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The University of Texas at Austin has eliminated four majors, including African, Latino, and gender studies, without public notice. Faculty learned of the cuts via email, as the provost’s office rejected their proposal to retain the programs. While current students can finish their degrees, new enrollments are blocked, reflecting a broader conservative push to restrict race and gender education in Texas.
The University of Texas at Austin has officially ended enrollment in four majors, including African and Mexican American studies, after the provost’s office rejected a faculty proposal to retain them. This move aligns with a broader national trend of dismantling diversity-focused programs, though current students may still complete their degrees.
UT Austin fired KUT General Manager Debbie Hiott after she publicly challenged the university’s safety assertions about the station’s inaugural KUT Festival, a clash that led to the festival being scaled back and moved off campus. Hiott says she was terminated rather than quitting; university counsel accused her of making false statements about festival safety, and UT‑Austin later named Gerald Johnson as interim general manager as the dispute drew broader questions about campus safety standards for major events.
UT Austin’s top lawyer accused KUT Public Media’s GM Debbie Hiott of making false statements about last-minute festival changes, while Hiott rejected the claim and argued the university had not warned of concerns threatening the festival; both sides released communications and records detailing safety discussions as the KUT Festival was relocated and resized.
UT Austin is relocating Saturday’s KUT Festival events to off-campus venues Central Machine Works and East End Ballroom due to a safety analysis, while Friday’s portion including a Cory Booker keynote remains on campus at the LBJ Presidential Library. UT alleges insufficient safety planning by KUT, and the station’s GM says the decision was sudden and unclear. Paid badges will be refunded, and the festival will operate with a reduced footprint, with some badge access for attendees and a limited number of future badge registrations.
Billionaire couple Michael and Susan Dell have donated more than $1 billion to UT Austin to fund an AI-native medical campus, including a $750 million gift for the UT Dell Medical Center set to open in 2030. The project will integrate research, clinical care and advanced computing with MD Anderson and the Texas Advanced Computing Center, aim to improve early detection and personalized treatment, and support a broader $10 billion fundraising campaign; officials caution about AI bias in healthcare.
Michael and Susan Dell pledged $750 million to the University of Texas at Austin to establish an AI-native medical center, aiming to accelerate AI-enabled biomedical research and healthcare breakthroughs.
Michael and Susan Dell committed more than $1 billion to UT Austin to establish the UT Dell Campus for Advanced Research and the UT Dell Medical Center, uniting medicine, life sciences and AI-enabled computing with MD Anderson as a partner. The gift funds undergraduate scholarships, housing, and the Texas Advanced Computing Center, positions Texas as a life sciences hub, and supports a broader $10 billion fundraising goal over 10 years; the medical center is slated to open in 2030 with groundbreaking planned this year.
UT Austin announced the UT Dell Medical Center and UT Dell Campus for Advanced Research, funded by a $750 million gift from the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation, to integrate medicine, computing, and AI on a 27‑acre North Austin site with a 300–500‑bed hospital, open by 2030 and phased specialty programs by 2032, including integration of MD Anderson Cancer Center and support for scholarships and computing initiatives.
Michael and Susan Dell pledged $750 million to UT Austin to build an AI-powered medical center and research campus, including a hospital, cancer center, scholarships, and a supercomputing facility, with groundbreaking planned this year and opening in 2030; the gift brings their total UT Austin giving to over $1 billion.
Two college students were killed and at least 14 others were injured when a gunman opened fire outside Buford’s Backyard Beer Garden near the University of Texas at Austin. Ryder Harrington, 19, of Texas Tech, and Savitha Shan, 21, a UT Austin student, were identified as the victims. Ndiaga Diagne, 53, the gunman, was killed by police; the FBI said investigators found items in his car suggesting a potential nexus to terrorism. The incident prompted campus security concerns and vigils as communities processed the tragedy.
Fifteen 115-million-year-old dinosaur tracks—likely Acrocanthosaurus—emerged in a creek bed in northwest Travis County, Texas, after severe floods and were found by volunteers cleaning debris. University of Texas at Austin researchers confirmed the find and plan 3D imaging to study whether the tracks were made by a single dinosaur or a group, while cleanup crews are guided to protect the fragile site.
An Austin couple, Tench and Simone Coxe, donated $100 million to UT Austin’s planned academic medical center—one of the university’s largest gifts—funding a hospital for complex conditions and a site for MD Anderson Cancer Center. The unrestricted gift will support the project regardless of whether it sits downtown or near The Domain, with completion targeted for 2030. The donors were inspired by a friend’s cancer-care journey and endorsed Claudia Lucchinetti’s leadership for UT Medical Center and Dell Medical School.
The University of Texas at Austin is doubling its AI computing capacity at the Center for Generative AI to over 1,000 GPUs, enhancing research in biosciences, healthcare, and NLP, supported by a $20 million state investment, and making it a leading hub for open-source AI development.
UT Austin is one of two universities that has not publicly rejected the Trump administration's 'Compact for Academic Excellence,' which asks universities to adhere to specific policies in exchange for federal funding; most other universities have rejected the offer, and the decision at UT Austin remains pending amid broader system issues.