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Mar 28, 2025

Reporting Texas TV – March 27, 2025

Journalism students at the University of Texas at Austin produced their second newscast for the Spring 2025 semester. Our mission is to empower students with hands-on journalism experience while providing our audience with insightful coverage of campus events, local news, and issues that matter most. By fostering a collaborative environment, we cultivate the next generation […]

Mar 28, 2025

Austin’s Astronomical Sights: An Exhibition That Is Out of This World

The Texas Science and Natural History Museum is not typically somewhere that folks leave feeling starstruck… With the museum now home to a replica of the Hobby-Eberly Telescope, the largest land-based telescope in North America, it’s safe to say that the stars have officially gravitated to Austin. Commemorating the McDonald Observatory and its work with […]

Mar 28, 2025

Austin Rodeo Spurs Business for Local Artists and Vendors

From March 14 to 29, the Austin Rodeo attracts thousands of visitors, giving a significant economic boost to local businesses and artists who depend on the event for exposure and sales. Many see the rodeo as a unique opportunity to connect with customers and grow their brands, from musicians to vendors. In 2024, the event […]

Mar 28, 2025

How Nonprofit Tango Charities Fights To Feed Families

South Austin Beer Garden is a popular venue bustling at night, but it might surprise you to know that by morning, volunteers come together to fight food insecurity in Austin. Every fourth Saturday, hunger-based food organization Tango Charities hosts its Feed The City Austin event. Volunteers bring supplies including lunch meat, cheese, bread and tangerines, […]

Mar 28, 2025

Not Just for Boys: The Push to Make Girls’ Flag Football a Varsity Sport

Girls’ flag football is a sanctioned high school varsity sport in just 14 states, but advocates–from small high schools to the NFL–are pushing to expand it. The legitimization of girls’ flag football by a state is able to expand participation and provide more resources to female athletes, but it might open doors for girls beyond […]

Mar 28, 2025

A New Era at the Disch

Over 21,000 fans packed UFCU Disch-Falk Field for Texas baseball’s weekend series against the No. 2 LSU Tigers. After Texas moved to the SEC from the Big 12 last summer, the series against LSU marked the baseball team’s first SEC home series. The SEC is full of great baseball teams, with 10 teams ranked in […]

Mar 28, 2025

Forty Acres Musicians Compete in Battle of the Bands

UT Musician Camille Stites sings at the William C. Powers Student Activity Center Auditorium as part of Campus Events + Entertainment’s Battle of the Bands on Tuesday, March 11. Stites and her band will open for rapper ASAP Ferg at E+E’s 40 Acres Fest this Saturday.  Campus Events + Entertainment’s Headliners Committee hosted a Battle […]

Mar 28, 2025

Science Museum Holds Sustainable Fashion Show

Students dressed in designs featuring layered sequins and other embellishments walked a makeshift runway under dinosaur bones at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum on March 11. The students donned a variety of clothing, from dresses to tops and jackets — all made using sustainable techniques. “It’s a stunning location to combine with the […]

Mar 28, 2025

Students Forced Out of Crest at Pearl Over ‘Structural Issues’

On Valentine’s Day, tenants living at the Crest at Pearl apartment complex on West Campus were greeted by calls and emails from management, telling them to move out immediately. What most tenants didn’t know then was that over the past two years, four code complaints had been filed surrounding observed structural issues in the building. […]

Mar 14, 2025

Reporting Texas TV – March 13, 2025

Journalism students at the University of Texas at Austin produced their first newscast for the Spring 2025 semester. Our mission is to empower students with hands-on journalism experience while providing our audience with insightful coverage of campus events, local news, and issues that matter most. By fostering a collaborative environment, we cultivate the next generation […]

Mar 14, 2025

Austin’s First Women’s Sports Bar Set to Open on Guadalupe Street

  1972 Pub remains under construction on Guadalupe Street in Austin as of March 13. Women’s sports are about to get a new kind of recognition in Austin. Set to open on March 19, 1972 Pub will be the city’s first sports bar dedicated exclusively to women’s collegiate and professional athletics.  The pub will take […]

Mar 14, 2025

Texas Rowing Begins Season with Eyes on Fourth National Title in Five Years

The University of Texas rowing team is beginning its chase for the program’s fourth NCAA championship in five years as the Longhorns prepare to kick off the season later this month.  Texas’ schedule includes three regular-season meets before the Southeastern Conference Championship on May 11. The NCAA Championships will conclude on June 1.  The three […]

Mar 14, 2025

Students Showcase Their Unique Abilities at UT’s Oldest Talent Show

When thinking of University of Texas traditions, the iconic Tower, the Hook ‘Em hand sign or Smokey the Cannon may come to mind. However, Campus Events and Entertainment’s annual Texas Revue has been around even longer than these legendary UT symbols.  “To be part of something like this and still know that I have an […]

Mar 14, 2025

International Women’s Day Brings Pro-Choice Rallies to Austin

Austinites marked International Women’s Day on March 8 with pro-choice parties, and rallies at the Texas Capitol drew hundreds of protesters. “Women created this planet. We are the world,” said Minx Leal, an organizer with Women’s March. The afternoon rally protested discrimination against women and called for an end to the state’s near-total abortion ban. […]

Mar 14, 2025

A Coffee-Fueled Alternative to Nightlife DJ Sets

The aroma of espresso fills the air as music from outside drifts into a coffee shop in South Austin on March 8. Beats, Arts & Brews at Dear Austin Coffee Bar is one of many morning DJ events to happen at coffee shops. It offered live mixed music by DJ Cassidy, limited free espresso and […]

Mar 07, 2025

Reporting Texas TV – March 6, 2025

Journalism students at the University of Texas at Austin produced their mock newscast for the Spring 2025 semester. Our mission is to empower students with hands-on journalism experience while providing our audience with insightful coverage of campus events, local news, and issues that matter most. By fostering a collaborative environment, we cultivate the next generation […]

Mar 07, 2025

Black Artistry Takes the Spotlight at Culture Shock

The University of Texas Culture Shock Committee hosted its annual Culture Shock talent show at the William C. Powers, Jr. Student Activity Center (WCP) on Feb. 20. Culture Shock showcased 13 acts including slam poetry, musicians, dances and featured two performances by Black Fraternities Omega Psi Phi Inc. and Kappa Alpha Phi Inc. This year’s […]

Mar 07, 2025

Local Foundation Holds Charity Event on Three-Year Anniversary of Russia-Ukraine War

Liberty Ukraine Co-founder Tonya Levchuk united the Ukrainian and Austin community after a tense first few weeks of President Donald Trump’s second term. The Liberty Ukraine Foundation held a charity event titled “Defenders of Freedom” downtown on Feb. 23. The night featured homemade traditional food and live entertainment from singers such as Texas native Bria […]

Mar 07, 2025

Art Show Explores Intersection of Politics, Art

Paintings and photographs lined the walls of the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs lobby Feb. 18 for the “Art is Activism: Visions of Liberation art show.” The event explored the intersection of politics and art and touched on themes such as freedom and liberation. “Today is about letting artists have that space to […]

Mar 07, 2025

Student Engineers Develop Firefighting Robot as Wildfire Fears Rise

According to a 2024 CoreLogic risk report, Austin ranks as the fifth most at-risk city for wildfire destruction nationwide. That same year, wildfires burned 1.3 million acres in Texas, and with high winds sweeping across the state Tuesday, officials with the National Weather Service warned of “potentially historic” wildfire risk. At a small workshop inside […]