Because the institute does not provide health or human services, several have called for its removal from the charity list.

The Saturday event raised more than $21,000 for the National Eating Disorder Association.

The Texas Department of Transportation was on campus Saturday to discourage post-game DWIs.

The night market’s interactive elements allowed non-Asian students to actively learn about Taiwanese culture.

People marched through Austin dressed like bloodied and undead figures as part of the Founding Fathers Zombie Crawl on Friday.

The Campus Environmental Center sold 80 percent and donated the remainder to Austin State Hospital.

Bicyclists ventured all over campus in a one-of-a-kind tour Saturday to learn about the public works of art that often go overlooked.

Museum Day showcases the city’s valuable cultural offerings.

Margaret C. Berry shared her memories with the coordinator of Students for the Margaret C. Berry Student Activity Center on Friday.

The school felt compelled to assist wildfire victims by holding its first public workshop.

A new portfolio program announced Thursday will teach graduate students how to manage museums, theaters, libraries and other non-profit cultural organizations.

For the first time, Texas public schools will be able to supplement science textbooks with state-approved online materials.  

Personal connections with a charity are important to people who offer philanthropy, new research from UT and other universities confirms.

Austin has made the short list of potential fellowship recipients from a national nonprofit dedicated to improving, updating and redesigning government websites

Twelve local artisans sold hats, clocks, magnets, jewelry and sculptures based on video games such as Pokémon, Super Mario Brothers and PAC-MAN at Game Over Videogames' exhibition.

Scientists and industry leaders agreed that integrating science and computer education will lead to greater progress during the 10th anniversary celebration of the Texas Advanced Computing Center on Friday.

UT’s School of Journalism has hired an Austin American-Statesman social media editor and a media-and-politics researcher to start this fall as the school prepares to transition to a new curriculum.

Families gathered in East Austin's Rosewood Park this Saturday to celebrate Juneteenth. 

More than 3.2 million people can watch a documentary this summer about one of the first African-Americans to attend UT and who became a world-renowned opera singer.

The research center appointed Jeremi Suri to serve as the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs. Suri will teach in the department of history and the LBJ School of Public Affairs, which houses the center.

Two new student groups will help coordinate campuswide responses to diversity issues, a Diversity and Community Engagement official announced at a town hall meeting Wednesday.

Aspiring UT performers had a chance to sing, dance and recite poetry in front of a crowd of more than 1,100 students and community members Saturday.

Black and Hispanic college students are more likely to face family crises that reduce their chances of graduating on time, according to a study presented at an annual conference Saturday.

About 200 people from 12 public interest groups rallied at the Capitol on Friday while members of the Texas House debated the 2012-13 budget bill.

Beauty may be more than skin-deep, according to a recent study finding that attractive people are also happier than their homelier peers.

  In one photograph, an 18-year-old boy with cropped, dark hair and rounded features clings to his mother while she helps him exercise. In another, the same boy sits in a wheelchair with a homecoming sash proudly draped over his shoulder.

Benjamin Carson, director of pediatric neurosurgery at John’s Hopkins, said he rose out of poverty and became a renowned neurosurgeon through faith in God and himself.

Two executive alliances will hoist their wooden signs for the last time on the West Mall today after three weeks of vigorous campaigning for the top Student Government spots.

During difficult economic times, college graduates may be more willing to consider lower-paying jobs outside the corporate sector, said Communication Career Services Director of Placement Matthew Berndt.

The campuswide lockdown during the Sept. 28 campus shooting raised questions for students, faculty and staff. The office of Campus Safety and Security responded by publishing a set of procedural definitions for lockdowns, weather and environmental emergencies online Tuesday.

The federal government’s rising national debt, which will hit its ceiling of $14.3 trillion this spring, is particularly important for college students, the executive director of a nonpartisan group said Wednesday.

Strong family and ethnic identification can motivate students from Latino and Asian immigrant backgrounds to try to succeed academically despite many challenges, said Andrew Fuligni, a University of California, Los Angeles researcher, in a speech Monday.

The University of Texas at Austin is one of 18 colleges and universities given an A grade for its core curriculum in a report by the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.

The Rohr Chabad Jewish Center at the University lit a 9-foot-tall menorah in front of a crowd of about 200 people to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah on Wednesday.

Although the “grandmother of aviation” was born in Alabama, she was instrumental in bringing planes to Texas, astronomy administrative associate Debra Winegarten said Wednesday.