In Memoriam

Community remembers 26-year-old Austin chef killed in hit-and-run

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26-year-old Cody Shelton worked at Arlo Grey Restaurant.

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There are new details about a deadly hit-and-run that happened Tuesday morning in Downtown Austin.

According to court documents, police attempted to pull Tyrone Thompson over when he took off down Seventh Street, running multiple red lights before hitting two people crossing at the Red River intersection.

The crash critically injured one person and cost 26-year-old Cody Shelton his life, leaving his family members and colleagues in mourning.

It is hard for Angel Scallion, Shelton's aunt, to describe her nephew in words, but the ones she can find have her reflecting on the kind of person he was.

"He would just, you know, light up a room. He's very friendly with everybody. He loved everybody," Scallion said. "I feel him, I see him, I want to see him here on my couch, like for Christmas."

Scallion said he also loved cooking, calling it his passion. Growing up in Fort Worth, he moved to Austin to fulfill his dream of serving others. Most recently, he worked at the Arlo Grey Restaurant as a cook with Chef Alejandro Munoz.

A GoFundMe has been started by Shelton's family to help lay him to rest in Fort Worth.

Read the full story and watch the video at KVUE.com.

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Top of the class

UT Austin ranks among best U.S. schools for entrepreneurship in 2025

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The University of Texas at Austin has earned two top-10 spots on The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s lists of the best graduate and undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies for 2025.

UT Austin's McCombs School of Business ranks seventh in the graduate category, and UT ranks second in the undergraduate category.

The school is no stranger to the prestigious national lists. In the 2024 rankings, UT also appeared as No. 2 among undergraduate programs, and No. 6 in the ranking for the best graduate programs.

This year marks the fourth time that the school has landed in the top 5 on the undergraduate side, and the 12th time in 15 years that McCombs has made the top 10 among graduate programs in the annual ranking, UT notes in a news release.

The only other schools in Texas to make either top-10 list for 2025 were Rice University (No. 1 graduate school) and the University of Houston (No. 1 undergraduate program).

Rankings for The Princeton Review and Entrepreneur’s 2025 lists were based on a survey of administrators at nearly 300 schools in the U.S., Canada, and Europe that offer entrepreneurship studies. Among the more than 40 factors used for the rankings were academic programs, faculty credentials, mentorship opportunities, and alumni entrepreneurship ventures.

"If the focus of the MBA program at McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin were to be summed up in one word, it would be 'collaboration,'" reads the 2025 graduate schools report. "Students in more than 20 concentrations uniformly crow over its 'incredibly collaborative culture,' citing the 'supportive culture' as a top reason they ultimately picked the program. As a 'top 20 school,' the 'rigorous academic[s]' and 'focus on clean energy,' 'technology,' and 'entrepreneurship,' are other stand-out elements of the program."

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best graduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. Rice University
2. University of California-Los Angeles
3. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
4. Washington University in St. Louis
5. Babson College
6. University of Washington
7. University of Texas at Austin
8. University of Virginia
9. Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands
10. University of South Florida

The top 10 schools on the list of 50 best undergraduate schools for entrepreneurship studies in 2025 are:

1. University of Houston
2. University of Texas at Austin
3. Babson College
4. University of Washington
5. Washington University in St. Louis
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
7. University of Maryland-College Park
8. Miami University of Ohio
9. Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico
10. Northeastern University

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The story originally was published on our sister site, InnovationMap.

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