Finding a Family
When the Asian Alumni Network awarded its first-ever scholarship to Elie Wu, they boosted a future leader who’s overcome some serious financial and family challenges. Last...
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Houston Chapter Talks Entrepreneurship With Bob Metcalfe
Not long ago, Bob Metcalfe—UT professor of innovation, Murchison fellow of free enterprise, and globally renowned startup guru—invited Dell founder Michael...
Alumni Authors: Demystifying Health Care, Exploring Lady Bird, and More
The Health Care Handbook: A Clear and Concise Guide to the U.S. Health Care System by Elisabeth Askin, BA ’06, and Nathan Moore, BA’07 Askin and Moore,...
The Big Idea: “Recycle” Nuclear Waste Into Fuel
By 2055, the U.S. will have more than 153,000 tons of radioactive waste on its hands. Nuclear energy is powerful, but how to safely store its waste? Three UT scientists...
Skeletons in the Closet: Inside UT’s Creepiest Lab
It’s a horrifying image: a decaying animal carcass crawling with beetles that feast on flesh. It’s also a vital scientific technique used in the Skeletal...
Texas Exes Around the Globe From A to Z
Some of the world’s most passionate 450,000 living Longhorns are in our 128 Texas Exes chapters and networks. From bull-riding to painting, here’s a sampling...
Tex! ’Horns! Fight!
War hero and campus legend Bob Bearden, 90, is one of the best cheerleaders the Forty Acres has ever seen. He’d been through hell—but he raised some of his...
Kids in Cages
UT lecturer and juvenile justice reformer Michele Deitch, whose class was recently voted the most valuable in the LBJ School of Public Affairs, says Texas prisons...
A Longhorn at Pike’s Peak
Madonna Bregon, BS ’12, hooked ’em at Pike’s Peak in Colorado. Bregon says she was “freezing, but still representing UT!”
Horns Up at 9,000 Feet
Alexis Balko, PharmD ’06, Life Member, tossed up the Hook ’em Horns while skydiving for her 30th birthday. Balko is a pharmacist for HEB in Corpus Christi.
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor
