Q&A: A Writer and Photographer Team up to Tell a New Story of Wild Beauty
Bret Anthony Johnston Keith Carter Swamps aren’t generally considered the most beautiful landscapes—but a new book from the University of Texas Press...
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Q&A: Texas-German History Comes to Life in Translation
Kearney at his ranch, the home that originally inspired his German studies. Over the past few decades, Fredericksburg, Texas, has grown from a small Hill Country...
Color Factory CEO Builds Vibrant Art Installations
Tina Malhotra thought her career was over when she left New York City and moved to Houston with her husband. After 10 years building installations with brands...
Q&A: Children’s Book Author on Getting Lost and Finding Your Way Back
Nikki Loftin, author of If You Get Lost. Nikki Loftin knew she wanted to be a writer since she was 9 years old, so she chased that dream in the graduate program...
Q&A: A New Memoir from a Longhorn Astrophysicist Looks Up
Sarafina El-Badry Nance, author of “StarStruck” Sarafina El-Badry Nance has always loved looking up at the stars. It’s one of the first things...
LBJ School Unveils the Willie Nelson Endowment for Uplifting Rural Communities
This September will mark 38 years since music legends Willie Nelson, Neil Young, and John Mellencamp organized the first-ever Farm Aid concert to raise money...
A New Book Aims to Demystify Fertility and Its Industry
She worked as an art director at several top marketing firms. She’s an advisor to various early-stage startups. She helped launch a health startup accelerator...
Meet the 2022 Class of Outstanding Young Texas Exes
Texas Exes CEO and Executive Director Chuck Harris, Board President Courtney Jeans, August, Muething, and Verma at the Oct. 1, 2022, Longhorns football game. The...
Q&A: A New Novel Tells the Story of Hurricane Ike
Texas is vast, diverse, and complicated. It can be nearly impossible to describe to people who don’t live here, who didn’t grow up in and around the nuances...
Q&A: Journalism Professor Kate Dawson Is Truly a True Crime Historian
If you haven’t heard Kate Winkler Dawson’s voice before, you probably will soon. Maybe you listened to the audiobook version of her most recent book,...
