Senate passes bill to keep UT-Austin's Top 10% cap

by Brandi Grissom and Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 9, 2013

Forty Acres Fest more lean, but no less festive

With Forty Acres Fest no longer having sponsorships, the festival had to take a more lean approach in order to remain free to...

Powers deflects talk of UT conflict

by Chris Hooks, The Texas Tribune

April 6, 2013

UTPD chief search to continue with three more candidate open forums

The University of Texas Police Department Chief Selection Committee held an open forum with David Carter, Austin Police Depar...

Texas A&M student-body president vetoes revised GLBT Funding Opt-Out Bill

Texas A&M University Student-Body President John Claybrook released a statement Friday saying he is vetoing the The Relig...

UT Regent defends review of Law School Foundation

Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

April 4, 2013

UT Regent Hall failed to disclose lawsuits

by Jay Root, The Texas Tribune

April 3, 2013

UT researchers develop ultrathin radar invisibility cloak

A team of UT researchers have developed an ultrathin cloak that can make an object undetectable to radar. They say it could b...

Bills filed to ban smoking in bars, restaurants, workplaces throughout state

State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, and state Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Denton, have filed companion bills that would ban smokin...

Registration at 15,000 and climbing for free UT online courses

More than 15,000 people registered for four Massive Open Online Courses being offered by UT for the fall semester as of Monda...

Study shows politician focus on big picture more effective for gun policy advocation

A new study done by researchers from UT and the University of Southern California shows it is more effective for policymakers...

Hundreds line up outside SAC to hear physicist speak on future of technology

Hundreds of students lined up outside of the Student Activity Center on Tuesday to attend a lecture by theoretical physicist ...

Colt McCoy returns to campus to advocate for troops

Former UT and current Cleveland Browns quarterback Colt McCoy returned to campus Tuesday to advocate for support of U.S. troo...

UT students use humor to shed light on women's issues

The UT-Austin version of The Vagina Monologues was shown on campus from March 21-23 to shed light on women's issues in a humo...

Pitts amendments would limit authority of UT regents

by Reeve Hamilton, The Texas Tribune

March 29, 2013

Amid controversy, Cigarroa cites success of Powers at public interview

UT-System Chancellor Francisco Cigarroa spoke on the conflict within the system Thursday in a public interview with The Texas...

Campus rep warns Senate committee of "mass exodus" if Powers fired by regents

Student and alumni representatives warned the Texas Senate Committee on Higher Education on Wednesday of the implications of ...

SG marijuana proposal voted down

The UT Student Government assembly voted down a revolutionary resolution Wednesday that would have instructed UTPD to treat p...

Students, faculty: UT fall break effort will continue, despite voted down legislation

UT students and faculty say efforts to get a fall break at UT will continue, despite a proposal for a fall break being strick...

DKR to be honored at Capitol on Thursday

Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, has filed a resolution in the state Senate to honor legendary former UT football coach Darrell K Ro...

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