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The University of Texas at Austin has made significant strides in digital accessibility by introducing the Ally platform in March 2023. Ally helps faculty enhance the accessibility of course materials, offering features like alternative file formats, step-by-step guidance, and tools for better Canvas design. Since its launch, Ally usage has grown 74%, with over 155,000 files downloaded across nearly 12,000 courses.

Undergraduate College's Series: Forty Acres to Hometown Impact—Karla spent her summer as the Economic Development Intern for Brownsville's City Manager’s Office The experience expanded her ambitions, inspiring her to pursue a double major in government and a future dedicated to empowering underserved communities.

Undergraduate College's Series: Forty Acres to Hometown Impact—Cassandra returned to Fort Worth in the summer of 2024 to serve as an intern for the City Manager’s Office.

The University Leadership Network (ULN) held its third Annual Leadership Symposium this November, bringing together students for a comprehensive professional development conference featuring distinguished speakers from the University and Austin community.

Electrical engineering senior Siddharth Thakur and his team at Paradigm Robotics developed FireBot, a rugged emergency-response robot designed to enter hazardous environments. It provides reconnaissance in fires and other dangerous situations to keep human responders safe.

Darren Walker, the namesake of Undergraduate College's Darren Walker Scholars program, was among 19 individuals honored with a National Humanities Medal at the White House on October 21, 2024.

The Texas TRIO Association has announced that University of Texas at Austin McNair Scholar, Orlan Oconer, has been awarded the Matthew W. Taylor Scholarship for 2024.

This summer, the Home to Texas program offered a singular learning opportunity to 68 undergraduates at The University of Texas at Austin.

In this OpEd published in the San Antonio Express-News, Juan M. Dominguez, Ph.D., Vice Provost for Academic and Curricular Innovation, explores the unique benefits of in-person education and discusses how higher education should integrate these advantages into online learning.

Established in 2011 and named after one of the founders of the Undergraduate College, the Cale McDowell Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Studies honors the extraordinary efforts of The University of Texas at Austin faculty, staff, and students to improve UT’s core curriculum via programming, research, policy change, or delivery of academic services.