UT Shared Services Plan Study-in

October 31, 2013. 12 photos.

"...a sign reading, "President Powers: Don't let poverty haunt UT"...."

Nov. 1, 2013 Photo Gallery

UT Faculty Respond to 'Shared Services'

Faculty asks president to withdraw "privatization scheme"

"...In an April 8 letter addressed to UT-Austin President Bill Powers, three distinguished faculty members – joined..."

April 14, 2014 News Post by Michael King

UT's 'Shared Services' Begins Sharing ... Layoffs

Powers endorses controversial plan

"...President Powers makes a landmark decision to stand with UT faculty, students, and staff, stop Accen­ture's bad shared services..."

April 18, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Shared Services or Shared Suffering: UT's Plan to Cut 500 Jobs

Critics charge lack of transparency

"...Some faculty members will be returning to UT this semester with plans to educate their university beyond..."

Jan. 24, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Shared Services Uproar: Students Busted in Tower Sit-In

Tensions around job sharing plan peak

"...Tensions surrounding UT-Austin's Shared Services plan peaked last Wednesday, when 18 students..."

May 2, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

Students Protest UT's Ties to Accenture

CFO denies relationship

"...in a demonstration Friday, Feb. 7, to call on UT administrators to cut further ties with consulting firm Accenture..."

Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Lizzie Jespersen

UT's Brackenridge Tract: For Love or Money?

West Austin readies for another battle over redevelopment

"...the city of Austin's Lions Municipal Golf Course, a UT biological field laboratory, and married student housing. The golf..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature by Jacob Cottingham

UT Axing Cactus Cafe, Informal Classes

Union board "phasing out" two campus institutions in August

"...announced that these two key components of its community outreach will be "phased out" in August...."

Jan. 31, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Stop the Layoffs

UT group stage study-in to protest shared services plan

"...President Bill Powers may think the UT Shared Services Plan is a "no-brainer," but at least..."

Oct. 30, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

Occupy the Tower

'Shared Services' protest leads to arrests

"...Eighteen UT students stepped out of Travis County Jail yesterday morning,..."

April 25, 2014 News Post by Lizzie Jespersen

High Stress at EMS

ATCEMS saves lives every day, but the stresses of the job have high costs

"...Jan. 13, three weeks after making a New Year's resolution to "be done with this place," Austin-Travis County Emergency..."

May 8, 2015 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Clouds Over Campus

With less funding, more competition, and a wavering vision, UT-Austin faces an uncertain future

"...Austin faces new competition for research dollars, while state contributions decrease. Whatever the inevitable changes, UT System Chancellor Francisco..."

May 21, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Written in Stone

UT's Jim Bob Moffett and Freeport-McMoRan ride a new wave of allegations of business as usual: exploitation, cronyism, and environmental devastation

"...On the Forty Acres at UT, there's a building named after one of the worst..."

Sept. 23, 2005 News Feature by Robert Bryce

Public Notice: First, Do No Harm

Council dives in

"...before you read this, they're already in session, learning about Comprehen­sive Planning and Imagine Austin...."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Sex and the Senate

What will it take to curb sexual harassment at the Texas State Capitol?

"...in the Legislature. The latest iteration, approved as a resolution by a unanimous vote of the House on Jan...."

Jan. 25, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma

A Nightmare for DREAMers

Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans

"...to the U.S., in search of a better life, but on the way Lopez became separated from her family,..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Developing Stories

Thinking big on transportation and land-use planning

"...Central Texas urgently needs a comprehensive regional plan for growth. To date, however, the multijurisdictional politics of..."

Aug. 8, 2008 News Column by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...or not the council votes to rescind the site plan, we will continue the fight. This Wal-Mart is not..."

Dec. 15, 2006 News Feature

Getting to Zero

Will Austin's green seif-image be realized with its "zero waste" goals?

"...As the crow flies, it's about 10 miles from the Capitol to the Texas Disposal..."

Nov. 14, 2014 News Feature by Robyn Ross

Postmarks

"...from early 1996 to April 1997. In not one but four separate Trustees meetings, two official meetings and two..."

Nov. 14, 1997 Column

Naked City

Local news this week in Austin

"...Job cuts may be old news in Austin, but it's not..."

June 15, 2001 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Naked City

"...Edited by Amy Smith, with contributions this week from Nate Blakeslee, Robert Bryce, Kevin Fullerton,..."

Sept. 5, 1997 News Feature

Jumping the Shark on Women's Health

For the sake of anti-abortion politics, the governor and the Legislature turned their backs on women's health care – with disastrous consequences. Is there any way to fix this mess?

"...session: Increase regulation on abortion facilities and doctors, and outlaw all abortion after 20 weeks gestation, the point at..."

Jan. 18, 2013 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...the poor. Did you know the council took $750,000 out of the meager $1 million Housing Trust fund for..."

May 3, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...PTA, Con Ganas Inc., the East Cesar Chavez Neighborhood Planning Team, and the United East Austin Coalition will be..."

Oct. 12, 2001 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Home From Home

Austin opens arms to New Orleans 'guests,' longing to return

"...of one of Katrina's side effects. They had stepped outside the Austin Convention Center for some fresh air and..."

Sept. 9, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Nursing-Home Families Want Answers as COVID Comes Back

Still seeking safety as the data remains unclear

"...been two months since Austin City Council passed a resolution meant to fortify nursing homes and protect their residents..."

July 3, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas

Welfare Warfare

A Bill Is Born

"...a manifesto for privatizing and consolidating welfare and employment services in Texas. HB1863 was heralded as a millennial move..."

Nov. 13, 1998 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Suburban Blight

Austinites' Escape to the 'Burbs Backfires

"...or value to the tract home and highway strip. But that's not what this article is about. Instead, it's..."

March 27, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Strikes Out

Top Ten Political Stories and Moments of 1995

"...It started out badly enough: slammed at the Lege all spring, a..."

Jan. 5, 1996 News Feature

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