McCombs Dean Jay Hartzell named interim UT-Austin president after...
Update, 3:02 p.m.: The UT System Board of Regents voted Wednesday to appoint Jay Hartzell, dean of the McCombs School of Business, as UT-Austin’s interim president. UT-Austin President Gregory Fenves...
View ArticleUT Student Emergency Fund receives over $800,000 for students facing...
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. As of Wednesday afternoon, donors have raised...
View ArticleTitle IX Office continues to work remotely, will implement recommendations
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. The University’s Title IX Office will continue...
View ArticleGraduate students petition for reduced summer tuition due to COVID-19
Graduate students are demanding reduced summer tuition and credit waivers due to coronavirus concerns in a petition sent to University administration April 21. Earlier this month, President Gregory...
View ArticleAbbott loosens certain ceremony restrictions, reopens salons, gyms
Editor’s note: This story is part of The Daily Texan’s coverage of how coronavirus concerns are affecting UT-Austin. Read the rest of our coverage here. Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new executive order...
View ArticlePresident Fenves reflects on last 5 years
As UT President Gregory Fenves prepares to depart from his position in June, he reflects on his five-year term and what he learned from leading the University. Fenves said he was planning to leave the...
View ArticleUT-Austin should centralize Title IX investigations into one office, law firm...
Law firm Husch Blackwell has released its final set of Title IX policy recommendations for the University, including a recommendation to centralize Title IX investigations to one office. Husch...
View ArticleSome students say Title IX investigations experience delays while remote
After filing her initial Title IX complaint in November, public health senior Kierstyn Gallegos said she was regularly updated on her case after meeting with investigators in January. Since all campus...
View ArticleClassics professor accused of advocating for pedophilia sues student, others...
Classics professor Thomas Hubbard is suing 11 people, including at least one UT student, for libel and slander after they accused him of advocating for pedophilia and called for his removal from the...
View ArticleUT-Austin to change Title IX policy under new federal regulations, still...
UT-Austin has changed its Title IX policies to comply with new federal regulations while still following law firm Husch Blackwell’s recommendations. The U.S. Department of Education’s new Title IX...
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