UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project

Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School

"...photographed like this in the series of public art projects that she calls O N E E V E..."

Jan. 27, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

MAGA Moms and the Republican Resistance to School Vouchers

Make education public again

"...opposes: the initiative Gov. Greg Abbott refers to as “school choice” and “education savings accounts,” but that is most..."

March 21, 2025 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Chartering Middle School

Hoping to reach middle-schoolers who could go off track in a regular school setting, district moves forward with charter school plans

"...This summer, 21-year-old Melinda Shaw will finally graduate from high school. The slender, ponytailed African-American dropped out of school..."

June 2, 2006 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Throwdown at Travis High

LULAC, NAACP square off against principal

"...entered a war of words with the Austin Independent School District about Travis High School and its leadership under..."

Oct. 9, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Opinion: Texas Schools’ Drug Policies Aren’t Working

Schools are contributing to the school-to-prison pipeline by continuing to use drug education that has been proven to be harmful

"...A 14-year-old girl can walk into school as an ordinary student and walk out with a..."

July 9, 2021 Column by Dhiya Dhandapani

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...everyone kind of had their own unique character ... old-school country with more rootsy seeds, Americana, swampy, a bit..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Point Austin: Texas Brinkmanship

State report card shows plenty of room for improvement

"...Browsing through the latest edition of "Texas on the Brink" does not exactly evoke pride in..."

April 19, 2013 News Column by Michael King

The Project in Interpreting the Texas Past

"...In Stonewall, Texas, you drive down a long straight road and turn..."

July 4, 2003 Features Feature by Abe Louise Young

Round Rock High Schoolers Spark Learning During the Pandemic

"...and 15-year-olds, 2020 was a weird year to start high school. The awkward searches around a cafeteria for a..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Benton Graham

As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life

Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate

"...for the past 18 years. He leads the Innocence Project, an organization that works to exonerate the wrongly convicted...."

Nov. 15, 2019 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Bomb City Retells the Tensions Behind the Killing of a Texas Punk

Brian Deneke’s life and death story comes to local screens

"...The story is as old as what's now called Texas, and as relevant today as it ever was. Two..."

Feb. 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Hanging TEA Fire at Eastside High

After the IDEA deal cancellation, AISD has until this summer to come up with a new plan for Eastside Memorial

"...After years of feeling alienated by AISD, Eastside Mem­orial High School community members are praising the administration for seeking..."

Feb. 15, 2013 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Goes to School

Interactive Fest launches SXSWedu conference

"...The inaugural event will heavily feature the Texas Education Agency's Project Share Texas, the state's project intended..."

Oct. 4, 2010 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Featuring Texas

Films From Around the State

"...Finding North As in previous years, South by Southwest..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

LBJ School’s COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker Reveals Disparities

Data suggests vaccine hubs aren't reaching Black, Latinx Texans

"...As Texas continues to direct a significant portion of its COVID-19..."

April 9, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Junior High Spy

"...out as an engineering student at the University of Texas before segueing -- wisely -- into film, and it..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Pelvis Wrestley’s High-Concept Pop Mythology

Bandleader Jammy Violet embraces queer world-building on sophomore LP

"...For Jammy Violet, bandleader of ever-evolving pop project Pelvis Wrestley, a persistence of vision and radical creativity..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

All Politics Is Local at Texas Tribune Festival

Evan Smith leads the fest’s move Downtown and brings national newsmakers to Austin

"...off Evan Smith's invitation to appear at this weekend's Texas Tribune Festival – for free, just like the hundreds..."

Sept. 28, 2018 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Can Project Connect Connect?

Advisory group receives preferred corridor recommendation

"...On Friday, May 2, the Project Connect team presented its “Locally Preferred Alternative” recommendation for..."

May 6, 2014 News Post by Michael King

Faster Than Sound: School’s Out for Dayglow

Nineteen-year-old Sloan Struble leaves UT for the bedroom-pop big leagues, while two new area record stores make their debuts

"...and over, where weeks felt like years," says the Texas native, recently freed from freshman finals. "I feel like..."

June 21, 2019 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Anti-Choice Legislation Continues to Damage Health Care and Undermine Local Control

As GOP postures with SB 22, women’s health care pays the price

"...Now Hansen is a 31-year-old Dell Medical School student preparing to deliver OB-GYN care, and she has..."

May 17, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

High Tech Meets High Art in UT's CAET Initiative

New center teaches art students technical and computer skills

"...into bizarre forms at warp speed. Even something as high-brow and historically analog as fine arts education can’t resist..."

Feb. 15, 2016 Screens Post by Tucker Whatley

Lege Goes to School: Education Bills

"...Taxes, finance, vouchers, graduation paths, "parent triggers," and community schools: Lawmakers have filed a broad slate of education bills,..."

May 1, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

High Tech Schools: The Future, or the Latest Fad?

Will new technology funding go to build skills or just buy stuff?

"...The University of Texas Elementary School in East Austin is what those in..."

Dec. 31, 2004 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Weird Bands From Texas

"...another more derisive style of music began taking hold. Texas bands like Ed Hall, the Pain Teens, Lithium X-Mas,..."

Nov. 20, 1998 Music Feature by Greg Beets

17 Texas Artists to See at ACL Fest

Lone Star acts to catch at Zilker, from Houston breakout d4vd to Austin’s Die Spitz

"...City Limits Festival lineup welcomes its usual block of Texas talent. Stateside names like Ben Kweller and the Mars..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Music Feature by Nayeli Portillo

Med School Campaign Goes High-Speed

The campaign for a UT-Austin medical school accelerates

"...consequences and benefits implicit in the proposed UT-Austin med school and teaching hospital championed by state Sen. Kirk Watson,..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Feature by Mike Kanin

The Alley Cat Project

MASS leaves artistic surprises in a dozen East Austin backyard byways

"...artists, curators, and writers has undertaken the Alley Cat Project as a way to cultivate art in those oft-neglected..."

Dec. 28, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

High Voltage Fashion Show 2010

UT Design seniors show their talent

"...action! For fashionistas and fans of the fashion industry, Project Runway has been something to look forward to week-to-week:..."

April 28, 2010 Design Post by Michelle Washington

Southwest Texas State University

"...The 10-year-old creative writing program at Southwest Texas State University is a secret dying to get out...."

April 21, 2000 Books Feature by Barbara Strickland

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