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KUT
April 23, 2018
Astronomers usually study their subject from afar. They peer at stars and planets through telescopes, or rely on physics and math to hypothesize about the universe. Now, a group of researchers at UT Austin hopes to open up a new way of studying space: by re-creating the stuff stars are made of in labsÃâà...
KUT
April 22, 2018
A college student requested a "Higher Ed" discussion about meaningful student-teacher relationships – both how to form them and how those relationships could impact grades and behavior. In this episode of KUT's podcast Higher Ed, KUT's Jennifer Stayton and Southwestern University President Dr. EdÃâà...
KUT
April 20, 2018
Will Neely noticed different tags on different trees along the Lady Bird Lake trails. So he asked KUT to explore for our ATXplained project. Julia Reihs / KUT. You can't not notice the trees that line the paths on Austin's many hike and bike trails. But have you ever noticed a fair amount of them are numbered?
KUT
April 20, 2018
If you live in Austin, chances are your gas bill is going up. That's because Texas Gas Service, the utility that supplies most of the city with gas, is raising rates. The company has done it every year since 2011, and some people think the process by which rates have risen needs an overhaul. The GasÃâà...
KUT
April 13, 2018
Texas has resettled dramatically fewer refugees in the past year, figures from Refugee Services of Texas show. The organization said 3,518 people were resettled between October 2016 and March 2017. Between October 2017 and March of this year, only 736 were resettled. That's a 79 percent decrease.
KUT
April 6, 2018
Vanderwilt will stay on as director through June. Jay Bernhardt, dean of the Moody College of Communication at UT Austin, will name an interim director until a permanent director is hired. "Stewart led the way on so many great projects and initiatives that it's difficult to name them all. KUT is a vastly differentÃâà...
KUT
March 29, 2018
Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley called the Austin serial bomber a "domestic terrorist" at a panel hosted by KUT this morning. Despite previous calls from the community after a string of bombings killed 39-year-old Stephan House and 17-year-old Draylen Mason, Manley hadn't used the term. At theÃâà...
KUT
March 29, 2018
In the days after the Austin bombings, Jesus Valles couldn't stop thoughts from buzzing around like bees in his head. He made sense of his feelings the best way he knew how: He sat down at his computer and began to write a public Facebook post about Austin. “Austin is an exhausting place where racismÃâà...
austin360 (blog)
March 28, 2018
Austin NPR affiliate 90.5 KUT-FM will host a “community conversation” on the recent Austin bombings this Thursday. The event, set to run from 9 to 10 a.m. at the George Washington Carver Museum, will look at how law enforcement, members of the media and the community at large responded to theÃâà...
KUT
December 31, 1999
The plan is to equip participants with binoculars, mp3 players and a map directing them to performances and installations, according to the website. The team contributing to the project includes KUT's Mose Buchele, who produced stories for the show about unwanted dinner guests, ancient Aztecs and aÃâà...
