BackPack Program provides children with nutritious food

The Austin Board of REALTORS Foundation and the Central Texas Food Bank will assemble snack bags for the food bank’s BackPack Program.

Shots fired on UT Austin campus, suspect at large: UTPD

UTPD officers are looking for a suspect connected to shots fired on campus in the area between the Moody Center and the former site of the Frank Erwin Center.

Texas State offering new aviation science program this fall

Texas State is partnering with Coast Flight Training and the San Marcos Regional Airport. The four-year degree is a Bachelor of Applied Arts and Science with an aviation science concentration.

Most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition

Most medical students at Johns Hopkins University will no longer pay tuition, and many will also have their living expenses and fees covered, too.

College confidence crisis: Is a degree still worth it?

A new poll from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation reveals the public's confidence in higher education.

Some Texas school districts enact, consider ban on student cell phones

Some Texas school districts have banned student cell phone use during the school day. State Rep. Ellen Troxclair spoke with FOX 7 Austin's Rudy Koski about this and the role the state can play in this debate.

Former Longhorn heads to second straight Olympics

Former homegrown Longhorn Alison Gibson is headed back to the Olympics. She's hoping her Tokyo experience will lead to a medal this time around in Paris!

Pitbull concert at UT Austin leaves 3 injured during SEC celebration

A big celebration at UT ended with several people going to the hospital. Police said there was a crowd crush during the Pitbull concert.

Bus drivers compete in annual safety competition after four-year hiatus

The Hays CISD transportation facility was transformed into a driver's course, as bus drivers from 26 states go head-to-head, vying for the title of best driver in the country.

ACC Round Rock campus to reopen July 2

Austin Community College's Round Rock campus was closed due to a chilled water leak impacting the cooling system.

Oklahoma's top education official orders Bible instruction in public schools

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters has mandated Bible instruction in public schools for grades 5 through 12, causing backlash from civil rights groups and uncertainty about his authority to enforce the order.

Criminal trespass charges against 79 UT Austin protesters dismissed: attorney

Travis County Attorney Delia Garza announced the criminal trespassing charges against nearly 80 pro-Palestine protesters on the UT Austin campus have been dismissed.

Texas State University will no longer host 2024 Presidential Debate

The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) has canceled its plans to have the first 2024 Presidential Debate at Texas State University.