Remote Control Aircraft Soaring to New Heights of Popularity

byMichael Minasi

Advances in technology and the mainstreaming of drones during the past decade have breathed new life into the niche hobby of flying remote control airplanes.

Relationship Between Athletic Director and Football Coach Vital to UT’s Success

byStephen Cabler

An athletic director inheriting a football coach at one of the country’s preeminent programs can be tough for both the coach and athletic director, but UT’s Chris Del Conte and Tom Herman are making it work.

In Election Night Loss, Austin City Council Candidate Sees Reason for Hope

byForrest Milburn

Danielle Skidmore, a trans woman who ran in 2018 election, failed in her bid. But she sees promise in the rise of LGBTQ candidates.

UT’s Graduation Rate Gender Gap: Women Do Better than Men

byLucy White

The disparity is true nationwide, but universities struggle to find answers.

With Good Boys and Girls, Hutto Students Learn to Train and Raise Guide Dogs

byAndrea Cos

Program at Hutto High School pairs puppies and students who foster the young guide-dogs-in-training until they’re ready to serve.

A Century After the End of WWI, Texans Commemorate Veterans

byMichael Minasi

Texas played an outsized role in the war effort after the Zimmerman telegram sparked fears of a Mexico-Germany alliance.

Recreational League Hockey Heats Up in Austin

byShepard Price

In a Sun Belt city whose sports culture is dominated by college football and basketball, more people are playing hockey than ever before.

What’s in a Selfie? At the FOMO Factory, Balloons, Bubbles and a Birthday Party

byLauren DeFilippo

Its creators call it an “immersive art pop-up,” but the FOMO Factory in downtown Austin is whatever visitors want it to be — with pictures to prove it.

Long After Water Recedes, Stories from Hurricane Harvey Remain in Online Museum

byAbigail Rosenthal

Rice University professor who lived through 2017 storm creates repository of memories through Houston Flood Museum

After O’Rourke Defeat, East Texas Democrats Disappointed but Optimistic about Future

byVicky Camarillo

O’Rourke’s defeat left some East Texas Democrats asking: If a hardworking, ready-for-prime-time candidate such as O’Rourke can’t win in Texas, when will the state turn blue?

With $250 Million Housing Bond on Ballot, a Look at Austin’s Past Housing Bonds

byChristopher De Los Santos

When Austin voters go to the polls on Nov. 6 they will be asked to approve a $250 million affordable housing bond. The proposal follows pervious bonds passed in 2006 and 2013.

A Reality Check: Life After Parkland

The school shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkand, Fl. is considered the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. Seventeen students and staff killed and seventeen others wounded. A University of Texas at Austin student talks about his experience as a survivor of the February 14th shooting.

Coping with a brain tumor, one young girl hopes for a miracle

byTeyha Rassman and Madilynn Thomason

UT students, Teyha Rassman and Madilynn Thomason, produced a short documentary about an 11-year-old girl and her family who are hoping for a miracle as she copes with an inoperable brain tumor.

Tiny but Fierce: A bat’s journey from patient to pet

byLawson Freeman and Daniela Quesada

A short documentary produced by Lawson Freeman and Daniela Quesada, “Tiny but Fierce: Midnight’s Journey” follows a unique bat called Midnight as it becomes more like a pet than a patient at the Austin Bat Refuge.

Despite Dynamic Campaign, Julie Oliver Faces Uphill Battle for Congress

byKATE GROETZINGER

While the odds are stacked against Julie Oliver in her run for U.S. Congress, she has some advantages over Democrats who have run in Texas’ Congressional District 25 in the past.

In East Texas, O’Rourke Campaign Buoys Democrats’ Hopes

byVICKY CAMARILLO

To defeat incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, Beto O’Rourke will have to succeed where East Texas Democrats have faltered in the recent past.

At UT-Rio Grande Valley, Help for Undocumented Students Materializes Slowly

byKATE GROETZINGER

Changing immigration policy has undocumented students clamoring for more support from colleges and universities.

Huge Current of Tropical Air Connects Weather Extremes

byCHRISTOPHER DE LOS SANTOS

Summer snow in Canada while Texas bakes: It’s all about the teleconnection.

In this Ring, Aspiring Wrestlers Grapple with Opponents Within

byEric Goodman and Trenton Daeschner

“Learning The Ropes” pulls back the curtain on an upstart professional wrestling school in Austin, Texas. For the students and trainers here, the performance lifestyle of wrestling has become a way out of – and for some a way into – very real personal struggles. Produced, shot and edited by Eric Goodman and Trenton Daeschner, […]

Shooting Their Shot: Wheelchair Basketball Team Finds Home and Builds Family on Court

byLuke Hendry and Katerina Biancardi

A short documentary produced by Luke Hendry and Katerina Biancardi, “Limitless” follows a group of wheelchair basketball players from Central Texas to the 2017 national tournament in Kentucky. The film goes on a journey from their home life to life on the court and the obstacles they don’t let stand in their way.     […]