RTF Grad’s Video Wins $100,000 Nikon Festival Judges’ Award (WATCH)
We all remember our first job, usually because it was heinous, possibly degrading, and almost always embarrassing. Marko Slavnic, BS ’06, took inspiration...
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Your Weekly Crime Watch Jewel: How To Write About A Marijuana Arrest
No one could ever accuse police officers of having easy jobs, but the cop who writes UTPD’s daily Campus Watch e-mail can’t ever complain about having...
UT Tuition Increase Needed To Stave Off Staff Cuts, Committee Reports
Is it time again for another tuition hike? A group of students, faculty, and administrators charged with studying the issue recommended Wednesday increasing tuition...
Special 125th Anniversary Commemorative Issue – Give Us Your Feedback
For those of you who by chance have not yet seen the special, commemorative JanFeb 2010 issue of The Alcalde, behold its glorious cover. A hat tip to former editor...
Colt McCoy Wins AT&T National Player Of The Year Award
Ah, sweet redemption. Colt McCoy may not have won the Heisman Trophy (again), despite being without question the most valuable player in college football (again),...
UT Journalism Students Launch Website For National Championship Week
Some intrepid UT journalism students have launched a killer new website in advance of Thursday’s national championship game. The site, HornsInPasadena.com,...
UT System Moving Forward On Medical School In Rio Grande Valley
UT System officials have started the nitty gritty work of turning an idea for a medical school in the Valley into an actual plan for one, the Austin American-Statesman...
Regents Decide Against Developing Brackenridge Field Lab
Plans to develop or move the University’s Brackenridge Field Lab on Lady Bird Lake have officially been scrapped. The UT System regents on Tuesday unanimously...
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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
