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Longhorns on Mars

Longhorns on Mars

January 2, 2013 5:14 pm | 1 comment

At NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, a group of UT-educated scientists known as the “Texas mafia” is using robots to explore a new frontier. Two and a half...

 
 
The Soldier’s Tale

The Soldier’s Tale

September 11, 2012 9:23 am | 2 comments

Army veteran and UT alum Kevin Powers, MFA ’12, has published perhaps the premier novel of the Iraq War. The reviews are in for Kevin Powers’s debut novel,...

 
 
Come Hotel or High Water

Come Hotel or High Water

July 3, 2012 10:41 am | 11 comments

A West Texan turned urban tastemaker, hotelier Liz Lambert combines a rancher’s steely drive with a South Austinite’s laid-back cool. After kick-starting the...

 
 
The “D” Word: Drought

The “D” Word: Drought

April 30, 2012 9:20 am | 4 comments

If and when drought worsens again, what will Texas do? From new river-flow models to better native-grass mixes, UT scientists, engineers, and alumni are on the front...

 
 
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Building a Better Framework

June 23, 2011 4:50 pm | no comments

UT architectural theory guru Steve Ross is taking his big ideas out into the field—and getting students involved.

 
 
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