Category: University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas Students Behind Censorship Project Targeting Conservative News Outlets

Students at the University of Texas at Austin were found to be responsible for a censorship project that targeted conservative news outlets. The Global Disinformation Index’s (GDI) report, which called for the blacklisting of conservative news organizations, was written up by students under the direction of academics working at the University of Texas at Austin’s…


Texas University Encouraging Business Professors to Warn Students of Trauma-Inducing Content

Business school professors at the University of Texas at Austin have been advised to issue warnings to students in classes of potentially offensive and traumatizing curriculum content. Richard Lowery, associate professor of finance at UT-Austin, posted part of the syllabus template on Twitter on Aug. 10 questioning its relevance. “Behold our new syllabus template at…


OKC Bomber McVeigh’s Defense Records Taken Offline

The University of Texas at Austin has removed a trove of records about Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh from its online archives at the request of a person named in the documents, according to an archivist a UT Austin. Donated by and named after McVeigh’s lead defense attorney, the Stephen Jones Oklahoma City Bombing Archive comprises…