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During the last week of April, hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators called for the University of Texas at Austin and other schools to divest from companies with ties to Israel or the ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Crowds gathered for a second day of protest after dozens of people were arrested at the University of Texas at Austin’s campus Wednesday as people gathered at a protest in support ...

AUSTIN, Texas — A controversial conference is set to be held on the University of Texas at Austin campus this weekend – and some students aren't happy about it. The Natal Conference will take place ...

Last month, the Trump administration gave the University of Texas at Austin and a handful of other universities until Nov. 21 to decide whether they would agree to a series of policy changes in ...