Austin Police Department officers have named Nikolas Ray Eller, 38, as the suspect in the death of Ishmael Mohammed Jr., according to the Austin American-Statesman.
APD officers are investigating Mohammed...
Editor’s note: A 30 column is a chance for departing permanent staff to say farewell and reflect on their time spent in The Daily Texan’s basement office. The term comes from the old typesetting...
Dance freshman Haruka Weiser, the victim of last week’s campus homicide, appears to have been sexually assaulted and was the victim of strangulation, according to a report by the Austin American-Statesman.
The...
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visited UT Thursday and engaged in a discussion with students about the United States’ current security situation.
During the event, which was hosted by the...
Results for state and local elections and the national primaries were announced Tuesday night after citizens cast their votes on election day and early voting last week.
Gina Hinojosa, an Austin...
After reviewing a citation written to an evangelical preacher for disorderly conduct, the University of Texas Police Department voided the citation because it did not meet the requirements of the law.
“Our...
Faculty members gathered at the Faculty Council meeting Monday to speak out against campus carry and give President Gregory Fenves their thoughts before he submits suggestions to the UT System by mid-February.
Campus...
The U.S. Senate’s televised broadcasts have impaired its ability to discuss important political issues, according to a UT student who gave a talk during a TEDx event in Reno, Nevada.
William...
Newly installed parking meters in West Campus will start collecting money Wednesday as part of an expansion of the parking benefit district that was started in 2013.
The expansion of the benefit district...
The first rule of being a hipster is you don’t call yourself a hipster.
At least that’s what everyone says. Hipsters are not new, and they’re definitely not new to Austin, a place...
As a part of his plan to increase the UT System’s influence and excellence in higher education, System Chancellor William McRaven hired two leaders from within the System to join his staff.
David...
In an effort to help students keep up their with their class schedules and social lives, a Princeton junior developed a new drink that aims to alleviate hangovers quicker than extensive hydration.
Brooks...
Car burglaries in West Campus have been on the rise for the past two months, according to Austin Police Department officials.
Between March 22 and the end of April, 47 car burglaries took place....
Two robots, Wall-E and Eve, are helping the Austin Fire Department incorporate technology into firefighting so that they can ultimately assess situations in advance of their human firefighting counterparts.
The...
Over the next two to five years, the Austin Police Department will implement plans to equip its officers with body cameras — and in the meantime, 25 APD officers have purchased cameras on their own.
Several...
The number of pedestrian deaths in Austin has increased compared to this time last year, with nine deaths occurring since January.
In 2014, there were 15 pedestrian deaths total. The Austin Police Department...
The Texas Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would ban red light cameras throughout the state.
SB 714, which state Sen. Bob Hall (R-Edgewood) authored, will prohibit all red light cameras throughout...
Officers from the Austin Police Department said they will no longer check to see if drone operators have a certificate for themselves or for their drone, unless the drone is flying near a crowded area.
The...
Officers from the UT Police Department plunged into cold water Friday in an effort to raise money for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as part of Phi Kappa Sigma’s first Dunk A Cop event.
The...
When the University of Texas Police Department received a bomb threat earlier this month, officers quickly went to sweep the area near the Butler School of Music — but did not send a text alert to...
Temporary barricades will remain around the perimeter of the College of Liberal Arts building until UT Facilities Services staff can determine what is causing the building’s large glass windows to...
Bass Concert Hall and Texas Performing Arts Center were evacuated Monday after a bomb threat was reported to the Butler School of Music.
UTPD responded to a call that reported a bomb threat in...
Despite a recent sound ordinance in West Campus, more tickets were issued for underage drinking than for noise complaints during RoundUp last weekend.
Officers of the Public Assembly Code Enforcement...
Students from around the nation will flood West Campus for the 85th annual RoundUp event this weekend — and the Interfraternity Council is hoping all of them will be college students. This year,...
Ten women serve as officers win UTPD, making up 16 percent of the staff, and that number is higher than the national average of 13 percent among police departments nationwide.
Julie Gillespie started...
Although the student population on campus dwindled this week, officers from the UTPD responded to many incidents involving non-UT subjects on and near campus.
During spring break, UTPD officers...
One year after a car drove through a crowd of people at South By Southwest, killing four and injuring more than 20 others, all the victims of the crime have received funds to help with the recovery...
Rep. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D-Brownsville) filed a bill Thursday to raise minimum wage in Texas from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 per hour.
The minimum wage for federal contract workers increased to $10.10 per...
More students are including genuine personal information when creating fake IDs for themselves, according to UT police.
“Lately, we’ve been seeing driver’s licenses that [have] the...
A UT student was assaulted in West Campus early Wednesday morning, according to a UT Safety Alert email.
The assault occured at approximately 2 a.m. near 25th and Pearl Streets....
Gene Vela walked out of the Travis County Courthouse a free man Wendesday after being found not guilty on all charges.
The trial occurred more than a year after the standoff between Vela, a former...
UT campus will close at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and remain closed until 1 p.m. Thursday because of inclement winter weather.
Classes will resume at 2 p.m., and UT shuttle services...
Update (9:14 p.m.): Gene Vela walked out of the Travis County Courthouse a free man after being found not guilty of charges for aggravated assault against a public servant, making a terroristic threat,...
Eight students have said J & J Towing removed their cars from their apartment complexes although they had permits displayed.
J & J towed the cars from Texan Tower and San Gabriel Condominiums,...
The trial of Gene Vela, a former public affairs graduate student on trial for two charges of aggravated assault on a public servant, continued Friday at the Travis County Courthouse.
Vela...
One week before Rodney Reed’s scheduled execution, students and community members gathered on the steps of the Tower to hold a vigil for Reed and to protest Texas’ judicial system.
Students...
More than a year after a standoff with Austin police, Gene Vela, a former public affairs graduate student, stood trial this week for two charges of aggravated assault on a public servant.
Vela was taken...
Fifteen out of 17 bicycles that have been reported as stolen since the semester began in January were locked using a cable lock, according to William Pieper, University of Texas Police Department...
The safety program SURE Walk remains an under-utilized student resource despite efforts to re-brand its image and increase visibility, according to Charles Steen, government and finance junior and director...
Because of potential winter weather, UT will delay opening until 10 a.m., and classes will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Classes that are scheduled to already be underway at 11 a.m. will...
Students on both sides of the “campus carry” debate gathered on campus Thursday night for a town hall meeting to discuss the impact a concealed firearm policy might have on campus.
Last...
West Campus auto thefts have increased because of students leaving their cars unlocked, according to the Austin Police Department.
According to APD officers, students can help prevent auto thefts by...
The UT Faculty Council passed a resolution Monday reaffirming the ban of firearms on campus.
The Council unanimously approved the resolution in response to SB 11, which would allow concealed carry of...
Members of Student Government are working to bring a mobile safety application to campus in an attempt to give students a better sense of security.
Taylor Strickland, SG vice president, said the...
Employees of the Union Building are reviewing building policies after an argument Tuesday evening between two homeless men escalated to physical violence.
Claudette Campbell, assistant director of operations...
A homeless man stabbed another homeless man with a knife inside the Union Building after the two got into a fight Wednesday evening.
UTPD spokeswoman Cindy Posey said neither of the...
City officials are planning to add lighting, trees and wider sidewalks to West Campus as part of a parking benefit program between the city and University Area Partners, a West Campus neighborhood association.
The...
Officers from both UTPD and the Austin Police Department started a more focused initiative to minimize crime homeless people commit on Guadalupe Street.
APD officer Darrell Grayson said the...
Because of Dell Medical School construction, the University removed hundreds of “C” parking spots in lots near the Frank Erwin Center and School of Social Work, causing frustration among some commuting...
When taking a break from the daily responsibilities of policing, a group of Austin Police officers play drums and bagpipes in funerals, parades, festivals and community events.
After listening...
Police departments across the nation now use Yik Yak, a social media app, to monitor crime reports.
Campus police departments in South Dakota and Wisconsin started using Yik Yak, which functions...
Many Greek groups in West Campus still do not know the exact requirements of the city sound ordinance, after the city promised to provide details in a meeting last fall, according to Daniel Warner, government...
Although thousands of students left campus over winter break, UTPD stayed active because crime never takes a vacation. The most common offenses reported by UTPD were criminal trespassing, public intoxication...
Travis County district court judge Cliff Brown said Friday he wants to try the murder and aggravated assault cases against Rashad Owens by November.
Owens, the suspect in the deadly car crash...
Parking along the 2600 block of Whitis Avenue became part of the city of Austin’s jurisdiction on Wednesday.
“Once the city of Austin determined this area belonged to the [city], the city...
The McCombs School of Business building was evacuated after the Austin Fire Department responded to an alarm at approximately 11 p.m. Monday night.
AFD reported light smoke and an electric...
UT football players Kendall Sanders and Montrel Meander were taken into custody after being arrested and charged with sexual assault, a second-degree felony on Thursday. If convicted, the accused...
University police alerted the campus of a subject carrying a knife near the Main Building on Wednesday morning, but determined shortly after the person did not pose a threat to those on campus.
UTPD...
University and Austin police officers reported an aggravated assault by two armed suspects on Guadalupe Street on Monday evening.
APD officers responded after a call came in at 5:23 p.m. from an individual...
Gov. Rick Perry announced on Monday he will deploy 1,000 state National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border.
According to a statement issued by Perry’s office, the troops will work alongside...
UTPD officers arrested a man across from campus on Guadalupe Street on Thursday afternoon after a student reported an assault.
The man was arrested after a student reported the man had been yelling...
After being assaulted while walking to her office on June 26, graduate student Cindy Walter-Gensler recounted the event for her students and said she wondered why there had not been an alert sent to the...
UT student Rahatul Khan pled guilty in conspiring and attempting to provide terrorists material support on Wednesday.
At a plea hearing, Khan admitted he had worked with a co-conspirator from March...
One year after state Sen. Wendy Davis, D-Fort Worth, delayed a vote on an anti-abortion bill with an 11-hour filibuster, a large crowd filled the Palmer Events Center on Wednesday as Democratic gubernatorial...
After a reported sexual assault, UTPD officers are investigating the incident that occurred Saturday at the San Jacinto Residence Hall.
UTPD said the three individuals involved knew each other and the...
Austin Police Department officers responded to a burglary theft call Thursday at Dobie Center after two residents reported a man leaving their room.
The incident occurred at approximately 9:18 p.m....
Restorative justice programs offer an opportunity for both the offenders and the victims of crimes to move forward, but the programs also help communities, Janine Geske, former Wisconsin Supreme Court...
Creatures of the night, black ground beetles have become a summer norm on campus as they have surfaced to feed and breed.
UT pest control technician Candace Legge said her office started receiving calls...
The Harry Ransom Center acquired the archives of English author Ian McEwan, and visitors to the center will be able to interact with them after they are processed.
Because of the Ransom Center’s...
The School of Nursing took down dress code posters inside its building on Wednesday after receiving criticism online for the signs being targeted toward women.
The sign called for revealing clothing...
The University opened registration Sunday for the UT Food Lab Challenge, an international competition focused on the evolving food industry.
Sponsored by the University’s Food Lab,...
Customers at food trucks may soon be able to recycle on-site, after the Austin City Council voted Thursday to ask the city manager to create an ordinance enabling food trucks to provide recycling and composting...
According to UT researchers, driverless cars, or shared autonomous vehicles, could start driving people around the country in fewer than 10 years.
Civil engineering professor Kara Kockelman and graduate...
Archaeologist Steve Bourget presented findings on campus Saturday from his work in northern Peru and said different civilizations can be connected based on the designs found in medallions and ceramics.
Bourget...
Patricia Stout, who has been a professor in the department of advertising and public relations since 1984, was named chair of the department Wednesday. Stout said she looks forward to taking on the new...
As part of a week of environmental awareness events centered around Earth Day, environmental student organizations and University departments hosted a carnival on Gregory Plaza on Tuesday to inform students...
Neurons and gamma waves in the brain can give insight into how people remember their location, according to UT researchers.
In a study released Thursday, neuroscience assistant professor Laura Colgin...
On the fairgrounds of West on Thursday night, community members came together for a memorial service to remember their friends and family one year after a local fertilizer plant exploded and left destruction...
Marketing principles are more likely to help fix problems in the environment than scare tactics used in the past are, according to Laura Huggins, outreach director of the Property and Environment Research...
According to a UT adjunct assistant professor, being proactive in the search for molecular biomarkers could help aid patients in their fight against cancer.
Murali Beeram, nutritional sciences adjunct...
After serving on the State Democratic Executive Committee for two years, Latin American studies senior Huey Rey Fischer is running for re-election because he said there are still problems to address within...
Ukraine isn’t enough of a U.S. priority to warrant military involvement, although Russia has shown its willingness to use military force, according to government professor Robert Moser in an on-campus...
After moving to single-stream recycling, both the Division of Housing and Food Services and the University’s main recycling program began accepting and recycling glass products in the fall 2013 semester.
The...
Despite University efforts to improve its health, a tree on the South Mall will be removed after contracting two different diseases within the last year.
Jim Carse, assistant manager of Urban Forestry,...
Michael Cepek, an associate cultural anthropology professor at UT San Antonio, discussed the history of the capture of indigenous Cofan people in Ecuador in his on-campus talk “Ungrateful Predators:...
According to a report by the College of Education, male students of color have lower rates of academic success in community college than their white counterparts, even though the students of color have...
Black men are more likely to experience hardships with relationships and health issues as adults, according to UT researchers.
The study, headed by sociology professor Debra Umberson, surveyed black...
Psychology assistant professor David Yeager said bullying prevention programs in schools have no effect on adolescents during their eighth grade and high school years at a lecture Friday.
According...
A student organization hosted a discussion Tuesday night on the upcoming 2014 elections in India and its current political atmosphere, featuring English assistant professor Snehal Shingavi and author Rahul...
In order to compete in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon, architecture and engineering students will work to create a design for a solar-powered house and make the house fully functionial...
UTBox, a secure cloud storage space provided by Information Technology Services, is offered for free to all 74,000 University students, staff and faculty — but so far, only 11,972 have made use of...
UT alumnus David Berteau spoke Tuesday about the current debt ceiling and budget issues Congress is working through, citing it as an example of the complicated nature of managing the nation’s finances.
Berteau,...
More than 20,000 campus phone landlines will be replaced on campus with Voice over Internet Protocol by spring 2015, as part of an initiative by the Information Technology Services office.
Voice over...
The Texas Exes canceled the annual Hex Rally on Monday because of inclement weather and the effects of the rain on all the participants and electrical equipment involved.
“You got a lot of equipment...
UT researchers have found that women in underdeveloped countries are in need of energy education to increase society’s efficiency and better the surrounding environment.
Researchers Michael Webber,...
Psychology professors Samuel Gosling and James Pennebaker have found that students perform better in an online classroom with daily “benchmark” quizzes rather than a traditional classroom with...
The University plans to implement a new system to verify EIDs. UTLogin, a project that Information Technology Services has been working on for a few years, will enter its last implementation stage...
Though the existing field of black lesbian literature and analysis is limited, it recently became a little bit bigger with the release of a UT professor’s new publication on black lesbian culture.
Matt...
Electrical engineering students, faculty and staff will face a disruptive transition period as their operations relocate from the Engineering-Science Building, set to be demolished this summer, to the...
