Jameson Pitts

Despite rising lakes, falling water costs and El Niño’s promise of a wet winter, concerns remain about drought in Central Texas.

As growing cities increase their water use, UT serves as a model of efficient expansion by using innovative methods to reduce use and switch to reclaimed sources, according to UT officials.

A group of more than 80 universities is creating a new college application process, claiming it will increase access for low-income students.

What starts here leaves the world — and burns up on re-entry.

Yik Yak co-founder and CEO Tyler Droll discussed the app’s success and the double-edged sword of online anonymity at a talk Wednesday evening.

A little-known Texas law allows students 65 or older to take up to six hours of undergraduate or graduate courses at Texas public universities for free if they request the exemption.

Students learned how to use software development tools Git and GitHub to control version and file changes in programming projects at a Learning Commons workshop at the Perry-Castañeda Library, Wednesday night.

Deep in West Campus, uncertainty continues to surround a simple 1920s bungalow as property owners and officials preapre to decide its fate.

The faculty and students of the UT School of Journalism took a break from teaching and learning how to write news stories so they could read one about themselves.

In a distant computer lab, after classes have ended and the doors to the building are locked, a small group of students hunch over their monitors — together, they’re learning to code.

Eight UT faculty members made Thomson Reuters’ 2015 Highly Cited Researchers list, which selects the top 1 percent of researchers in each field. Five engineering professors made the list, as well as professors in business, psychology and physics.

Tailgate Guys, a regional all-in-one tailgate package service, debuted Saturday on the UT campus for the first home game of the season. The new tailgating options come during other campus-wide gameday changes and reductions to parking and tailgating.

Students delivered speeches about “the fear of missing out” at a UT Sciences Toastmasters meeting Friday to strengthen public speaking skills.