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Next Level
By Abby Carney
Now that NCAA athletes have the right to profit off their names, the world will value Longhorns in a whole new way. “Constantly...
UT’s Student-Run Microfarm Is Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary—and a New Period of Growth
By Abigail Rosenthal
Students work at UT’s first student-run organic urban farm, on March 6, 2022. On a recent early spring day behind the tennis...
A Longhorn Is Reinventing Farming—With Robots
By Daniel Oberhaus
An aerial view of the Iron Ox facility in Lockhart, Texas. Brandon Alexander had been trying to make burritos fly—and he was...
Recent Stories
A Look Back at the 2022 Texas Fight Tour
By Janelle Sosa
Head football coach Steve Sarkisian and men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard with UT Cheer & Pom. After a two-year hiatus,...
Alcalde Docs
The 27th Out
By Alcalde Staff
On May 16, 1967, Jim Raup, BA ’68, Life Member, was the starting pitcher for a Texas baseball game against the University...
Inaugural Festival in Austin Celebrates Deaf Authors
By Alan Cundy
The inaugural Deaf Authors Book Festival was held in May 2022 at the Texas School for the Deaf in Austin. Produced and co-hosted by Steve Baldwin, PhD ’89,...
Longhorn Moseys Atop Mount Sinai
By Alan Cundy
George Seay, BA ’89, MBA ’98, Life Member, hikes atop a mostly solitary Mount Sinai in Egypt in May 2022. From the peak of Mount Sinai, Mount Saint Catherine...
Alcalde Docs
Magnificent Monuments
By Alcalde Staff
Landmarks has been making art accessible to students, faculty, and visitors at UT for years with pieces such as James Turrell’s Skyspace. Its newest...
Adding a Fresh Burnt-Orange Coat
By Alan Cundy
Future Longhorn Autumn Rae Richards, 3, Decatur, Georgia, gives the room a burnt-orange glow with a fresh coat of paint, along with her grandfather, Jim Smith,...
Santa Fe Exes Fundraise With Help From the ‘Rocket’ Roger Clemens
By Alan Cundy
The Texas Exes Santa Fe Chapter celebrated Texas Independence Day with the help of a member of the Longhorn Hall of Honor and Texas Sports Hall of Fame: the...
Longhorn Celebrates First Anniversary of 29th Birthday
By Alan Cundy
Celebrating a happy 30th birthday is Longhorn Chris Toups, BS ’15, and his wife, Nina Toups, BSN ’15, Life Members. The couple is pictured atop Diamond...
New Scholarship Blooms With Help of Texas Law ‘Sunflower Lady’ Susana Alemán
By Alan Cundy
Photo courtesy of Marsha Miller. A new initiative between the Texas Exes and The UT School of Law aims to recruit a diverse class of students and make Texas...
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Best of the Best
By Alcalde Staff
Every year, the Alcalde gives alumni the opportunity to nominate the professors who made their time on the Forty Acres so memorable — the Longhorns who...