colleges in the United States.
The ranking, which was released this week,...
Frederick “Fritz” Steiner, dean of the School of Architecture, is stepping down to accept a position as the dean of the School of Design at his alma mater, the University of Pennsylvania.
“I...
The School of Social Work has partnered with Recreational Sports to create an experiential learning course for students and help the Austin community.
The School of Social Work piloted...
Hundreds of Austin residents and students demonstrated Sunday at Wooldridge Park against Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to prohibit Syrian refugees from coming to Texas.
The Syrian People Solidarity...
Rez Khan, a UT doctorate of neuroscience and physics, told students to use mindfulness to cope with anxiety, depression or daily stress at the UT Neurodiversity meeting on Monday.
Mindfulness is the...
Women in Medicine hosted Sunday the third annual Hungry for Hope bake-off benefiting the Marbridge Foundation, a community for adults with mental disabilities.
Various student organizations baked pastries,...
The cold, sore reality is that more than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50 are infected with herpes simplex virus type I, according to the World Health Organization’s first global estimates...
The streaming leader Netflix announced Thursday it will raise the price of its most widely used plan by $1, from $8.99 to $9.99 per month.
The affected plan allows for two simultaneous high-definition...
Students fought a live grease fire, tested their fire extinguishing skills and brainstormed exit strategies with fire marshals to kick off Campus Safety Week at the Gregory Plaza on Monday.
Campus...
As refugee death tolls continue to rise, misconceptions about migrants and refugees must be addressed, said a representative of Amnesty International at a presentation Tuesday about the migrant crisis...
The UT Green Fee Committee hosted a session Tuesday to inform students about the possibilities of reinstating the fee after receiving tentative permission from the UT System to move forward, according...
Gustavo Arellano — distinguished columnist and author of the book, “Taco USA: How Mexican Food Conquered America” — said ethnic studies are important to incorporate in higher education...
The City of Austin announced a partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute to transform Austin’s future in transportation and mobility. The partnership will mobilize innovation and technology to...
The City of Austin announced a partnership with the Rocky Mountain Institute to transform Austin’s future in transportation and mobility and make positive changes in congestion, commuting and safety....
UT students presented 90 second business pitches to their peers and business mentors for feedback as part of Thursday’s Longhorn Startup Open Pitch Night.
This weekly program is designed...
Juan Sanchez, vice president for research, will step down from his position in August of this year.
“It has been a pleasure and a privilege for me to serve this great university of ours...
Slide the City, a Utah-based water slide company, wants to transform the streets of Austin into a 1,000-foot vinyl slip and slide.
The company tours the country, making stops in more than 20 cities...
A university professor predicts that the U.S. Supreme Court will rule against bans on same-sex marriage this week.
There has been a remarkable change in public opinion in the past five years, and the...
Enactus, a social entrepreneurship club, is preparing to open a coffee stand in the atrium of the McCombs School of Business, but the stand is missing one essential thing — a name.
Enactus is...
One distinction between Christianity and Islam regarding Jesus is that Muslims do not believe Jesus died, nationally known Imam Siraj Wahhaj said Wednesday.
Wahhaj spoke about Jesus in the Quran...
Starting next year, the University will grant a full scholarship to a child of a police officer or a firefighter killed in the line of duty through the New York-based Silver Shield Foundation.
The...
Neuroscience associate professor Nicholas Priebe and his team received a research grant to study how environments affect human senses.
Priebe, along with three other experts in the field of sensory...
Celena Mondie-Milner will be the next director of New Students Services, the Office of Student Affairs announced Tuesday.
As director, Mondie-Milner will oversee UT orientation and such programs...
The path of an entrepreneur can be very risky to undertake, said Tim League, founder and CEO of Alamo Drafthouse Cinema.
League, who spoke Wednesday at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference...
The most important part of creating a startup is avoiding fear of failure, according to two panelists who founded their own companies.
Zach Dell, founder of the dating app “Thread,” and...
The University Co-op is stocked with green Longhorn shirts, caps and mugs to ensure students don’t get pinched on St. Patrick’s Day, but a good portion of the merchandise will end up on the...
The development of the Internet and social media has created a space for people to share diverse ideas and views — but not necessarily to converse with others from different perspectives, according...
Two Bangladeshi-sweatshop-eradication activists urged students to petition for UT to cut its contract with the VF brand — which owns clothing lines such as The North Face, Wrangler and Vans.
Kalpona...
Three European security practitioners gathered Monday at the College of Liberal Arts to discuss how security relations among European countries have fared in the last 25 years.
After 9/11, the international...
The Internet and social media allow queer men of color to comfortably navigate through relationships and communities, but it can construct a false sense of reality, according to UT alumnus and author Shaka...
Presenting ideas ranging from cricket protein granola to edible bags to jam made from discarded fruit, twenty teams from around the nation showcased their food innovations Saturday at the first business...
The School of Social Work will begin instructing schools throughout the state on disciplinary methods alternative to suspensions and expulsions.
The Texas Education Agency granted the Institute for...
Wrongful conviction in the criminal justice system is a structural barrier for U.S. racial equality, according to Nina Morrison, senior staff attorney for The Innocence Project.
The Innocence Project,...
Julian Bond, civil rights activist and former Georgia state senator, stressed the importance of millienals in advocating for continued progress in civil rights.
A distinguished figure in American...
Students from the architecture school showcased their furniture pieces at an exhibition Thursday.
Specialist Mark Macek taught six architecture students, many of whom had no prior experience with woodcrafting,...
According to the Institute of International Education, UT ranks second in the nation in number of students studying abroad. The University is also in the top 25 for international student enrollment, with...
