AUSTIN, Texas — Early Saturday morning, Stephanie Rodriguez got the call that every parent fears most. "A detective called me telling me that my daughter had been found in a morgue, deceased," she ...

Tom Rein, founder of Tom's Aerial Vehicles and a freshman at UT Austin, is the son of successful China market researcher and author Shaun Rein. Shanghai-based American businessman Shaun Rein has made ...

The parents of a University of Texas, Austin student who took his own life filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a fraternity he was pledging at the time and accused its members of subjecting their ...

UT-Austin is the only university to remain close-lipped about whether it will sign a Trump-prompted proposal—and with the Friday deadline approaching, its silence is drawing attention. The Trump ...

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Billionaire Jeff Yass, a major backer of efforts to expand private school vouchers, donated $100 million to offer free tuition permanently to students who enroll at the University of Austin, the ...

The University of Texas at Austin on Monday released a statement affirming its “non-negotiable” commitment to academic freedom, which, it says, “lies at the core of the academic enterprise” and “is ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott confirmed Sunday that UT Austin professor Art Markman has been dismissed from his administrative role as senior vice provost for academic affairs because of “ideological ...

On Wednesday, Brown University became the second institution to reject a Trump administration deal to secure federal funding in return for changing policies over admissions, curriculum and ...

UT Austin is one of nine universities the Trump administration has asked to sign an agreement in order to receive an advantage in accessing federal funds. The letters from the White House came with a ...

The Trump administration has made a sweeping offer to the University of Texas at Austin: sign onto a hardline education overhaul in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. The UT System's ...