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HookedIn Spotlight Series: Carolyn Brady

HookedIn Spotlight Series: Carolyn Brady

Carolyn BradyFourth-year PhD candidate in Chemistry It’s time for another edition of our HookedIn Spotlight Series! More than 20,000 Longhorns are connecting...

 
 
HookedIn Spotlight Series: Zaina Sarwar

HookedIn Spotlight Series: Zaina Sarwar

Zaina SarwarSecond-year economics majorEngagement intern, Texas Exes It’s time for another edition of our HookedIn Spotlight Series! More than 20,000 Longhorns...

 
 

Q&A: A Documentarian and a Longhorn Explore the Spirituality of Sports

Joe Levin, co-author of Religion of Sports. Joe Levin, BA, BJ ’21, Life Member, likes to say he’s from Los Angeles via Austin. Even before he attended UT...

 
 

The Way Back: Flower Power

Though the fashion in this photo will likely be the first thing you notice, the image of two bohemians tending to campus flora presages a significant conflict...

 
 
The 2023 Outstanding Young Texas Exes Are Ahead of the Game

The 2023 Outstanding Young Texas Exes Are Ahead of the Game

From left, Dr. Amy Faith Ho, C.C. Melvin Ike, Kovid Gupta, Glen Powell. One of the most prestigious awards given by the Texas Exes and the University honors...

 
 

The Texas Exes Reaches 100,000 Life Members

It was a warm and slightly humid May morning at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park just northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, when Erin Peterson was hiking...

 
 

The Way Back: All-Inclusive

This blanket tax ID card belonged to Jean (Hudson) Caton, ’39, the great-grandmother of the Alcalde’s managing editor, Eliza Pillsbury, BA, BJ ’23,...

 
 

Larry Mayo’s Degree Was a Lifetime in the Making

Surrounded by books in a home nestled among the Piney Woods of Lake Palestine in northeast Texas, a 79-year-old former journalist in failing health was doing...

 
 

Eyes on Them: The 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Awards

On an unseasonably warm Friday night this past November, Bevo stood outside the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center to welcome a group of esteemed guests to the 65th...

 
 

Q&A: UT Professor Kirk Lynn on Writing with Meg Ryan

The Alcalde spoke with playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Kirk Lynn, BA ’93, MFA ’04, Life Member, about his newest film, What Happens Later, starring Meg...

 
 
 
 
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