Cisco’s gets a $50,000 grant to preserve the restaurant's history

Cisco’s Restaurant, Bakery & Bar has been serving classic Tex-Mex dishes like huevos rancheros and migas to Austin residents since 1950. Now, 74 years later, the restaurant has received $50,000 as part of an effort from the National Trust for Historic Preservation to support small, historical businesses...

Retired Lockhart teacher gives away backpacks to eliminate one expense for students in need

Every summer, Connie S. Amaya hands out a backpack with a side of a dill pickle and a Big Red to Lockhart students and families. The retired educator started passing out backpacks six years ago, standing outside in the Texas summer heat I saw the need,” said Amaya, who worked for the Lockhart school district for 46 years...

Bursting at the seams, Texas Music Museum seeks bigger space for decades-old artifacts

It’s cramped in the Texas Music Museum in East Austin. Bright colored exhibits line every open space on the walls of a narrow corridor. They include memorabilia about jazz, blues, Tejano, gospel and country musicians. The three-person staff walks closely together, careful not to knock a frame off the wall or hit a record player from the...

New water pipeline will help stabilize Kyle's supply and keep up with growth

A new water pipeline being built will help the City of Kyle with persistent drought and the city’s growth. Kyle already has four sources it draws its water from. The new pipeline will draw water from a fifth source: the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer. The city will tap into this new pipeline as soon as early 2025. The city currently has...

Downtown Austin Alliance helps local creatives find pop-up spaces for their work

The Downtown Austin Alliance held a pop-up Wednesday for a new initiative that provides local businesses and artists affordable studio and work space. “Those creatives are the drumbeat of any city or urban center," Jenell Moffett, chief impact officer for the Downtown Austin Alliance, said. "The program is built with them in...

UT American Sign Language community bridges deaf and hearing worlds

Before becoming an associate professor of American Sign Language in 2007, Deborah White worked with families of deaf infants and was already passionate about teaching. Now, she teaches students her first language — communicating with visual gestures — through face-to-face interaction and role-playing to immerse them in deaf culture within the...

UT pianist wins concerto competition to perform with symphony

When graduate student Michael Lenahan sits at his piano bench on stage, his fingers know what keys to play. Despite the thousands of notes in his 30-minute concerto piece, his hands glide through each melodic note, keeping him at peace in front of his audience, be it a crowd of people or a panel of...

UGS professor pushes boundaries with tango dancing, winning innovation award

Ken-Hou Lin slumped into his desk, pondering how to contribute a positive and collaborative experience for first-year UT students. Then, in 2018, he decided to take lecture to the dance floor. In his undergraduate studies course, Two to Tango, Lin teaches students how to navigate interpersonal relationships all while learning Argentine...

UT professor investigates historical violence in North Africa through research

Dr. Benjamin Brower first learned about violence through looking at photos in World War II history books with his father during his childhood in the 1970s. When these books showed Holocaust victims, Brower said his father would quickly turn the page because of Brower’s young age, leaving him curious to learn the deeper roots of historical violence against marginalized groups in the 20th century...

Where to spend your 2023 Palentine’s Day in Austin

With February’s recent arrival, Palentine’s Day quickly approaches. Beyond chocolate, flowers and gifts, Austin offers many opportunities to spend the holiday with friends. The Daily Texan compiled a list of activities to check out for this year’s Palentine’s Day celebrations. Taquero Mucho This restaurant on West Avenue’s pink theme — even down...

UT professor’s book tackles inequity in Texas, confronts misrepresentation

Domino Perez spent most of her childhood in Houston engulfed in literature and film. During countless trips to the library, Perez began to express her own life on paper. Years later, Perez, a UT associate professor in English and Mexican American Studies and senior associate chair of the department of English, continues her love for...

UT medical worker transforms health care through personal journey

Brenda Garza hasn’t always worked in community health care at Dell Medical School. Garza, a senior qualitative research coordinator, said she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer at age 29 after visiting multiple doctors who dismissed her pain as normal for a healthy young woman. “To me, something in my body and my...