Four-part lecture series explains what’s going on and how it’s affecting you
In light of the faltering economy, Lewis Spellman, UT finance and interdisciplinary professor, unraveled the complexities of the market and the ailing economy in a lecture Tuesday.
Questions arise on legality of mandatory $5 cover charge on club patrons
Attorney General Greg Abbott has asked the Texas Supreme Court to rule on the legality of a bill which allowed Texas strip clubs to impose a $5 cover charge on all patrons.
Authorities released the identities Friday of the three construction workers who died after falling off a scaffold in West Campus.
A New York-based architecture firm recently introduced plans that would drastically change student housing in the UT-owned Brackenridge tract.
The rest of the universities in the UT System now have the same copyright licensing privileges as UT-Austin, making it one of the largest higher education systems in the U.S. to have those rights.
The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health has awarded Mental Health America of Greater Houston, a nonprofit organization, with a $259,092 grant to advance the development of an integrated health care educational system.
Billions of dollars in proposed state funding for the hurricane-damaged University of Texas Medical Branch now await Gov. Rick Perry’s signature after the state House and Senate approved several bills last weekend.
Alumnus and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez speaks to attendees about future
Friends, family and UT alumni arrived hours early to secure a spot on UT’s Main Mall lawn, despite the dark, overcast sky. But the threat of rain did not discourage the viewers from celebrating 126th Spring Commencement ceremony, which ended May 23 with fireworks and a rendition of “The Eyes of Texas.”
A bill that would allow seven state universities to compete for tier-one research university status cleared the House and Senate on Sunday and is awaiting approval from Gov. Rick Perry.
University of Texas President Bill Powers was knighted into a centuries-old French order known as Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur, or the “Legion of Honor.”
WASHINGTON — Two women who accused a federal judge of sexually assaulting them detailed the attacks and their fear of him Wednesday before a congressional panel considering impeaching the judge.
While studying for finals, a group of aerospace engineering students has helped redesign a surveillance aircraft for defense contractor Raytheon.
Studying the traumatic effects of hurricanes Ike and Katrina on coastal communities in Texas has garnered two UT graduate students recognition from the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health.
Government project uses UTEX to convert cultures’ oil into jet fuel for military
UT biologists and engineers are involved in a government project to convert oil from algae to jet fuel for military use.
Two employees of the Millennium Lab at the McCombs School of Business claim that the school’s custodial staff does not properly dispose of the building’s recycling.
“Get help or be help” was the mantra at last night’s suicide-prevention event where students wrote the word “love” on each others’ arms.
The U.S. Department of Energy has granted $30.5 million to two Energy Frontier Research Centers at UT for research and development in energy efficiency.
University names two faculty members as vice provosts; National Academy of Sciences adds member from UT faculty; bama administration names UT professor to advisory council
Amy Goodman, the award-winning journalist and host of the news show “Democracy Now!,” criticized the major news networks’ coverage of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, asking a crowd of several hundred people: “Where’s the debate?
The Harry Ransom Center revealed the new Robert De Niro Collection to the public Wednesday night.
Biochemistry and Plan II senior Yuxuan Wang received a $20,000 scholarship as part of the George H. Mitchell Undergraduate Award for Academic Excellence on Wednesday night.
Against a backdrop of space, Hugh Ross presented a creationist model of the universe to both religious and non-religious audience members.
At showcase, devices on display exhibit future of higher-ed electronics
With a plethora of new technological devices debuting every day, determining which devices are suitable for a teaching environment can be difficult.
The Election Review Task Force meeting was canceled Monday night because the majority of task force members could not attend.
“Some of you might be wondering what the sign is for vagina monologues,” signed Lauren Kinast to audience members in Jester Auditorium on Saturday night.
Memorial to commemorate dedication to community, commitment to civil rights
The University will unveil a bronze statue of Barbara Jordan today, marking the first time a woman will be honored with a statue on campus. Jordan, who was the first black woman from Texas to serve in Congress, also taught at the LBJ School of Public Affairs from 1979 until her death in 1996.
The three astronauts who flew the Apollo 8 mission shared their experiences Thursday at the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum.
Serious changes could be made to the Supreme Court during President Barack Obama’s administration, two government professors said during a panel at Batts Hall on Thursday night.
Students waited outside Gregory Gym on Wednesday to record anti-drinking-and-driving videos to be posted on YouTube for the opportunity to win a high definition camcorder.
UT researchers explained brain processes to hundreds of Austinites at the Erwin Center on Tuesday night.
Jeffrey Mikeska, a 25-year-old former Daily Texan cartoonist and UT alumnus who died last week, was buried Monday.
A public affairs student group nearly canceled a mayoral debate Tuesday that it will host tonight at the school’s library.
In run-up to statue unveiling, students honor Barbara Jordan
College Democrats from around the state gathered on the Capitol grounds Monday morning to advocate for the issues they believe affect them most.
A $1 million donation from Chevron will support core research facilities at the Bureau of Economic Geology, one of the largest research units on campus.
Students lobby for free Google e-mail services over more costly options
The University of Notre Dame has decided to outsource its commercial sudent e-mail in favor of a free alternative: Gmail.
Painted cinder blocks and a wooden cross were arranged as a makeshift grave for one of the female victims of violence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico.
Talent show draws 2,200 to Tower to watch annual competition
On a windy and rain-threatening Thursday night came the beatboxing and Bollywood dancing, the sassy salsa and symphony pop, the lavish vocals and love story between an engineer and a business major.
Sweden’s permanent representative to the United Nations discussed the role of small nations in global change at the Texas Student Union on Wednesday.
Three jobs may be saved at Texas Student Media through budget revisions proposed during a TSM Board Executive Committee meeting Wednesday morning.
Hundreds of students unwittingly participated in a class project Wednesday afternoon when they arrived on the Main Mall at precisely 12:55 p.m. for what organizers called the “biggest flash mob UT has ever seen.”
Spokeswoman: Families must plan ahead to avert unanticipated difficulties
A recent survey conducted by student loan company Sallie Mae claims that college seniors will graduate with an average credit card balance of $4,100, which is $1,000 more than in 2004.
UT journalism junior Mackie Bays’ time spent living on East Riverside Drive was riddled with stress, which she credits to more than just school.
Applications for fall 2009 admission into the LBJ School of Public Affairs master’s programs have increased by 35 percent from last year, due in part to the school’s adoption of a globalized curriculum, officials have said.
After three years of fundraising, the College of Liberal Arts has matched a donation made by a Lufkin-based nonprofit organization to establish the nation’s first privately funded faculty chair in Pakistani studies.
The April 24 Texas Student Media Board meeting has been postponed by one week because Wanda Cash, chief of the executive committee, would have been unable to attend.
An ongoing competition at UT is focusing on making University buildings more energy-efficient.
The lights dimmed at the Palmer Events Center on Saturday night as the Taal Indian Students Association Talent Show got underway.
Iran is second only to Thailand in the number of sex-change operations performed each year, though the fact might not be common knowledge in the U.S.
As police praise a national DNA database for helping solve local crimes, lawmakers are proposing legislation that could more than double the number of Texas offenders whose genetic codes are cataloged.
Nine students presented monologues on different identities within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community Thursday evening at the Will C. Hogg Building.
The students are participating in a new two-semester course called “Peers for Pride,” which allows students to interact with an audience about GLBT-related current events and cultural topics.
As the issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights gains momentum and attention in political and legal circles, the biological argument that one is “born gay” has come into question.
A woman held up by a man in a ski mask may carry the fear of anyone donning ski masks with her throughout her life, even fearing the sight of a real skiier on the slopes.
Gov. Rick Perry applauded the success of Texas’ hurricane response system, calling it an example to the rest of the world of how to “get the job done.”
Students can catch a break today between classes to hop aboard the 12th annual Stressfest “virtual cruise” at the Flawn Academic Center. Just follow the inflatable palm trees, deck chairs and nautical flags that transform the FAC into a tropical ship deck.
A UT program that helps migrant workers graduate from high school honored its annual picks for outstanding students Monday.
Neutrality, independence, flexibility among rising complex global challenges
Karen Mingst, professor of international commerce and entrepreneurship at the University of Kentucky, addressed the topic of humanitarian non-governmental organizations at the LBJ Library on Tuesday.
A graduate program unique to UT is suspending its admissions for the 2009-2010 academic year after the loss of federal grant money.
Sororities Omega Phi Alpha and Alpha Phi Alpha began a weeklong fundraiser Monday afternoon at Gregory Gym Plaza.
Professor cites Amazon as microcosm of shifting climate, vegetation cycles
More than 30 people packed into the Jackson Geological Sciences Building’s Barrow Conference Room late Monday afternoon for a forum titled “Abrupt Climate Change: Atmospheric Tipping Points.”
Organizations host booths, raise awareness during free county-fair-style shindig
UT students faced the same trials Odysseus did in his effort to prove his love to Penelope in an obstacle course run by toga-clad Plan II students Saturday afternoon.
Scholarship fund receives $200,000 thanks to UT fans; Police: Convict assaulted stepfather, killed stranger; College of Communication celebrates Pulitzer winner; University lauds more than 6,000 students at Honors Day
Juan Gonzalez, a columnist for the New York Daily News and co-host of radio and television program “Democracy Now!,” addressed the future of the news media under the Obama administration at UT on Thursday.
With donations, event aims to raise awareness of sweatshops, fair trade
Local bands and thrift-minded student models walked a makeshift aisle in front of the Tower on Thursday for Oxfam-UT’s annual Oxjam concert.
University pulls possibly contaminated nuts, hopes to avoid potential outbreak
The salmonella outbreak might have scared off some peanut butter lovers, but now pistachio consumers might also have a reason to be cautious.
Proposed plan would redesign downtown Dallas, add park
The Dallas Urban Laboratory, the UT School of Architecture’s urban design workshop, has received an international award for its plan to redevelop West Dallas.
SG passes bill for student involvement in honor code; California university sends invite to rejected students; Former drama professor sentenced in child porn case
Society hosts symposium to encourage activism, intervention in the Sudan
The White Rose Society, a genocide awareness and Holocaust remembrance organization, kicked off its annual weeklong Action or Apathy Symposium Monday with a “1-800-GENOCIDE” White House call-in for Darfur and a first-hand account of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Despite an increased interest in higher eduction caused by the recent economic downturn, some colleges have announced plans to admit fewer Ph.D. students than they admitted last year.
Erle Nye, newly appointed chairman of the University of Texas Investment Management Company, defended the company’s investment strategy before a kinder, gentler Senate Finance Committee at its hearing Monday.
Voting on the proposed restructuring of six job positions in Texas Student Media was postponed Friday, as board members requested more information about the layoffs.
Two UT biologists have received funding and support from a nonprofit medical research institution to help finance potentially groundbreaking research projects.
Organizers ask students to submit suggestions for fifth annual forum
UT’s Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice’s fifth annual human rights conference began Thursday, providing an opportunity for students and the community to initiate a dialogue.
A fire that displaced dozens of students from a North Campus condominium complex over spring break was caused by a forgotten cigarette, a spokeswoman for the Austin Fire Department said Thursday.
Two major Texas labor organizations rallied at the state Capitol on Wednesday asking state legislators to accept President Barack Obama’s stimulus package to provide insurance funds to unemployed workers.
Scientists and teachers from across Texas testified before the State Board of Education on Wednesday to present arguments over whether the state should reinsert “strengths and weaknesses” language into the state science curriculum after they were removed last January.
Student Government approved resolutions for gender equity and textbook affordability in its weekly meeting Tuesday, but the body did not discuss a resolution supporting modification of the top 10 percent law.
A candidate guidebook, a revamped Election Supervisory Board and a clarified election code are a few of the changes that could be made to student elections next year.
Former attorney general to address war on drugs, state of national defense
John Ashcroft, the U.S. attorney general during the first four years of the Bush administration, will be at UT tonight to explore contrasting decisions made by the Bush and Obama administrations.
For those who never question the accuracy of content in movies and TV shows, the Science Study Break lecture series strives to separate fact from fiction behind the scenes.
Lt. Col. Marotto details the dangers of serving in the military in Iraq
UT alumnus Wayne Marotto must silence his fears while he serves as a voice for a U.S. Army unit stationed in Iraq.
Juan Carlos Zarate, George W. Bush’s deputy national security adviser for combating terrorism, will discuss the war on terror and the Obama administration’s anti-terrorism policies tonight at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
When Azar Nafisi entered the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center on Thursday, nearly 100 fans stood waiting for her.
UT students who thought ahead about their spring break travel plans benefited from many low airline rates, and others may still find good deals if they choose an unconventional destination.
Wednesday’s cold front has left meteorologists predicting for cold and chilly weather over the next two to three days.
When Phillip Booth parked next to a red curb outside Jester dormitory last fall, he had no intention of paying for it.
Hoping to promote a positive view of Israeli culture, Texas Hillel threw its 11th annual Israel Block Party on Wednesday at its center in West Campus.
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If Juweon Kim wins a contest, he will spend six months feeding fish, removing the occasional leaf from his pool and blogging about tourism on an island on the Great Barrier Reef.
At forum following exposure of e-mail, Rajagopalan defends behavior, election
Calls for a new election and the resignation of the Student Government president were met with both opposition and encouragement during an open forum Tuesday.
The UT System Board of Regents announced Tuesday at a specially called meeting that it hopes to rebuild the University of Texas Medical Branch’s clinical facilities on Galveston Island.
Despite the economic downturn, UT research funding has increased by more than 20 percent in the last year.
A new scholarship offered by Texas Lutheran University aims to lure current and prospective UT and Texas A&M University students to its campus by making a private liberal arts education more affordable.
Lawyer’s historic records donated to Ransom Center; Obama nominates UT faculty member for science office
Smoke, sirens and pools of fake blood filled Speedway Mall on Tuesday morning during a simulated car wreck.
Abilene Christian University’s student body president was impeached last week, six months after he reported finding a noose on his chair.
Lawyer’s historic records donated to Ransom Center; Obama nominates UT faculty member for science office
Seventy-nine percent of UT’s greenhouse-gas emissions come from natural gas used on campus.
Open house marks 10th anniversary as children of all ages tour University
A throng of more than 50,000 people filtered throughout campus Saturday, and while for most students this may sound like a typical day at UT, the crowd was of a different sort.
Revised admission policy would take more holistic approach to student files
Affordable textbooks and modification of the top 10 percent law were two of the concerns students voiced at the Student Government meeting Tuesday night.
As a wide array of contenders vies for Student Government positions, graduate students must decide between two candidates for president of the Graduate Student Assembly: Daniel Spikes and Ankit Shah.
UT and A&M alumni and students lobbied the Legislature for higher education Tuesday as part of the fourth Orange & Maroon Legislative Day.
UT will fulfill its promise to make sustainable building a priority by designating 12 new campus buildings for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.
Concerns about grade inflation — students’ expectation that they will receive a certain grade for attending a class — are again in the public sphere, thanks to a recent study.
Islamic preacher’s lecture draws mixed reactions from some UT students
People who live spiritually oriented lives live longer and are healthier, said Syed Sulayman Hasan, an Islamic scholar and preacher, to a group of students Friday afternoon in the Sinclair Suite in the Texas Union.
Daily Texan Editor Candidates
UT students are encouraged to take an active role in University media properties by electing the editor of The Daily Texan and members of the Texas Student Media board. The following are the platform statements of this year’s candidates. Students can vote for these positions Tuesday and Wednesday on the Student Government ballot.
Texas Student Media Board
UT students are encouraged to take an active role in University media properties by electing the editor of The Daily Texan and members of the Texas Student Media board. The following are the platform statements of this year’s candidates. Students can vote for these positions Tuesday and Wednesday on the Student Government ballot.
