A Photojournalist’s Star-Studded Archive Spanning 40 Years Lands at the Briscoe Center
President George H.W. Bush and photojournalist Christopher Little at the White House in 1989. Standing in George H.W. Bush’s bedroom at his summer home in...
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How One Longhorn has Made a Career Out of Painting Bevos
Cathy Sue Munson sat inside her art studio just off North MoPac in West Austin. It was mid afternoon on a summer day in 2012 and she had just returned from...
UT’s New Student Body President Plans to Bring Longhorns Together
Kiara Kabbara has never met a stranger. At least, that’s how her friends often describe the gregarious UT Austin senior who hails from South Dallas. She’s...
The Hispanic Alumni Network Is a Home-Away-From-Home for Texas Exes
A few hundred people sat in the banquet room inside UT’s School of Law. The space was decorated in the vivid reds, blues, greens, pinks, and oranges...
Thirty years after “Friday Night Lights,” Robert Clark takes us back to the world of the Permian Panthers
Don Billingsley prepares for a game. When I answer the phone to speak with photographer Robert Clark, the Kansas native is calling from his car as he makes the...
UT Students and Faculty Find New Ways to Feel Connected During the Pandemic
One afternoon in August, just a few days before the fall semester was set to begin, my roommate let out a long sigh. She was gearing up for her first year of...
TxExplainer: What the 2021 Texas Legislative Session Has in Store for UT Austin
AS the U.S.—and the world—continues to adapt to unprecedented times, so must the Texas Legislature. From the upcoming topics of discussion to how lawmakers...
Faces in the Crowd: Taking a Closer Look at Who Filled DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium
During the summer of 2020, no one knew what the Texas Football season was going to look like—or if there would be a season at all. But as Texas Athletics...
How a ‘Cactus’ Yearbook Helped One Longhorn Escape War-Torn Saigon
It has been an emotional Tuesday morning for Dean Hien Nguyen, MS ’73. The 90-year-old retired electrical engineer and I are speaking over FaceTime,...
Matthew McConaughey Takes Stock of His Life in New Memoir ‘Greenlights’
Last year, Matthew McConaughey packed his bags and headed to Fort Davis, Texas, where his story first begins (“That’s where I was conceived,” he explains)....
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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
