From Marfa to Mauritania: The Rise of the McDonald Observatory
Four hundred and fifty miles west of The University of Texas at Austin, thirty-seven miles (as the car drives) north of Marfa, and almost 6,800 feet above sea level...
UT History
UT’s Past Meets Its Present in “Dear Photograph” Project
Can’t see this slideshow? Click here. Photos are cheap these days. Our iPhones and digital cameras allow us to snap hundreds of shots—not just a precious...
UT Physics Since 1883: A Photo Essay
Nineteenth-century equipment that’s still in use today. A surprisingly progressive tradition of educating word-class female physicists, starting in 1892. A...
The Birth of Gregory Gym
Today Gregory Gym is an ultramodern facility boasting everything from an indoor track to a luxury pool (complete with palm trees) to a billiards room. It’s...
UT Tower Turns 75
Behold the UT Tower, the definitive landmark of the University. For 75 years, it has watched over the daily campus bustle, breaking its silence every quarter hour...
Bluebonnet Chain Signified Passing of Leadership On Campus
For almost half a century, springtime on campus was heralded by a sea of bluebonnets and dotted with poppies, yellow daisies, and the bright red blossoms of the...
How the MLK Statue Came to the East Mall
In September 1999, a bronze statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. was unveiled on the East Mall. Created by a husband-and-wife team, Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla...
UT’s First Portrait
The earliest known photograph of the University of Texas, which opened in 1883. At the time, UT inhabited a 40-acre tract of land just north of Austin, bounded...
The First Basketball Games on the Forty Acres
Women played the first basketball games on the UT campus. Starting in 1902, half-court scrimmages were held in the basement gymnasium of the Woman’s Building,...
UT Myths and Legends, Debunked
From Bevo to Burdine to the Battle Oaks, here are the real stories behind the legends you thought you knew. They’re staples at every college, as common as...
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Frank Schiffel: Its not only the students, its also the alumni. We all need to contact our state...
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Mary Hemenway: Nice article in spite of a couple of small errors: 1. Harlan's Globetrotters wa...
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