40 Acres
An Iconic Mural Near Campus Just Got a Well-Deserved Update
By Nathan Han
When Rick Turner, BFA ’72, and Tommy Bauman, BA ’73, were students at UT, their College of Fine Arts professor had never seen airbrush painting before....
Robots Are Roaming the Forty Acres in a New Research Program
By Daniel Oberhaus
For more than a century, robots have played a starring role in our visions of the future. Whether these sci-fi automatons would turn out to be our companions...
This Blanton Museum Exhibit Examines the Long Afterlife of the Medieval Aesthetic
By Courtney Runn
From left, Michelino da Besozzo, “Madonna and Child” (circa 1428–29); Ellsworth Kelly, “Mother and Child” (1949). The Middle Ages ended more...
A UT English Course Reveals Memories of Alfred Hitchcock’s Works Across Generations
By Douglas Bruster
“What do you remember about Alfred Hitchcock?” That’s the question my students asked their older relatives over Thanksgiving as part of English 310S:...
Good Reads Q&A: Firsthand Experience
By Nathan Han
Brianna Holt never thought her first book would be a memoir, and especially not at only 25 years old. But after the summer of 2020, when Holt, BJ, BS ’16,...
New Reads for Spring 2023 From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
TEXAS TEXTURES Photographs and Tales from the Backroads BY KAY SWANSEY Lonely towns and dilapidated structures form the core of Texas...
Q&A: A New Novel Tells the Story of Hurricane Ike
By Katey Psencik Outka
Texas is vast, diverse, and complicated. It can be nearly impossible to describe to people who don’t live here, who didn’t grow up in and around the nuances...
New Year, New Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
THE ROAD TO TEXAS Incredible Twists and Improbable Turns Along the Longhorns Recruiting Trail BY MIKE ROACH The...
These UT Sophomores Started a Company That Incentivizes Sustainability
By Nathan Han
The audience listens as the Gazelle team presents to local stakeholders in Botswana. When Mihir Bendre first arrived in Botswana over the summer, the UT Austin...
Longhorn Scientists Are on a Quest to Grow the Ultimate Texan Delicacy in a Laboratory
By Daniel Oberhaus
Texas is home to 13 million cattle that are raised on thousands of ranches to feed America’s insatiable appetite for burgers, steaks, and ribs. But no one...