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Meet the Woman Leading the Longhorn Band

Senior drum major Jessica Martinez is only the fourth woman to lead the Longhorn Band in its 118 years of existence. Here’s how she hypes up DKR Texas-Memorial...

 
 

15 Years of Texas 4000

For the last 15 years, UT students have been riding their bikes from Texas to Alaska for the fight against cancer with the help of Longhorns all across the country.

 
 

The Dittmar Scrapbook

UT’s H..J. Lutcher Stark Center has unearthed a scrapbook that once belonged to Gus “Pig” Dittmar. The hundreds of photos, captions, and newspaper...

 
 

Man of Action

Author Patrick Cox on the often untold story of Tom Sealy, a man at the center of many of the changes taking place during the twentieth century, at UT, in Texas,...

 
 

Sights Unseen: Star Party

A look at the night sky from two very different telescopes perched atop campus buildings.

 
 

Light the Tower

For all the biggest UT moments, the Tower glows orange. Here’s how it happens.

 
 

Where Poe Sat

UT’s Harry Ransom Center has an important artifact from an important Romantic writer on display: Edgar Allan Poe’s writing desk.

 
 

The Texas Ten 2018

Since 2011, the Alcalde has honored UT professors with the Texas 10 awards.

 
 

Tower Girl

At the very top of the UT Tower, lives Austin’s only known year-round peregrine falcon, “Tower Girl.” In January 2018, after eight years of living here,...

 
 

Unleashing the Raptors

In spring 2018, UT’s Department of Theatre and Dance performed an interpretation of Enron, a 2009 play about the infamous scandal. As part of a unique interdisciplinary...

 
 
 
 
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