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Fewer Wildflowers Forecast For This Spring, UT’s Wildflower Center Says

Fewer Wildflowers Forecast For This Spring, UT’s Wildflower Center Says

Wildflowers can hardly be anything less than beautiful, but this year the display may be a little thinner than Texans might like. Due to little rain in much of...

 
 
UT’s Capital Punishment Clinic Wins Before Supreme Court

UT’s Capital Punishment Clinic Wins Before Supreme Court

The Capital Punishment Clinic housed within the UT Law School scored a win this week when the Supreme Court decided that a prisoner it represented had the right...

 
 
Students Learn Networking, Etiquette Tips At Texas Exes Career Services Event (Slideshow)

Students Learn Networking, Etiquette Tips At Texas Exes Career Services Event (Slideshow)

Wear your nametag on your right side. Shake hands like you mean it. And cover your lemon when you squeeze it into your iced tea. About 50 UT students got these...

 
 
Cool Dancing Flash Mob Storms UT Campus (Watch)

Cool Dancing Flash Mob Storms UT Campus (Watch)

Notice anything strange while walking campus today — say, students milling about, then breaking into a killer choreographed dance routine? If you didn’t,...

 
 

Searching for Dark Energy

Illustration by Jon Flaming If what we think we know about the cosmos is right, our universe should not be behaving as it is. As far as science can tell, after the...

 
 

The Stars at Night…

Ever since childhood, I’ve been fascinated with galaxies and stars. One Christmas, I asked Santa for a 14-inch telescope, which I planned to set up on the roof...

 
 

Adieu, Eleanor

Eleanor Moore Adieu, Eleanor It was with selfish sadness, but with great appreciation for her tremendous service to so many, that I read about Eleanor Moore’s...

 
 
Two Texas Exes Organizing Massive Guitar Jam To Benefit Soldiers

Two Texas Exes Organizing Massive Guitar Jam To Benefit Soldiers

In the Live Music Capital of the World, 8,000 good-hearted guitar players should be easy to come by, right? That’s the hope as a couple of Texas Exes try...

 
 
Deep Budget Cuts Could Threaten Texas’ Ability To Compete, UT Advocates Say (Watch)

Deep Budget Cuts Could Threaten Texas’ Ability To Compete, UT Advocates Say (Watch)

Steep cuts to The University of Texas’ budget could reverse decades-long progress on attracting bright students, renowned faculty, and corporate jobs to the...

 
 
In Cairo, A Popular UT-Supported Listserv Goes Dark As Protests Continue

In Cairo, A Popular UT-Supported Listserv Goes Dark As Protests Continue

From his desk in UT’s Middle Eastern Studies program, associate professor Samer Ali sees the day-to-day of life in Egypt from 6,000 miles away. Ali dreamed...

 
 
 
 
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