Mentor of the Year Paul Stekler Pays It Forward
Paul Stekler is a “boffo” mentor, according to Variety. The entertainment-industry trade paper known for its idiosyncratic jargon has picked UT’s...
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Longhorn Rodeo Rides Again
Fifty years after an upstart student rodeo team hung up its spurs, a new generation of ropers and riders is trying to bring rodeo back to the Forty Acres.
Former Student Leaders Add to Calls for Hall’s Resignation [Updated]
Update: Late Wednesday afternoon, the Texas Coalition for Excellence in Higher Education released a statement reiterating the calls for Hall to resign. Formed in...
Student Groups Call for Hall’s Resignation [Updated]
Update: A resolution calling for Hall’s resignation was removed from the Student Government legislative assembly docket Tuesday. The Daily Texan reports that...
Powers Honors Five with Presidential Citations
You might recognize the scenario. Dressed in caps and gowns, brimming with fringed regalia, administrators and academics gather to honor people who have made major...
Legislators Send Report on Regent Hall to Prosecutors
Editors Note, April 28: The Travis County District Attorney’s Office has opened an investigation into Hall’s actions, and whether the regent broke...
Special Counsel Report: UT Regent May Have Broken Law
Last week, a report concerning UT System regent Wallace Hall found its way to multiple statewide media outlets before being made public this week. The draft report,...
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Telling the Stories of the Whitman Shooting [Podcast]
On a hot August day in 1966, Charles Whitman carried a footlocker full of guns and ammunition to the top of the UT Tower and started firing. The incident changed...
UT Chips in for World’s Largest Telescope
The University of Texas is fairly familiar with the final frontier. UT-Austin has produced 12 astronauts, has its own Center for Space Research, and is represented...
Independence, Education, and Texas
Texas history was my favorite class in middle school, and possibly of all time. (Sorry, band, you were a distant second). Thank you, Mrs. Cheshire, for telling...
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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
