How February’s Once-in-a-Generation Storm Altered Life on Campus and Across the City
Sunday, February 14, 2021 As lovebirds hunker down together to celebrate Valentine’s Day with what looks to be a romantic evening snowfall, rumors swirl...
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How a Blind Iraqi Refugee Overcame Enormous Obstacles to Earn a UT Degree
“Four days,” Qusay Hussein tells me, echoing an experience many in Austin and across the state went through in mid-February when an overloaded electricity...
The Way Back: A Walk Along the Creek
John Matthias Kuehne was a polymath. A professor at UT, he pioneered work on electromagnetism, eventually chairing the physics department. He was tasked with...
Three Longhorns in the Music Business Share How They Have Fared During COVID-19
Back in early March 2020, which feels like 100 years ago, the thriving Austin music industry felt the rumblings of a catastrophic event: the cancellation of South...
The Way Back: Townes and Country
In the fall of 1993, Austin country musician Townes Van Zandt was putting the pieces of an embattled recording career back together. Having not released an...
Two Longhorns Lead the Charge on Reopening the Rothko Chapel
Walking through the lawn that separates the Menil Collection and its park to the east from the Rothko Chapel in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood, I am not...
Renowned Trumpeter Billy Hunter Joins the UT Faculty
Many college professors are struggling with distance learning this fall. Between technology issues and wrestling with the ways in which different students best...
Robert Killebrew’s Journey From Punishing Linebacker to Pain Reliever
On YouTube, there is a highlights package featuring key plays from Texas linebacker Robert Killebrew’s career, sound-tracked by “Last Resort” by Papa...
What Does it Mean to Be a Longhorn Fan in 2020?
Seven years ago, I attended my final UT football game as a fan; six or so months later I joined the staff of the Texas Exes and began covering football games...
How the Daytripper Became the King of the Road
Chet Garner is easy to track down these days. Pre-pandemic, the host and creator of the PBS show The Daytripper could usually be found, well, day tripping around...
