Oh, shit. My eyes are swelling up. I haven’t even started writing this and I am spiraling into a whirlwind of panic, sadness, anxiety and happiness.
But here I am. In the Basement on a Friday...
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For the first time in nearly two years, The Daily Texan sat down with President Jay Hartzell...
TW: Discussions of death
Sophomore linebacker Jake Ehlinger was found dead near campus Thursday afternoon, according to Austin Police Department officials.
APD said they found Ehlinger in the 1200...
A man loading a gun crashed an online meeting hosted by the service organization Texas Orange Jackets discussing the origins of “The Eyes of Texas” on April 29. Members said the violent incident reveals the situation with UT’s alma mater is “higher stakes” than some may think.
After the Black President’s Leadership Council began working with the University on action items to improve the Black student experience on campus in April, some council members worry about whether the...
UT-Austin will distribute the latest COVID-19 student emergency funds to some eligible students in the next week, according to the Texas One Stop webpage.
The Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund...
State lawmakers are considering two bills this legislative session that would change how tenured professors are evaluated and what can cause revocation of tenure.
The Longhorn Band will continue to be required to play “The Eyes of Texas,” according to a Butler School of Music news release. Another, currently unnamed band that will not play the alma mater or...
Walk-up COVID-19 vaccine appointments are now available every weekday from 9 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. for students, faculty, staff and members of the Austin community at Gregory...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 16 issue of The Daily Texan.
About half of all UT undergraduates finished fall 2020 with honors, an increase from the previous four semesters,...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 16 issue of The Daily Texan.
The fall 2020 course schedule shows more than 90% of classes will be in person, and UT will not require students,...
TW: Discussions of police brutality, murder
Editor’s Note: Two sources within this story, Andrea and M, are identified using false name to protect their identity due to fear of repercussions for protesting...
Some Longhorn Band members said they still don’t know if they will be required to play “The Eyes of Texas” at events and games. Some members said band directors have not provided much communication...
For the second week in a row, UT-Austin did not request any first doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the week of April 5 because there were enough remaining doses from previous allocations, said Susan Hochman,...
The Black President’s Leadership Council, a group of Black student leaders on campus, sent a letter to the University, UT President Jay Hartzell and the UT System Board of Regents Wednesday morning with...
Members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus and the Texas chapter of the NAACP gathered at the Texas State Capitol to oppose the University’s continued use of alma mater “The Eyes of Texas” at...
UT could receive about $85.1 million in federal COVID-19 aid from the American Rescue Plan Act that Congress passed into law on March 11, according to the Association of Public Land-Grant Universities....
UT-Austin history professor Alberto Martínez released an article on Medium on Wednesday with contradicting evidence against UT’s “The Eyes of Texas” History Committee report. Martínez...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 23 issue of The Daily Texan.
During last month’s winter storm, Kara McDonald spent 10 days experiencing breathing and sleeping problems...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 12 issue of The Daily Texan.
“The Eyes of Texas” took a national spotlight this year as students called for its removal due to its...
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...
Editor’s Note: This story contains information about students’ experiences during the winter storm and may be difficult to read. At the bottom of this story, the Texan has linked to resources for students...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's March 5 print edition.
Student legislative bodies filed a joint resolution asking UT to keep its mask mandate and other COVID-19...
Some residents of The Quarters on Campus, which includes six West Campus properties, have been displaced with little notice during the past month due to renovations that require residents to move out.
Residents...
A UT student sued UT-Austin, the UT System Board of Regents and Kevin Eltife, the UT Board of Regents chairman, on Friday, seeking prorated tuition for all UT students since the COVID-19 pandemic forced...
A joint donation campaign between UT and Texas A&M to raise funds for students affected by the recent severe winter weather kicked off Feb. 26.
The storm caused millions in the state to...
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...
For almost a year, UT-Austin has taught a majority of its classes online because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but a Feb. 8 Faculty Council announcement asking all professors to be in Austin for the fall 2021...
Editor's Note: This story was updated as information became available.
The University’s main campus is no longer under a boil water notice, according to the emergency messages page....
B.1.1.7, the COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom, found its way to UT’s campus Feb. 5, and as of Feb. 11, UT has identified four cases of B.1.1.7.
The new variant...
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...
Editor’s Note: This story is being updated as information is made available. This story was updated regularly until Sunday, February 22. Information within this story may no longer be up to...
Power outages have been affecting some customers since early Monday morning after the Electric Reliability Council of Texas called for rotating outages to turn off power for two million homes in Texas.
The...
Students with MyCampusNet Wi-Fi have experienced connectivity issues in West Campus for the past few weeks, while some students have also encountered power outages due to winter weather in parts of West...
UT-Austin is estimated to lose $118 million in revenue — not including athletics and academic programs — and costs for the fiscal year 2021, according to an internal expense report prepared...
Editor's Note: This story first appeared in The Daily Texan's February 2 print edition.
UT-Austin told residents of Creekside Residence Hall they had to move out Jan. 27 after they were originally...
UT-Austin faculty are required to be in residence to teach for the fall 2021 semester, according to an update from the Faculty Council this morning.
The update said “chances are very high”...
Thousands of students in West Campus experienced Wi-Fi connectivity issues through the provider MyCampusNet while trying to complete classes virtually over the past few weeks.
MyCampusNet, which...
Two cases of the B.1.1.7 variant of COVID-19 from the United Kingdom were reported at UT on Friday, according to an email from University Health Services and Susan Hochman, associate director of assessment,...
UT President Jay Hartzell spoke about the University’s response to COVID-19, the role of academia in a democracy and the “The Eyes of Texas” at his State of the University address Thursday.
During...
Over 330 students, staff and faculty from the UT community tested positive for COVID-19 in the first two weeks of the spring semester, according to UT’s COVID-19 dashboard.
UT’s Proactive...
The class of 2020 now has a date set for the graduation ceremony they expected to have a year and a half ago, but some say they have moved on and don’t plan to attend.
On Jan. 19,...
UT-Austin is currently only vaccinating people for COVID-19 who meet the 1A or 1B state qualifications despite claims on social media that the vaccine was available to those outside the two phases, a UT...
Nearly 7,100 students may have experienced Wi-Fi issues with CampusConnect in West Campus over the past two days, said Shellie Corley, vice president of strategic development with CampusConnect in an email.
CampusConnect...
Aswathi Thomas was at Zilker Metropolitan Park on Jan. 18 when a maskless man asked her and a friend to sign a petition he said would “help homeless people get off the streets.”
Thomas,...
UT-Austin will receive about $48.38 million from the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act passed by the United States Congress last month. The Act requires $15.73 million be...
Undergraduate hybrid classes — excluding pharmacy and nursing courses — were moved to an online-only format through January, Daniel Jaffe, UT interim executive vice president and provost, announced...
On-campus dorm residents at UT will be required to take a COVID-19 test within four days of returning to their residence hall according to an email they received Friday.
The requirement is due...
Thirteen people, including current and former UT-Austin students, were arrested by federal, state and local officials Thursday and charged with trafficking fentanyl, LSD and methamphetamine, among other...
As COVID-19 vaccinations enter the final stages of approval by the federal government, UT is preparing for distribution.
Jonathan Robb, director of the Office of Emergency Preparedness, said the...
UT will increase rent by an average of 41% for new residents and people joining the waitlist at three University-owned apartment complexes. The increase will not affect current residents or those who were...
UT-Austin spent an average of 81.1% less on paper from March to October in 2020 than during these months in 2018 and 2019, according to an analysis of UT paper purchases obtained by a records request.
The...
This year’s freshman class enrolled one of the highest percentages of Pell Grants awardees ever, according to a UT News press release from Oct. 29.
Undergraduates receiving Pell Grants increased...
Around 125,000 more ballots were cast in Travis County for the 2020 general election than during the 2016 election.
In 2016, 477,588 ballots were cast, while 602,398 were cast this year. Among...
West Campus will have a towering new addition to its skyline with a 30-story apartment complex set to open in August 2022.
Waterloo will be one of the tallest buildings in the area at 320 feet,...
The College of Liberal Arts started offering a virtual vacation series Oct. 13 for students to learn about new languages and cultures despite the pandemic.
The program features 14 different...
When Stevie Barnes got pregnant during her first semester at Louisiana Tech in 2008, she lost her full-ride scholarship and her academic life was uprooted.
“It was really stressful because...
Anika Shah was getting ready to spend the evening of Sept. 18 with her two sisters when news broke that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had died.
“I had two initial reactions,”...
UT students and alumni started a petition Friday advocating for UT to replace the school alma mater, “The Eyes of Texas,” due to its racist history. It has garnered more than 1,300 signatures...
At the UT Energy Symposium on Tuesday, Ellen Stechel, the co-director of Arizona State University’s LightWorks, discussed how to transition to a carbon neutral world.
The online session...
