The Young Ones: The 2015 Outstanding Young Texas Exes

The Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, initiated in 1980, recognizes consummate professionals whose career achievements are matched only by their service to the university. What unifies the recipients is that they are all extremely accomplished before turning 40. This year’s winners include experts in fields as diverse as nanotechnology and university admissions, plus two journalists—one in newspapers and one in magazines.

young graduates and give them a chance too.”

The first thing she tells students? News will aways be here, and she has no intention of doing anything else.

“A lot of industries are having to evolve, and ours is one of them,” she says. “We have to evolve, adapt, and change. I like to be challenged though. I don’t want it to stay the same forever. I’d get bored.”—Anna Daugherty

Photos, from top: University of Michigan Photo Services; Kristina Loggia; Anna Donlan (2).