LBJ Presidential Library Names Historian Kyle Longley as New Director
On Wednesday, the LBJ Presidential Library and Museum named historian Kyle Longley as the institution’s fifth director, beginning on July 29. The announcement...
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This Is Texas Tour Gets Longhorns’ Heads in the Game
At each stop on the This Is Texas Tour, the venue would come alive as a burnt-orange crowd of alumni, future Longhorns, and fans dressed in their gameday best filed...
Now and Then: Looking at the Lives of Two UT Grads, 80 Years Apart
June 6, 1938, was a perfectly moonlit summer night in Austin. Gathered before the one-year-old Tower were 1,161 students, dressed in black gowns and tasseled hats....
Alumna Kayleen Schaefer on Her Debut Book ‘Text Me When You Get Home’
Journalist Kayleen Schaefer’s new book looks at modern female friendship and what makes it so special. Over the course of just one weekend I found myself saying,...
Four New Books From the Longhorn Universe to Kick Off Summer
The Austin Cookbook By Paula Forbes Whether it’s smoked turkey from La Barbecue, fried chicken from Lucy’s, or pumpkin bread from Kerbey Lane, The Austin Cookbook...
Harry Ransom Center Acquires Lifework of Famous Photographer Fritz Henle
“My father’s three mantras were ‘beauty,’ ‘truth,’ and ‘freedom,’” the daughter of the late photographer Fritz Henle, Tina Henle, tells me...
How the Pluckers Founders Built Themselves a Wing-Dom
It’s 2 a.m. Saturday and the bars are closed. A group of rowdy students, home from their trek down Austin’s Sixth Street, bust into the Pluckers Wing Bar tucked...
Lives On Hold: Longhorn DACA Recipients Tell Their Stories
Lawmakers spent the last six months negotiating the future of the Deferred Action Childhood Arrival Program. Longhorn Dreamers talk about this period of uncertainty...
Abroad In Hollywood: How the One-of-a-Kind UTLA Program Prepares Students for Show Business
It’s 6:30 p.m. and the students are late. The hot October California sun is slowly disappearing behind purple mountains, serving as the backdrop to an unassuming...
Chuck Harris Named New Executive Director of the Texas Exes
After an almost year-long search, the Texas Exes has found a new leader. Chuck Harris, BBA ’86, Life Member, president of the Total System Services company Netspend,...
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Students Compete in Annual Research Showdown to Make an Impact Beyond the 40 Acres
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For Every Longhorn on Your List: Our 2018 Texas Gift Guide
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Texas Exes Welcomes 2018 Distinguished Alumni Home to the Forty Acres
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New Books from the Longhorn Universe to Read this 2018 Holiday Season
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UT Austin Researchers Use Virus That Killed Bevo XIV to Fight Hepatitis C
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Students Compete in Annual Research Showdown to Make an Impact Beyond the 40 Acres
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For Every Longhorn on Your List: Our 2018 Texas Gift Guide
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Texas Exes Welcomes 2018 Distinguished Alumni Home to the Forty Acres
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New Books from the Longhorn Universe to Read this 2018 Holiday Season
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UT Austin Researchers Use Virus That Killed Bevo XIV to Fight Hepatitis C
