Texas Rowing Takes Second Conference Championship In Two Weeks
Two weeks after winning their third straight Big 12 Rowing Championship, the University of Texas rowing team also took home top honors at the second annual Conference...
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Regents Unanimously Approve Chancellor Cigarroa’s Vision For UT System
UPDATED “I need your support. I need your confidence. And I need the authority to accomplish the important work ahead.” With these pointed words, UT...
Powers Defends UT’s Record Of Change, Cautions Against Short-Sighted Reforms
UT president Bill Powers offered a measured but defiant defense of the University as a teaching and reseach institution, as well as its direction under his leadership,...
Bruce Buchanan, Government
Photo by Jay B Sauceda For 35 years, Bruce Buchanan has taught the immensely popular and now iconic Politics of the Presidency class. Every big, entry-level course...
Lino Graglia, Law
Photo by Jay B Sauceda Since 1966, Lino Graglia has been teaching the same two courses: constitutional law and antitrust. But consider the course names misnomers,...
Blaire Luna Pitches 10th Perfect Game in UT History
May 1, 2011 5:41 pm | no comments 
Sophomore standout pitcher Blaire Luna pitched a perfect game March 17, allowing not a single batter on base, against the previously unbeaten Washington Huskies....
Advise and Conquer
Can centralized advising boost four-year graduation rates? Iris Camille Claudio With two fall classes behind it and another on the way, UT’s experiment with centralized...
Testing the Tests
May 1, 2011 4:47 pm | no comments
How a test is designed affects the score it produces and whether that number is a faithful measure of a student’s actual knowledge. A test aims to evaluate a student’s...
Bring Back the Rodeo Club
May 1, 2011 4:21 pm | no comments
Bring Back the Rodeo Club I enjoyed Lynn Freehill’s article “Rodeo Club” in the March|April issue of The Alcalde. How sad to learn how short-lived the Rodeo...
Teaching by Example
May 1, 2011 3:13 pm | no comments
UT Elementary, a charter school in East Austin, takes the best in teaching research and applies it to real classrooms—with stunning results. Deep in the heart...
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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
