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Q&A: A Longhorn Uncovers Family History Across Continents and Generations

Margaret Juhae Lee, author of Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History. From starting at UT as a pre-med Plan II student to a graduate degree in the art history...

 
 

The Way Back: Don’t Be a Stranger

Karen Schneider ’89 announces winner of Life Membership during the Chairman’s Senior Send-Off. Not long after this issue reaches your doorstep, thousands...

 
 
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...

 
 
 
 
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