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Six Reasons Student Leader Natalie Butler Is Our Top Hand

Rarely, if ever, has the Texas Exes presented a Top Hand Award to a current UT student. But this spring, the Association made outgoing student government president...

 
 

Meet Linda Hicke, the New Natural Sciences Dean

One of legendary communications professor John Daly‘s maxims is “Never follow someone who was great at his job.” But any new dean of UT’s...

 
 
See Gulf Seafloor Live Through Longhorn-Led Expedition [Watch]

See Gulf Seafloor Live Through Longhorn-Led Expedition [Watch]

If you’re reading this, that means you’re not doing any kind of crazy fast from media today. And that means there’s at least a 98 percent probability...

 
 

Fun Times at Forty Acres Fest

Finals stress is starting to crescendo, but UT students took time out this weekend to relax and celebrate the good life as Longhorns. Forty Acres Fest brought hundreds...

 
 
UT Community Loses Another Giant: Bernard Rapoport

UT Community Loses Another Giant: Bernard Rapoport

In the space of a week, the Texas Exes have lost more than one giant. Late last night, we also lost big-hearted philanthropist Bernard Rapoport, BA ’39, Life...

 
 

Scenes From the Texas Relays, Star-Studded Symposium

Thousands of visitors have hit Austin this weekend for the 85th annual Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays. Hundreds more are competing. And stars like India Arie, Aaron...

 
 
Top Life Members of All Time

Top Life Members of All Time

To wrap up Life Member Celebration Week, we wanted to inspire you with a list of the greatest Life Members of all time. We tried to come up with a nice round 10,...

 
 

Barrel-Rolled by a Manta Ray [Watch]

Tourists often snorkel with sea turtles, stingrays, and loads of fish. But rarely does any creature that measures 14 feet across swim up and barrel-roll underneath...

 
 

Why We Love Life Members [A History]

In 1957, the Ex-Students’ Association of The University of Texas had fewer than 10,000 members when an exciting idea for revolutionizing membership bubbled...

 
 

UT Is Third in World’s Leading Academic Patent-Seekers

The only thing better than national bragging rights? International bragging rights. With 127 published patent applications last year, The University of Texas System...

 
 
 
 
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