Juan Miró

Thousands of windowless rooms like this one have been built near the University of Texas at Austin. Juan Miro

May 16, 2024

College students in Austin, Texas, have dwelled in windowless rooms for years − here’s why the city finally decided to ban them

Juan Miró, The University of Texas at Austin

Students in windowless rooms are reporting anxiety, depression and fatigue. A professor of architecture says developers need to let the light shine in.

Historically, many American universities helped lay the foundation for eugenics, a pseudoscience used to justify racism. Helioscribe/www.shutterstock.com

August 9, 2018

For universities, making the case for diversity is part of making amends for racist past

Juan Miró, The University of Texas at Austin and Edmund T Gordon, The University of Texas at Austin

Since US universities once stood at the forefront of the eugenics movement and its racist ideas, they should right the wrongs of the past by pursuing diversity on campus, two scholars argue.

Riders on San Francisco’s Muni light rail system. David Lytle

November 1, 2017

What public transit can learn from Uber and Lyft

Junfeng Jiao, The University of Texas at Austin; Juan Miró, The University of Texas at Austin, and Nicole McGrath, The University of Texas at Austin

Millions of Americans rely on public transit to get to school, work or stores, but many can’t get the service they need. ‘Uberizing’ transit by offering more options on demand could fill the gaps.

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College students in Austin, Texas, have dwelled in windowless rooms for years − here’s why the city finally decided to ban them

For universities, making the case for diversity is part of making amends for racist past

What public transit can learn from Uber and Lyft

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