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What’s the deal with those electric scooters on campus?

By Meara Isenberg - Updated on April 16, 2018 at 10:53 pm

Students now have two dockless electric scooter companies to choose from in the University area. Both Bird and LimeBike electric scooter companies have landed in Austin, including areas around the Drag.
Trash sorters help create zero waste baseball stadium

By Mason Carroll - Updated on April 16, 2018 at 10:14 pm

While most baseball fans are relaxing and enjoying the game, Lauren Lichterman, operations and sustainability coordinator, and her team sort trash during and after each game.
More than 4,000 students participate in eighth annual Longhorn Run

By Nicole Stuessy - Updated on April 15, 2018 at 11:15 pm

Over 4,000 runners wearing orange and white flooded the streets of campus Saturday morning for the eighth annual Longhorn Run.
'Dark Money' author Jane Mayer talks buying influence in American politics

By Kateri David - Updated on April 15, 2018 at 11:14 pm

Investigative journalist Jane Mayer took to the AT&T Amphitheater stage Friday, followed by a hailstorm of applause from UT students and faculty, many of whom clutched her 2016 National Bestseller “Dark Money.”
Beyond the label: How one student is breaking down misconceptions

By Jacqueline Briddell, Chase Karacostas - Updated on April 15, 2018 at 11:12 pm

As most UT students power walk to class with headphones in their ears and textbooks in hand, finance junior Amie Jean carefully navigates her way through the crowds on Speedway with her sidekick Alfred, her wheelchair.
Students sweat for an A

By Savannah Jobman - Updated on April 15, 2018 at 11:08 pm

As registration approaches, students will join waitlists for classes such as Quantum Mechanics and Calculus. But they will also fight for spots in classes such as social dance, a one-credit physical education class at UT.
Texas Shark Tank hosts its first ever statewide competition

By Eilish O'Sullivan - Updated on April 15, 2018 at 11:06 pm

An advertising campaign for local alcohol advertisements to be placed in Austin-based bars was the winning pitch at this year’s first statewide Texas Shark Tank competition.
Texas Law alumni compete for student votes in runoff election for US Congress

By Chad Lyle - Updated on April 15, 2018 at 11:04 pm

Texas Law School alumnae Chris Perri and Julie Oliver returned to UT Saturday to earn student votes ahead of a runoff election that will determine which one of them will be the Democratic nominee for Congressional District 25 in the midterm elections.
'Starting the next sentence': Non-binary students reflect on their campus experiences

By Tiana Woodard - Updated on April 12, 2018 at 11:38 pm

Non-binary students Paris Vincent and Orlando Beckum II have used their gender identity to make an impact on UT’s campus.
University provides professors with mental health help

By Mason Carroll - Updated on April 12, 2018 at 10:52 pm

In a given year, one in five adults experience some type of mental illness, according to the National Alliance on Mental Health. The team at the Employee Assistance Program is the resource faculty and staff in distress can turn to for support with any kind of mental problems.

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