In my first semester at UT I spent many nights in my Jester dorm room, unfulfilled and upset by the let-down I felt college was. I received rejections from various organizations around campus, causing...

Content warning: This story mentions sexual assault. The same message has appeared on trash cans, mailboxes, electrical boxes, the walls of apartment buildings and businesses across UT and West Campus....

Nota del Editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 2 de Marzo por Samantha Greyson y fue traducido al español por Mariana Flores-Sosa.  El 3 de noviembre de 1944, miles de estudiantes...

On Nov. 3 1944, thousands of students held a “funeral procession for academic freedom,” touting a casket in a march around campus after the Board of Regents fired beloved President Homer Rainey.  In...

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 6 de febrero por Samantha Greyson y fue traducido al español por Mariana Flores-Sosa. En 1876, la Constitución de Texas regaló más...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 19th flipbook.  As COVID-19 cases spiked in January, Davey Hiester suspected classes would move online for the fall semester. Before...

Editor's note: This article first appeared as part of the September 3 flipbook. Since June 1, COVID-19 breakthrough cases have made up over 60% of cases detected in UT’s contact tracing efforts, a...

UT increased dining hall workers’ pay in August to recruit nearly 100 more employees for its thinly staffed dining halls due to consistent labor shortages. University Housing and Dining is currently...

UT’s COVID-19 testing availability is booked three days in advance despite the University upping its testing capacity to offer 15,000 tests in the first week of school. This follows UT’s requirement...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the June 28 flipbook. Some members of Texas Tour Guides have boycotted work since May 1 in protest of “The Eyes of Texas” lyrics being featured...

Students Organizing for Support formed in early April to organize for better mental health support for students and increased funding for the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center.  The group is composed...

History professor Alberto Martínez outlined 100 problems with “The Eyes of Texas” and called for the song to be removed in his second report addressing the song and a faculty petition released Saturday. “If...

Participants in UT’s Proactive Community Testing program have decreased as vaccination efforts have increased, with only 1,800 COVID-19 tests administered to students last week. However, PCT program...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 23 issue of The Daily Texan. The Texas House of Representatives is considering two bills that would require college athletes to play sports exclusively...

Biology junior Courtney Bui said she had to drive three hours Tuesday to receive her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine since UT would not administer it to her because she received her first dose in an...

The University identified a third and potentially more contagious variant of COVID-19 on campus, according to a letter sent on Wednesday to the UT community.  The University has detected one case of...

Graduate student Didi Gardner said in the summer she lost insurance coverage for a month under UT SELECT, which forced her to find other ways to treat her Type 1 diabetes. Now, Gardner won’t have to...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 23 issue of The Daily Texan. The University is partnering with the Texas Department of State Health Services to analyze COVID-19 samples from...

Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.   Amid decreased student well-being documented in a Senate of College Councils survey last semester, a UT...

The University will administer COVID-19 vaccines to people over the age of 16 starting Monday, according to an email to the UT community. Students, faculty and staff who have already completed the COVID-19...

Austin Public Health has distributed 134,000 COVID-19 vaccines as of Saturday and is looking toward a “new normal” as Austinites continue to get vaccinated, APH director Stephanie Hayden-Howard...

Students, faculty and staff should plan for a “near normal” fall 2021 semester, with staff members coming to campus regularly and in-person teaching and research, UT President Jay Hartzell...

Lauren Girgis, Hannah Williford and Brooke Ontiveros contributed to reporting.   “The Eyes of Texas” was written in a “racist setting,” but the song was intended to “parody” the...

Financial and Administrative Services, a branch of the University intended to give financial and operational support to UT, created an Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee to develop social awareness...

Team AMISTAD, a Department of Pediatrics study, will work individually with families experiencing food insecurity and refer them to local food banks and other resources to help determine the best ways...

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 26 print edition. In the past year, many students have started mutual aid projects to support their communities through...

The College of Pharmacy is using newly developed diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion programs to empower faculty and students from underrepresented communities through mentorship and research...

Sheryl Lawrence and Skye Seipp contributed to this report. Editor's note: This story has been updated as information has been made available. Update Thursday at 4:30 p.m.: Texas...

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 23 print edition. Despite this week’s higher temperatures, Austin is still reeling from the effects of last week’s...

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, recipients can now apply to receive replacement benefits for food lost or damaged in the winter storm, according to Gov. Greg Abbott’s Feb. 19...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be up to date. The Daily Texan is tracking press briefings held by city...

Editor’s Note: This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be up to date. Students living off campus continue to face power and...

UT canceled all in-person and online classes until at least Wednesday morning due to dangerous winter weather, according to an email from President Jay Hartzell. Campus will close Sunday at 4 p.m. due...

Panelists and keynote speaker Peniel Joseph addressed action the UT community can take to make the University equitable and inclusive for Black students during the third day of State of Black UT.  Edmund...

Black UT-Austin faculty discussed hiring across different UT schools while students called for increased funding and the removal of “The Eyes of Texas” during the second day of the State of...

Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 9 print edition.  Two Texas state representatives co-filed a bill in January to deny in-state tuition to undocumented...

When arriving on campus in 1956, Willie Jordan Jr., one of the first Black undergraduate students at UT, remembers being forced to make sandwiches with the other Black residents of his dormitory,...

When accounting professor Steven Kachelmeier cracks a joke during his Zoom lectures these days, he’s often met with silence.  “I use humor in my class. I try to keep it light, and that...

Residence halls are operating at a 50% capacity this semester after many students canceled their housing contracts in the fall.   University Housing and Dining was able to offer spring housing to...

UT-Austin agreed to dismantle their Campus Climate Response Team Tuesday as part of a lawsuit settlement that claimed the team violated students’ free speech, according to an opinion piece in the...

Editor’s note: This article contains mentions of pedophilia, sexual violence, pederasty, rape and lowering the age of consent. This article has been updated to include comments from a UT spokesperson...

Campus UT will offer almost 60% of spring classes online with a similar number of courses having online, hybrid and in-person modality as in the fall semester. Students living in residence halls may...

University The UT System Board of Regents unanimously approved Jay Hartzell as permanent president of the University on Sept. 21 after he served as interim president since June 1.  Campus Due...

The Campus Environmental Center conducted a 10-minute controlled burn of the on-campus Half-Pint Prairie Monday to replenish the soil of native plants. The Half-Pint Prairie, a 1,200 square foot mixture...

University Housing and Dining partnered with UT Outpost for Giving Thanks Early, a program that gives a student a free meal for every paper leaf put on a giving tree. The paper trees are located outside...

Undergraduate students in Texas Engineering World Health launched a fundraiser to help create technologies to detect leukemia, seizures and heart diseases in developing countries.  Texas Engineering...

Research done by a UT geological sciences professor and his colleagues indicate that social precautions, not weather, has the greatest impact on coronavirus transmission. The team began research in...

A committee composed of 23 students, faculty and alumni met Thursday to discuss the history of UT’s alma mater as a part of UT President Jay Hartzell’s efforts to “reclaim” the...

Fifty-two diversity and inclusion projects on campus have received grants from Actions that promote Community Transformation, an initiative from the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost. Lydia...

Of the five open Austin City Council seats this election, Vanessa Fuentes won District 2, Greg Casar won District 4 and Leslie Pool won District 7 as of 11 p.m. on Election Day. District 6 is a runoff...

The Student Foundation, a student organization focused on giving, raised $51,215 for its virtual ContribUTe campaign to UT student services this October, surpassing the $36,287 raised last year. The...

Zfluence, a Generation Z-run company, works with over 400 UT students and allows members of Generation Z to promote brands on their social media in exchange for free products. UT has more “Zfluencers”...

Three UT students launched a Facebook page last week to provide students with information about food sources, including a document listing resources where students can access assistance.  The resource...

Update as of 10/15 at 6:06 p.m.:  The Stan Richards School of Advertising and Public Relations released a statement on social media regarding Stan Richards’ comments on behalf of its faculty...

COVID-19 health guidelines and travel bans have caused graduate students to use virtual methods of research and data collection for their dissertations and theses. Katie Chandler, an Asian studies graduate...

Daring Dialogue, a new learning program aimed at teaching College of Education students about race relations within the classroom, will open virtually in the spring semester.  Education graduate...

Eleven College of Education research projects funded by more than $12 million in research grants from the Institute of Education Sciences have encountered significant roadblocks since researchers are unable...

In his recent book “Rage,” investigative journalist Bob Woodward said President Donald Trump was informed of the COVID-19 virus on Jan. 28, 2020, in a meeting held by the National Security...

After this year’s natural disasters, including a heightened hurricane season and Western wildfires, Student Emergency Services reached out to potentially impacted students.  “Whenever...

The Texas higher education commissioner said the COVID-19 pandemic is the “greatest disturbance to our colleges and universities since the Second World War,” due to the financial consequences...

The 40 for 40 campaign raised over $7.2 million from Sept. 15-16, with the largest amount donated to the Texas Exes. Kellie Sullivan, UT associate director for special programs, said this year was the...

Political activists María Teresa Kumar and Crystal Zermeño are working to mobilize the growing Latinx population in Texas for the upcoming presidential election. The pair spoke on why...

UT Student Government’s budget for this year includes plans to distribute masks and hand sanitizer around campus while placing plans for the Longhorn Athletics and Diversity and Inclusion agencies...

Austin Public Health officials said UT hosting 25,000 fans at the first football game this upcoming Saturday could have harmful repercussions and increase the spread of the coronavirus during a press conference...

Margaret Spellings and Arne Duncan, former United States secretaries of education, said the current administration is mishandling the coronavirus pandemic in public schools and institutions. The pair...

The University released a new mandatory COVID-19 training course in August on how students can maintain good physical and mental health as they return to campus.  The training course, “Staying...

Students and professors ran into roadblocks during in-person and virtual classes throughout the first week of the semester, breaking social distancing guidelines and confusing students.  Contemporary...

The Black Business Student Association and UT Engineering Alumni have made public statements calling for increased representation and inclusion for UT students, faculty and staff of color, prompting the...

Various university and student organizations are giving resources to UT students and community members during the coronavirus pandemic.  Students can request financial aid from Student Emergency...

Chemistry senior Josh Fowler built a virtual replica of the University campus in Minecraft to stay connected to other students during quarantine, attracting the attention of over 200 Reddit users in August. Fowler...

Around 3,600 students will be settled into the University’s residence halls by the end of this year’s Mooov-In, which began Tuesday. That’s less than half of the number of students who...

The UT System Board of Regents approved new systemwide Title IX and sexual misconduct policies to comply with federal Title IX modifications during a virtual meeting Wednesday.  The board updated...

UT Libraries hosted a Wikipedia edit-a-thon on Tuesday, inviting students to edit LGBTQ+-related Wikipedia pages.  UT Libraries usually hosts an edit-a-thon once a semester, with different past...

Students collected their own salad ingredients from the Jester Garden on Thursday at the UT Farm Stand’s Pick Local, Chews Local event. With help from Farm Stand employees, students cut their...

UT marketing professor Raji Srinivasan laid out the many ways companies like Google watch people and collect personal information at an Undergraduate Business Council event Wednesday night. “They...

Experts from around the world gathered to promote safe access and operations in outer space at the Cockrell School of Engineering on Wednesday.  The Cockrell School of Engineering and the Strauss...

Texas THON hosted their second annual Polar Plunge event at Gregory Gymnasium on Wednesday, where students jumped into a freezing pool in support of Dell Children’s Medical Center. Texas THON...