UT Austin said Monday it’s preparing to move all classes online if COVID-19 cases are confirmed in the Austin area. The university is also advising students on how to avoid spreading the disease and how to travel safely over spring break. Members of UT’s administration talked Tuesday about the strategies they are developing. Here’s what […]
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Posted inEnvironment
Tower Girl, UT’s resident falcon, has laid eggs again. Will one hatch this year?
Tower Girl, the peregrine falcon who has made the UT tower home for a few years, has laid three eggs in her nest as of Sunday. This is the fifth time the falcon has laid eggs in the tower, but none has hatched so far. David Hillis, a professor of integrative biology at UT Austin, […]
Posted inCity Council
City asks UT for proposals on Muny, Brackenridge tract
City Council sent a friendly message to the University of Texas on Thursday, asking UT to give the city proposals for how to deal with the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course and the Brackenridge Development Agreement as well as other items. Time is of the essence because both agreements expire on May 25. In January, […]
Posted inParks
Save Historic Muny District has a board of directors
The Save Historic Muny District, which represents those who wish to preserve the first integrated golf course in the South, now has a board of directors. The board includes Mary Arnold and Ken Tiemann, both longtime advocates for the Lions Municipal Golf Course, as well as Volma Overton III, the grandson of the legendary NAACP […]
Posted inEducation
UT Austin to give free tuition to low-income Texas students
The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted Tuesday to offer full tuition assistance to more UT Austin students, adding $160 million to an endowment to help cover costs. Undergraduates from Texas who come from families making up to $65,000 will have their tuition and fees covered for all four years. Texas students whose […]
Posted inBicycles
UT meets with advocates, talks bike safety on San Jacinto
Representatives of the University of Texas are promising ongoing discussions of safety and mobility improvements to its section of San Jacinto Boulevard, where 39-year-old Tony Diaz was recently killed while riding a bicycle. Director of Sustainability Jim Walker and President Gregory Fenves’ chief of staff Carlos Martinez met with a small group of bicycle advocates […]
Posted inLand Development Code
Board of Adjustment searches for the line between ‘fraternizing’ and ‘frat’
After purchasing former Texas Governor Ann Richards’ home on 2311 Shoal Creek Boulevard in 2017, the Texas Beta Students Aid Fund, which is the nonprofit arm of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity, retained single-family zoning on the property. Yet neighbors reported that there was an unusually high level of activity occurring in the house – […]
Posted inTransportation
UT will use geofencing to limit e-scooter speed to 8 mph on campus this week
Riders using rented scooters on the 40 Acres will no longer be able to go faster than 8 mph, according to UT Austin. The university said Bird, Jump, Lyft and Lime’s e-scooters will have speed restrictions on the lion’s share of the UT campus starting today. The decision comes at the suggestion of a campus […]
Posted inBicycles
Bicycle Advisory Council says UT plan should not preclude safety now
In light of a preventable tragedy resulting in 39-year-old Anthony John Diaz losing his life from being run over by a Capital Metro bus while riding a bicycle on Monday, Jan. 28, the Bicycle Advisory Council is recommending that the University of Texas at Austin assume immediate action to make sure that it will not […]
Posted inAustin
City, UT to work together on moving Red River
City Council unanimously agreed Thursday to enter into an agreement with the University of Texas to facilitate the relocation of Red River Street between East 12th Street and East 32nd Street in order to develop a new arena to replace the Frank Erwin Center. That was the easy part. The harder part came during the […]
Posted inAustin
ZAP contemplates uprooting
Last month, on Jan. 15, the Zoning and Platting Commission heard a long-awaited briefing from the University of Texas’ Uprooted study on gentrification and displacement in Austin. Dr. Jake Wegmann, one of the three authors, presented a summarized version of the study, which was completed in September 2018. The project evaluated three main factors: where […]
Posted inPublic Safety
Report: West Campus needs more lights
Two and a half years after the murder of a UT student spurred calls to improve safety in the West Campus neighborhood, campus safety advocates and city transportation officials say it’s time for the city to improve lighting in the area. Last year, the city hired a consultant to do a comprehensive study of existing […]