Abbott has TxDPS increase patrols around UT Austin following robberies

Gov. Abbott has directed the TxDPS to ramp up patrols around UT Austin in response to a recent rise in robberies in the West Campus area.

Austin police investigating robbery off UT campus

The Austin Police Department is on the lookout for two suspects involved in a robbery off of the University of Texas-Austin campus. The robbery happened just before 6:30 a.m. in the 2800 block of San Pedro Street.

Search for suspects targeting women who are walking alone at night

The Austin Police Department is investigating four aggravated robberies believed to be connected to the same suspect(s).

FOX 7 Care Force: Veteran Spouse Network

Dr. Elisa Borah with UT's School of Social Work and founder of the Veteran Spouse Network joins Mike Warren on FOX 7 Austin to talk about the organization in greater detail.

FOX 7 Discussion: Getting a COVID-19 test is now easier at UT Austin

UT Professor Andreas Matouschek explains the UT Proactive Community Testing Program for COVID-19 to Mike Warren on FOX 7 Austin.

Longhorn band expected to perform "The Eyes of Texas"

In a letter, Dean Douglas Dempster said that when the band performs, it will be expected to perform the song that has been at the center of controversy for quite some time due to its racial ties.

University of Texas at Austin's automatic admission rate to remain at current rate

The University of Texas at Austin says it will continue to automatically admit eligible Texas students in the top 6% of their high school graduating class beginning in the summer and fall of 2022.

Thousands of fans attend Texas Longhorns season opener

Fans say all the restrictions are just a small price to pay to have some sort of normalcy back.

UT students need to be tested before going to a Longhorns game

As UT prepares for kick-off, students are having to make some preparations of their own, like get tested for COVID-19. 

UT researchers help develop more accurate, lower cost COVID-19 antibody test

Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin in collaboration with Houston Methodist and other institutions have developed an antibody test for the virus that causes COVID-19 that is reportedly more accurate and can handle a much larger number of donor samples at lower overall cost than standard antibody tests currently in use.

UT students attending football game will have to pass COVID-19 test

University of Texas students who are sports fans and want to go to the football game Saturday (9/12) will have to pass a COVID-19 test.

UT students start petition for more information about COVID-19 outbreaks on campus

Students said it's a lack of communication that has them concerned and that's why they are petitioning the university for more transparency about COVID-19 outbreaks on campus.

Kendra Scott appointed professor of practice at UT Austin

Kendra Scott will co-teach a course named Women in Entrepreneurship as part of a new faculty appointment at UT Austin.

APH asks UT Austin students to be more careful as city transitions to stage 3

Dr. Mark Escott, Austin's Interim Health Authority, says he has confidence in students on campus, but also recognizes they are at a higher risk for COVID-19 because of the close interaction students typically spend with one another.