Class of 2017
Breaking the cycle. Thriving in tragedy. Shifting paradigms. Changing the world. This is the University of Texas at Austin’s Class of 2017.
Author Archive:
The 2017 Texas Ten
From lengthy, heartwarming diatribes about life-changing lectures to all-caps declarations of a professor’s awesomeness, each year, the Texas 10 nominations elicit...
The Daddy-O Index
Bob Wade, formally known as Daddy-O, is here to tell you about his missing two-headed calf, those oversized cowboy boots in San Antonio, the giant iguana mobile...
The Longhorn Lope: A Recipe For UT’s Unofficial Cocktail
To add a little garnish to the Alcalde interactive feature on six Longhorns leading the Texas booze boom, we asked author of The Essential New York Times Book...
Bigger or Brighter
Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Raymund Paredes, BA ’64, PhD ’73, Life Member, says the state’s future depends on Latinos’ educational success. But...
November|December 2016 Good Reads
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People by David Todd and Jonathan Ogren, BA ’96, MA ’08 Cartographer and...
September|October 2016 Alumni Authors
Into Africa: A Transnational History of Catholic Medical Missions and Social Change by Barbra Mann Wall, BSN ’71, Life Member Wall combines her background in nursing...
September|October 2016 Good Reads
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart, BA ’90, MS ’92 In her second Constance Kopp mystery—the series is based...
July|August 2016 Alumni Authors
On Cedar Hill by Emil Kresl, MPAff ’16, MSCRP ’16 In On Cedar Hill, things are not always as they appear. Through a series of vignettes, Kresl intertwines the...
The 2016 Texas Ten
A great professor can profoundly shape your college experience—they enlighten, inspire, motivate, and challenge. It’s often in hindsight we realize which teachers...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor
