Meet Chris Del Conte, the man behind University of Texas athletics
From a ranch in Taos, New Mexico, to the leader of the second most valuable college sports program in America, we introduce ...
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University of Texas alum crawling the Austin marathon to raise sexual assault awareness
After running 29 marathons for her 29th birthday, Summer Willis returns to Austin to raise more attention to preventing ...
University of Texas needs viewpoint diversity
Austin Coalition for Open Discourse says the university’s next president must be committed to the principles of free speech ...
University of Texas microgrid upgrade incoming; could prevent outages during extreme weather
The University of Texas has implemented a new living lab, the UT Water Hub, which will divert wastewater and treat it for use ...
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Gov. Greg Abbott threatens Texas A&M president’s job over claim that university broke DEI ban
Abbott's comments came after A&M invited staffers and students to attend a conference that a conservative activist said broke ...
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University Of Texas At Austin And Other Public Universities Take Down DEI Terms From Their Webpages
DEI terms are being removed from some public colleges. According to a landing page from The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin), Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 17, titled ...
University of Texas, Rep. Doggett say Trump funding freeze could affect university research
UT said it doesn't know how pausing federal grants would affect research. U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett called it "an abuse of ...
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How did Austin become the capital of Texas? A cannon got in the way of Houston's effort
Austin’s role as the capital helped it land institutions such as the University of Texas in 1883, and it also positioned the city as the epicenter of political power in what would become the ...
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Texas' next boomtown: How did Fort Worth overtake Austin in growth?
Fort Worth had nearly 990,000 residents as of January 2024, according to recent estimates from the Texas Demographic Center — just barely surpassing Austin to become the state’s fourth-largest ...
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Postcards From The Border aims to challenge skewed portrayal of U.S.-Mexico border
He's a writer, English professor at the University of Texas at Austin, and a native son of the South Texas borderlands. Cásares and his photographer friend Joel Salcido zigzagged down the ...
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Alligators frozen in ice as temperatures suddenly plunge in Texas
She previously covered community news and breaking news at the Austin American-Statesman for three years. She earned her B.A. in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2017.