Newsweek contacted the University of Texas at Austin for comment on Thursday via telephone and voicemail message.. Why It Matters. Since coming to power in January, the Trump administration has ...

The bill is a reaction to protests against the war in Gaza that occurred in May 2024 and resulted in dozens of arrests at University of Texas campuses in Richardson and Austin. Gov.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick celebrated the passage of a sweeping higher education bill this week by taking a direct swipe at University of Texas faculty. On social media, Patrick declared that ...

At the University of Texas at Austin, large-scale protests drew national attention and led to the arrest of dozens of students—events that university officials sharply criticized at the time.

Texas has some of the most progressive public universities in the country. In 2024, about 90 percent of political donations by faculty in the University of Texas System went to Democrats. Texas ...

Two recent University of Texas at Austin graduates and two current students filed a federal lawsuit against the university over their arrests during an on-campus pro-Palestinian protest in April 2024 ...

The bill would require universities to report any visa-holding students who support terrorism, ... University of Texas at Austin has been a financial supporter of The Texas Tribune, ...

Jim Davis, University of Texas at Austin interim president, Gov. Greg Abbott, UT System Chairman Kevin Eltife, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and Justin Dyer, the dean of UT's School of Civic Leadership ...

The University of Texas at Austin has not given a formal response to the passage of Senate Bill 37. However, any attempt to avoid it would likely be met with punitive legal measures. fairness meter ...