Up For the Challenge
One UT student with a disability is fighting for accessibility for all. UT-Austin sophomore Archer Hadley wants you to be uncomfortable. He wants you to challenge...
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On the Taco Trail: Two Self-Proclaimed Taco Journalists Document the Best of the Best in Texas
Seven thousand miles, 10 Texas cities, 500 tacos, and two friends—that’s what it took to create Jarod Neece and Armando Rayo’s book, The Tacos of Texas. The...
January|February 2017 Good Reads
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe The Enchilada Queen Cookbook by Sylvia Casares, BS ’76 Sylvia Casares’ latest cookbook is truly a Texas-Mexico...
Lucy in the Sky: UT Study Says Ancient Human Ancestors Climbed Trees
It’s 3.2 million years ago and you’re traveling through the forests of Ethiopia. There’s no familiar sign of civilization in sight, though the wet, warm weather...
Texas Students Remember Campus in the Wake of Pearl Harbor
Nearly 75 years ago, Ida Sample, BBA ’44, sat attentively in her morning math class. It was the second semester of her sophomore year of college, and 1942...
Enchilada Queen Sylvia Casares On Her New Cookbook
Sylvia Casares, BS ’76, wasn’t born into royalty. She was raised along the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas, where she grew up surrounded...
World-Renowned Heart Surgeon Denton A. Cooley Dies at 96
World-renowned heart surgeon and medical pioneer Denton A. Cooley, BA ’41, Life Member, Distinguished Alumnus, died Friday at his home. He was 96. In 1962, Cooley...
Art of Extinction: UT Alum Exhibits Life-Size Dinosaur Replica in Austin
During his years as an art student at UT, Jules Buck Jones, MFA ’08, often found himself in the company of pre-historic monsters. He’d regularly head...
November|December 2016 Alumni Authors
The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails by Steve Reddicliffe, MA ’10 Steve Reddicliffe, author of The New York Times column “A Quiet Drink,” invites...
Prime Time: The 2016 Outstanding Young Texas Exes
Each year we celebrate a new group of Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recipients with—what else?—a party. Transformed into a hip lounge featuring white sofas...
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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
