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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...
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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...
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...
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...
A Longhorn Is Designing Apparel for the World’s Best Athletes
By Lauren McDowell
Christopher Pham in downtown Portland wearing the jacket he designed for Nike men’s tennis, on March 12, 2022. Runways, red carpets, and magazine covers—these...
The Way Back: The News Underground
By Abigail Rosenthal
Volunteer staff members at The Rag put together an issue of the weekly underground newspaper, circa 1970. In 1966, just two months after the tragic Tower shooting,...
The First Lady of Texas Football Talks Gameday Fashion
By Abigail Rosenthal
Sarkisian at the Longhorns’ season opener, Sept. 4, 2021. This past football season, all eyes were on the field per usual. But for some, it wasn’t in anticipation...
UT Researchers Might Solve the Mysteries of the Universe With the Most Powerful Telescope Ever
By Abigail Rosenthal
The James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, 2017. There’s never been a way to clearly see the past here...