Facility Services, the department responsible for UT’s maintenance and grounds, is not planning to reduce its services or lay off staff despite Universitywide budget reductions for the upcoming...

Because of increasing operating costs and decreased state funding, the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston may cease operating the Austin Women’s Hospital located at University Medical...

Associate director of University Health Services Jamie Shutter will begin leading UHS as interim director starting in September. She is taking over for UHS director Jeanne Carpenter, who announced...

A group representing an Austin-based carpenters union has been at the West Mall every weekday morning since July 19 protesting against what they say are unfair labor practices by a contractor working at...

After 30 years, 135 missions and more than 350 astronauts, today is the last day for NASA’s space shuttle program. The space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to land after press time early this...

More than a third of university chief financial officers, including UT CFO Kevin Hegarty, are more optimistic about their institution’s financial prospects than they were a year ago, according...

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health awarded the Ima Hogg Scholarship for Mental Health to social work graduate student Steven Smith and four students from other Texas universities Monday. Foundation...

The building on 24th and Guadalupe streets that formerly housed Follett’s Intellectual Property bookstore will be home to The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, Qdoba Mexican Grill and Noodles &...

Much of Texas will have to go without the rockets’ red glare to illuminate the stars and stripes this Fourth of July because the sale and personal use of fireworks are banned in Travis and surrounding...

The rainstorm that covered Austin early Wednesday morning just after midnight may have been a welcome relief after months without rain, but don’t expect it to have any significant impact on the...

The Longhorn Network will launch Aug. 26, just in time for a new school year and football season, according to an announcement Wednesday. The 24-hour subscription-only cable channel will launch...

The 16th annual Republic of Texas Biker Rally starts revving its engine at the Travis County Exposition Center today and runs through Sunday. ROT Rally, the largest motorcycle rally in Texas, started...