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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team

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Coach David Griffin works with Tabitha Halfmann on a “clean and jerk.” David Griffin, BS ’20, once brought an empty glass jar to a white elephant...

 
 

Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool

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From left, Scott Rice and Jay Banner. There’s no shortage of fun things to do on a Friday night in Austin. For many locals, from couples on date nights to...

 
 

Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor

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The mystic poet Rumi wrote “The Guest House” about personifying complex emotions as visitors to one’s body—but this can be a difficult concept to wrap...

 
 

Gameday Fashion at The University of Texas

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Gameday fashion has gotten brighter than the floodlights and louder than the cheers in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. And in the hours before kickoff,...

 
 

Long-Buried Castoffs Now Big-Screen Stars

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If the dominant objects of your everyday life—your phone, a credit card, a pair of sunglasses—were found 150 years from now by an archaeologist, they probably...

 
 

The Life and Legacy of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at 100 Years

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The Texas A&M Corps of Cadets in a traditional halftime formation to honor UT’s new stadium at the Thanksgiving dedication game, Nov. 27, 1924. There...

 
 

Program in UT’s College of Pharmacy Provides Cellphones to People Experiencing Homelessness

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On June 28, the United States Supreme Court ruled on a major case related to homelessness, City of Grants Pass v. Johnson. The decision allows cities to enforce...

 
 

UT’s Wind Ensemble Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Carnegie Hall

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Jerry Junkin conducts The University of Texas Wind Ensemble at the Carnegie Hall celebration, June 2, 2024. On Feb. 27, 2005, longtime director Jerry Junkin...

 
 

UT Enrolls First Students in Climate System Science Major

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In early July, Hurricane Beryl made landfall in Texas and tore north through the state, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. The earliest-forming Category...

 
 

Good Reads Q&A: UT Psychology Professor Wrote the Book on Mentorship to Young People

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David Yeager, author of 10 to 25. When David Yeager was teaching English and P.E. to middle schoolers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he learned firsthand that many...

 
 
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