The Way Back: Room with a View
Since 1937, the UT Tower has watched over an ever-changing campus and the city it calls home. Through wars, civil rights protests, a tragic mass shooting, and...
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UT’s Sonic Archive is a Treasure Trove of Recorded Art
Walking into UT’s Historical Music Recordings Collection (HMRC) this summer, a nondescript building shrouded by nearby construction—we were asked to keep...
Steve Sarkisian’s Path to Texas Football Glory is Paved with Offensive Wizardry and Self-Reflection
For as many touchdowns as the quarterback scored in his career, if you type “Vince Young touchdown” into Google, one dominates the results. You know which...
The Way Back: Indie Darling
From 1970 until 1997, Inner Sanctum Records thrived on West 24th Street as a place for UT students and Austinites to expand their musical minds at the first—and...
UT’s 2021 Graduating Class Leaves a Campus that Became Almost Unrecognizable During the Pandemic
When the class of 2021 enrolled at UT, most members likely pictured a typical graduation day: crossing the stage in sweltering midday heat, hugging pals under the...
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...
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...
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The Places Where We’ve Rooted for the Longhorns—and How Much They Mean to Us
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Twenty Years after 9/11, a Longhorn Reflects on the Unexpected Detour—and the Subsequent Broadway show—that Altered His Life’s Trajectory
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Briscoe Center’s New Acquisition will be a Mecca for Architectural and Urban Environmental Research
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One of Austin’s Teeniest Attractions is Coming Back in a Big Way
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UT Researchers are Repurposing Cancer Diagnosis Technology to Battle Fish Fraud
