Your trusty Alcalde is exploring new frontiers for telling great UT stories.
For much of my adult life I have endured endless doomsday prognostication about the...
Yesterday, for the first time ever, I donated money to The University of Texas.
The occasion was an email I received from President Bill Powers announcing a record-breaking...
As a new generation of Longhorns graduates, the mission of the Texas Exes is more important than ever. Even in times of controversy, our goal is to tell the story...
A wood and iron platform crouches on a triangle of The University of Texas campus frequented only on six Saturdays each fall. This creaky sculpture has taken on...
When I met my first four-star general, a UT grad, I was shell-shocked. I expected a dull ceremony and a bureaucrat full of platitudes. But Gen. Bob Cone, MA ’87,...
For five decades now, higher education leaders have been talking up the value of diversity. Students from different backgrounds challenge each other’s ideas,...
The goal is audacious, and the approach is classic higher ed.
The University of Texas at Austin has set itself a goal of raising its four-year graduation rate from...
We’re all fans here, so let’s be frank: at The University of Texas, there is an awful lot to cheer about. World-changing research. Dynamic professors. Brainy...
A chat about Texas higher education with the chairman of the Board of Regents.
Before we get to this interview, a word of context. About a year ago the first rumble...
