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Spirits, ghouls, demons — are they real and lurking among us, or were they invented to scare little children into following rules? This is the focus of Ayden Castellanos’ growing…

In recent years, natural disasters and human error have temporarily left the people of Austin without clean water, sometimes for days at a time. In both Hurricane Harvey in 2017…

When Sonia Montoya graduated from the University of Colorado with hopes of acting onstage or starting a nonprofit, she felt unsure about what she needed to do to make that…

As a child, Ty Kasey would visit The University of Texas with his father. The two would walk along Speedway before getting burgers at Dirty’s or seeing the Longhorns compete.…

Coconut milk, brown sugar, lime juice, chicken broth and onions wait on the tables in a room in the Neural and Molecular Science Building. About a dozen students sit crisscross…

The University of Texas has more than 14,500 full- and part-time staff members. But did you know that, as of February 2024, the University also had more than 13,000 undergraduate…

In the city of Quito, Ecuador, a young girl wrote poetry in the bedroom of her home. Her mother would collect these poems, and the girl would recite them at…

In May 2022, The University of Texas at Austin rolled out Change Starts Here, an ambitious 10-year plan to make UT the highest-impact public research university in the world. The…

Universities are currently grappling with integrating AI into various aspects of campus life, such as teaching, administrative tasks, student work, intellectual property rights, plagiarism detection, and even admissions. Jeffery Graves,…

Science fiction has been heralding the advancement of artificial intelligence for decades. Through characters ranging from Samantha in “Her” to C-3PO in “Star Wars” and Data in “Star Trek,” creatives…

Wham! The sound of Russell Podgorsek’s body slamming into the floor echoes throughout the highest reaches of Bates Recital Hall. Skillfully rolling to his feet, the UT-based composer, building manager…

The neighborhood west of Guadalupe Street, known as West Campus, has long presented the University with a conundrum: It isn’t UT property, but it is overwhelmingly populated by UT students.…