The world is falling into a water crisis, but the technological advances to manage it already exist, author and activist Seth Siegel said on Wednesday afternoon at the Austin Water Summit.
At a summit...
At least 100,000, or 1.7 percent, of Texas women have attempted to self-induce an abortion, according to a recent study by UT-based Texas Policy Evaluation Project.
Although the study suggests abortion-restricting...
The empowerment of indigenous people includes teaching how colonization contributes to the way North American society looks today, First Nations Canadian activist Glenda Abbott said at an event Wednesday...
The recent emphasis on multiculturalism in mainstream media is a marketing strategy to bring in diverse audiences, said radio-television-film associate professor Madhavi Mallapragada.
Mallapragada...
The Division of Housing and Food Services will begin branding certain healthy foods in the campus markets with a “Lite Bites” logo beginning next semester.
To receive this logo, foods...
Eleven people died and 350 houses were damaged or destroyed as a result of severe flooding in Wimberley, Texas in May. On Monday afternoon, the Environmental Science Institute hosted a seminar on how the...
The Liberal Arts Council held a town hall Wednesday evening to discuss the 2 percent tuition increase the UT Board of Regents approved Oct. 2 for the 2016-2017 academic year.
A panel comprised of College...
The Division of Housing and Food Services will not alter what food it serves served on campus after the International Agency for Research on Cancer announced Oct. 28 that processed meats are carcinogenic.
DHFS...
The model minority myth marginalizes some Asian-American communities, especially communities who came to the United States as refugees, according to Eric Tang, African and African diaspora assistant professor...
When people hear the chirp of a cricket, many think of calling an exterminator, but others may think of calling someone else — a chef.
Throughout the country, the edible-insect movement is growing,...
Obstetrics and gynecology doctor Felix Hull and Texas A&M-Round Rock medical student Rachel Scott spoke about the medical industry at a Future Doctors of America event Wednesday evening.
Most of...
Patients in rehabilitation for strokes and spinal cord injuries may one day find a robot rotating their arms under the supervision of a physical therapist.
The product of four years of research in the...
With the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris a little more than a month away, Fossil Free Texas organized a march through campus Wednesday afternoon to create momentum for climate change...
The United Nations does not prioritize human rights as much as it could, Argentine Ambassador to the U.N. Alberto Pedro D’Alotto said at the on Wednesday.
At a Latin American Initiative speaker...
With the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Paris approaching in November and December, organizations around the world — including those in Austin and on campus — are building momentum...
The UT Student/Farmworker Alliance held a rally Wednesday to protest Wendy’s refusal to join the Coalition of Immokalee Workers’ Fair Food Program, which would have Wendy’s pay farmworkers...
More than 150 faculty have said they will refuse to have guns in their classrooms by signing a list circulating through social media as a response to the passage of campus carry legislation. A working...
Each semester, chemistry senior James Sutton tries to find online PDFs of his textbooks, regardless of whether he purchases them in print.
Sutton is among the many students who are increasingly choosing...
Austin Public Library expanded member access to virtual books, movies and other media through a service called hoopla on Tuesday.
The new access will be to hoopla’s own library of 350,000 items...
Women’s Equality Day on Wednesday marked the 95th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th amendment, which guarantees the right to vote regardless of gender.
Although Congress passed the 19th...
Recruitment for University Panhellenic Council organizations will end Monday afternoon with Bid Day, when sororities offer memberships to students. The recruitment process, also known as Rush...
Beginning in January, students from all departments will be able to record music, podcasts or other audio recordings using a new recording studio in the Fine Arts Library.
The Fine Arts Library will...
On July 23, the School of Nursing received final approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to launch a new doctor of nursing practice program for the upcoming spring semester.
The...
The Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation paid tribute to the 46th anniversary of the Stonewall riots with its fifth annual Stonewall Rally on Thursday evening.
The celebration, held on the steps...
This story is developing, and we will post updates in this article as they occur.
Update (11:02 p.m.): Thousands of people gathered on Fourth Street on Friday evening to celebrate the U.S. Supreme...
While discussions about race have recently dominated discourse both nationally and on campus, the 150th anniversary of Juneteenth — a holiday marking the announcement of emancipation of slaves in...
On Monday evening, dozens of students gathered at the Martin Luther King Jr. statue in the East Mall for a vigil honoring the nine people who died in a shooting at a historic black church in Charleston,...
Seventy boxes filled with documents sit in the Harry Ransom Center, waiting to be archived. Among these piles lie part of the Ben Bradlee archive. Bradlee was a former Washington Post editor who died in...
Scientists are hoping to learn more about the possibility of life on other planets, the origin of stars and the inner workings of the universe by building the most powerful telescope in the world.
UT...
