Hope is a journalism junior and is currently an associate news editor. She used to be a projects reporter, copy editor and covered crime and city breaking news. She loves to be at home with her cat Nala.
When state lawmakers implemented UT’s automatic admission policy nearly 25 years ago, it was intended to promote diversity on campus.
While the policy has slightly helped the University become more...
University students and faculty worked with the Collaborative for Access and Equity this summer to publish advice for students with disabilities on how to benefit more from their classes.
The team used...
As students return to campus for the beginning of the fall semester, UT posted signs in the Student Services Building stating the proactive community testing program would no longer be operational starting...
The University will discontinue its proactive community testing program, which provides free testing to asymptomatic students, after Aug. 15, and announced in an email Monday it will offer students four...
Content Warning: This story contains descriptions of domestic violence.
Incoming Texas men’s basketball freshman Arterio Morris — the nation’s top-ranked point guard in the 2022 recruiting class...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the July 26, 2022 flip book.
After seeing APD recruitment efforts around Austin, UT student Andie Flores said she wanted to create her own campaign pushing...
TW: Discussion surrounding mental health. To report concerning behavior or ask for advice, students can call the Behavior Concerns and COVID-19 Advice Line at 512-232-5050. Students can also contact the...
Residents of The Standard at Austin apartment complex have experienced numerous car break-ins, unresponsive management and, at one point, no water for days since the summer started.
Management for the...
Dell Seton Medical Center went into lockdown last Friday after an individual in a vehicle discharged a firearm around 53rd Street and Airport Boulevard and then traveled south toward downtown Austin, ultimately...
Austin Police officers responded to reports of a non-UT student pointing a gun at a student on the 2400 block of Pearl Street at around 2:18 a.m. on June 17, which later led to a standoff with police at...
When Rachel Marquez heard that Roe v. Wade had been overturned on Friday, she cried.
“It was just surreal to me that women have fewer rights over the control of their own body than guns right now,”...
The United Kingdom announced they are offering a High Potential Individual Visa for graduated students from leading universities around the globe, including UT, an opportunity that started May 30.
To...
UT is joining 19 other leading research universities to form the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities and foster a greater representation of Hispanic students in doctoral studies.
The...
UT will increase UTmail Google storage for current faculty and staff to 20 gigabytes, but student accounts will be limited to 5GB starting Nov. 1.
Information Technology Services sent an email June...
A new psychedelic medical clinic opened last month in West Campus to offer a patient-guided healing journey through treatments using ketamine, an FDA-approved anesthetic for combatting depression.
The...
Editor’s note: This article first appeared in the June 7, 2022 flipbook.
Mig Kokinda has tattooed students and other clients at the Electric 13 Tattoo off The Drag since it opened 15 years ago. However,...
Engineering students who pushed for an amendment to add a diversity, equity and inclusion board to the Student Engineering Council are now trying to reform the school’s diversity committee after the...
Beginning in Fall 2023, prospective students will be able to apply to UT through the Common App portal, and the application will no longer require standardized test scores for undergraduate admissions.
Miguel...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 1, 2022 flipbook.
Russian and Ukrainian UT students say they fear for their family and friends’ safety after Russia invaded Ukraine with military...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the January 28, 2022 flipbook.
The Austin Fire Department responded to a fire at Texas French Bread in North Campus on Monday evening. Everyone inside the...
Content Warning: This story contains discussion of sexual violence and abuse.
The Texas Advocacy Project hosted a showing of the documentary “CUSP,” spotlighting the effects of sexual...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 22, 2022 flipbook.
UT started a new program earlier this month designed to support military veterans and their spouses as they transition back...
On Monday, the Student Engineering Council voted against adding an amendment to form a new diversity, equity and inclusion board due to disagreements over the organization’s constitution.
The creation...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 15, 2022 flipbook.
Science content creator Hank Green visited the Texas Union on Thursday to talk to students about his journey in science and...
Editor's Note: The article first appeared in the April 8, 2022 flipbook.
Residents of a West Campus apartment building on 28th Street and Rio Grande Street encountered a disturbing scene on Friday,...
A former Texas Law facilities director was charged with first-degree theft of property and second-degree theft of service. Jason Shoumaker pled guilty to the lesser charge of a second-degree felony for theft of property and was placed on deferred adjudication March 31.
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the April 1, 2022 flipbook.
Naloxone, a nasal spray drug that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, is now available for people to pick up...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 29, 2022 flipbook.
Starting this upcoming fall term, classes will begin Monday, Aug. 22, and fall break will be extended to a full week, according...
Megan was celebrating her birthday with friends at the Sixth Street bar Buck Wild last June when her phone started blowing up with people asking if she was safe. A shooting had just occurred, and she didn’t...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared in the March 11, 2022 flipbook.
To honor his father John S. Chase, Tony Chase committed a gift of $1 million to the UT School of Architecture to support underrepresented...
Researchers at the Harry Ransom Center digitized more than 60,000 items from LGBTQIA+ author Radclyffe Hall and artist Una Vincenzo, Lady Troubridge from the earlier half of the 20th century.
Editor's Note: This article was first published in the Feb. 25, 2022 flipbook.
UT will start limiting storage for all UTmail accounts starting Nov. 1. Current students, faculty and staff will need to...
Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter
• February 25, 2022
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pledged to remove tenure for professors at Texas public universities Feb. 18 after the Faculty Council voted 41-5 to support an instructor’s freedom to teach critical race theory...
This article first appeared in the Feb. 18, 2022 flipbook.
The Hunt Family Foundation donated $2.5 million to UT to support scholarships for low and middle-income students from the Borderplex region...
Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter
• February 18, 2022
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced in a press conference Friday that he would eliminate tenure for new hires at Texas public universities in response to the UT Faculty Council’s 41-5 vote to support...
This article first appeared in the Feb. 14, 2022 flipbook.
David Anthony, director of business services for University Unions, said the Union Chick-fil-A's previous management’s contract was supposed...
Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter
• February 2, 2022
UT canceled all online and in-person classes scheduled for Thursday in anticipation of inclement weather in Central Texas this week, according to a message from President Jay Hartzell. COVID-19 testing...
Hope Unger, Senior News Reporter
• January 25, 2022
Editor's note: This article first appeared in the Jan. 21, 2022 flipbook.
A professor and a graduate student in the College of Pharmacy received an external grant of $34,181 in January to fund their research...
Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the November 9 flipbook.
Kerbey Lane on Guadalupe Street returned to 24-hour service on Fridays and Saturdays starting in late October. Some servers...
A certification course to teach students how to be less wasteful will return to UT next spring after it was paused over a year ago.
The Zero Waste Hero program will be reinstated as a self-paced course...
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed a UT law professor to the Texas Supreme Court on Nov. 1 due to his experience in private practice and service to the public.
Evan Young became an adjunct professor at...
The Dinosaur Park in Cedar Creek discovered three of their dinosaur statues were missing Oct. 21 after a trail inspection and offered a $1,000 reward for information about their whereabouts. Someone submitted a tip on Oct. 25 that they saw the statues during a frat party on Oct. 23.
In early October, a new master’s program that explores how the arts and humanities interact with the medical field started accepting applications for its first semester in the fall of 2022.
The...
The show features portraits of cancer patients, caregivers and clinical staff created by students as part of the inaugural spring 2021 Aesthetics of Health course.
An institute within UT’s Steve Hicks School of Social Work received a $3.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to fund a one-year COVID-19 vaccine education campaign.
UT’s...
