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KUT UT Austin students have largely been learning online throughout the pandemic, with some in-person and hybrid options. UT Austin has had three staff members die from COVID-19, according to UT President Jay Hartzell. Previously only two deaths had been made public – a custodial staff member who died in July and a utilities and energy management staffer who died in October. Hartzell notified the public of the third death during his State of the University address Thursday, but did not provide further details. “Tragically, three of our beloved staff members contracted COVID-19 and died ov...

Published on January 24, 2021 at 11:25 am Daniel Jaffe, interim executive vice president and provost, released a statement recently declaring that UT wants to “minimize the number of people returning to the campus community at any one time” to reduce the spread of COVID-19. In the announcement, students were asked to reconsider returning to campus.  However, despite students being urged to spend their semester at home and Austin Public Health increasing the COVID-19 community risk level to Stage 5, UT is still allowing admitted students to schedule in-person campus walking tours.  In-pe...