Round Rock ISD’s Library Services has announced the summer location schedule for its Pop-Up Library program.  At the Pop-Up Library, students and families have access to a wide variety of books to take home and enjoy. Distributed books can be kept, returned or...

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is warning residents that warmer weather places children at greater risk of injury or death if left unattended in a vehicle. Every year, children die from heatstroke after being left in a vehicle or entering a vehicle...

The Girls’ School of Austin celebrated 15 years in April with a True Colors themed gala. Guests gathered at Hotel Ella in central Austin to enjoy a dinner, live auction and student readings. Street art-inspired canvases from students decorated the walls. The event...

Several Austin authors have new books that either recently debuted or are about to come out. Cate Berry’s picture book Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don’t Do Bedtime!, released on May 8, chronicles the adventures of a pair whose imaginations run wild as they definitely do...

Salty Unicorn, a yogawear brand based in New Braunfels, has announced that its Mamasté collection will support Mother’s Milk Bank. The company will donate 10 percent of the profits from all Mamasté purchases to the Austin-based organization, which provides life-saving...

Dallas-based nonprofit The Birthday Party Project (TBPP) recently announced plans to launch in Austin, with two parties a month at local Salvation Army shelters. Parties will be held each month at the Salvation Army’s Downtown Shelter and Eastside Shelter. Each party...

The effort to curb opioid use got a boost recently, as Dell Medical School at UT Austin and Seton Healthcare Family announced that a new, two-step protocol for pain medication for new mothers has decreased opioid use for postpartum pain by more than 40 percent. The...

Con Mi Madre has been awarded a grant of $50,000 to grow its parent leadership and engagement program, which helps parents develop marketable job skills. The grant was made by the Hispanic Impact Fund, a program of the Austin Community Foundation.

On May 6, H-E-B announced the statewide winners of its 17th annual H-E-B Excellence in Education Awards. During the ceremony in Houston, H-E-B Chairman and CEO Charles Butt handed out $430,000 in cash awards and grants and congratulated eight educators, two school...

UT Austin has announced that it is expanding financial aid to students from low- and middle-income families through its Texas Advance Commitment. Starting this fall, new incoming UT Austin freshmen with family incomes of up to $100,000 (Adjusted Gross Income) who have...

Austin ISD culinary students from Bailey, Bedichek, Dobie, Kealing and Lamar middle schools, along with Gus Garcia Young Men's Leadership Academy, put their skills to the test at the recent AISD Diced and Sliced Culinary Competition. Each team prepared their own taco...

Petra Preschool, a faith-based preschool, will open in July 2018 at the For the City Center in central Austin. Founders Christal and Phil Murray came upon the idea for Petra Preschool when a child they were fostering was no longer allowed to attend the same preschool...