University of Texas at Austin

An unknown man reportedly wore a bandana and a fake nose while loading a large gun during a UT online student protest of the Eyes of Texas

An official at the University of Texas at Austin announced on Friday that parties and large gatherings will be banned for the fall semester. The new policy, which was designed to prevent the spread of Wuhan coronavirus, applies to both on and off-campus gatherings of 10 or more people.

University of Texas at Austin Constitutional Law Professor Richard Albert argued this week that the United States should revise the Constitution to remove “racist” and “gendered” language. In the op-ed published by The Hill, Albert claimed that the Constitution suggests that only men can be elected president of the United States.

A University of Texas at Austin dean argued this week that the term “Chinese virus” is inspiring hateful acts against Asian-American students on campus.

Actor Matthew McConaughey, who was recently promoted to “professor of practice” at the University of Texas at Austin, will earn just $6,000 to teach a film course at the university this fall.

University of Texas at Austin instructor and curator Alex Wild has doubled down on his past comments that Republcians want ethnic cleansing — this time he called President Donald Trump and his supporters Nazis. According to Wild, President Trump and his supporters “kill people of the wrong ethnicity as a matter of policy.”

A curator at the University of Texas at Austin Biodiversity Center, who also teaches classes, defended his claims that Republicans desire an “ethnic cleansing” in a tweet this week.

The University of Texas at Austin announced this week that it will offer free tuition to students from families that earn less than $65,000 per year.

The University of Texas at Austin is facing a lawsuit that alleges its speech policy that restricts students from using “rude” or “insensitive” language is unconstitutional.

A leftist group released the personal information of a group of pro-Kavanaugh protesters at the University of Texas at Austin.

Officials at the University of Texas at Austin recently requested that professors remove “gun free” signs posted on their outwardly facing windows, but the deadline for “voluntary compliance” has passed, and the signs remain.

Engineers at the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) partnered with the United States Army Research Labs to help Uber get its proposed flying taxis off the ground by 2023.

A law student at the University of Texas was forced to reflect on “toxic masculinity” as a punishment for harassment.

A number of Texas universities have joined the chorus of colleges nationwide encouraging high school students to participate in anti-gun walkouts and protests. They say it will not hurt prospective students’ chances for admission. Several institutions of higher learning even took to social media to share their messages supporting “civic engagement.”

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson took aim at transnational criminal organizations during a speech at the University of Texas in Austin. He called these criminal organizations that include drug cartels and the hyperviolent MS-13 gang the “most immediate threat to our hemisphere.”

The University of Texas at Austin declined a financial donation from a Hong Kong-based foundation because of the group’s reported links to the Chinese Communist Party. College officials also voiced concerns the intention behind the monetary offering was to influence activities and academia at the flagship campus.

Taking college finals for the first time can prove challenging but when one first year Texas undergrad tweeted about nearly missing a recent exam, top university brass applauded the student for showing up at all, even though she admitted to cutting class for at least a month prior.

The University of Texas at Austin reached a settlement with “John Doe,” the male student who sued campus President Greg Fenves for overturning an arbitrator’s decision that cleared Doe of sexual assault charges stemming from a 2016 case. Fenves also suspended the student for roughly two years.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin discovered what they call a potentially powerful non-addictive painkiller that targets previously untapped receptors in the brain. Such a finding could offer a game-changing alternative for chronic pain sufferers dependent on dangerous prescription opioids.

The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a 2015 lawsuit filed against the University of Texas and President Greg Fenves over the removal of the historical bronze statue of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis.

A University of Texas male student filed a lawsuit Monday with the U.S. District Court in Austin alleging he was unfairly suspended by President Greg Fenves who overturned an arbitrator’s determination which exonerated the student in a 2016 sexual assault case.

A grand jury indicted the alleged suspect in the May 1 University of Texas (UT) stabbing spree on four felony charges. The attack left one student dead and three others wounded on the Austin campus.

First responders in Austin, Texas, reported that one person is dead and several others are injured after a knife-wielding suspect went on a rampage at the University of Texas campus. The suspect appeared calm, “nonchalant” after police arrested him according to a witness. Police described the four victims to be three white and one “Asian” male college students.

The University of Texas at Austin rolled out a new “hate and bias” incident policy that plans to protect all of its students, faculty, staff, and others on campus from becoming targets of “prohibited” conduct.

An eclectic array of protests are scheduled to take place across Texas in response to Donald Trump’s inauguration, promising to galvanize a gamut of outrage in social justice marches, civil rights group demonstrations, college and high school student actions, women’s rights rallies, and feminist empowerment “twerking” sessions.

A conservative website called out four professors at the University of Texas at Austin on a watchlist that seeks to “expose and document college professors who discriminate against conservative students, promote anti-American values, and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.”

Jewish student organizations suddenly cancelled the speaking engagement of a prominent American-Israeli writer at a Texas university out of fear of alienating flagrantly anti-Israel groups on campus.

Representatives from the University of Texas Student Government have called for disbanding the Young Conservatives of Texas after the group hosted an “affirmative action bake sale” demonstration. Bake sale prices were based on student race, gender, and ethnicity.

The same Texas university where students protested the state’s campus carry law by strapping on dildos now faces a crisis, triggered by Halloween costumes and theme parties.

Ten top scholars will sign onto prestigious posts at Texas universities through the Governor’s University Research Initiative (GURI).