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

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

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

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

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...

 
 

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

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...

 
 

Starting Here: Meet the 2024 President’s Leadership Award Winners

The President’s Leadership Award began in 1985 with an endowment from Frank Denius, LLB ’49, Life Member, a past president of the Texas Exes and legendary Longhorn....

 
 

World-Changers Reconnect With the University Through the Tower Fellows Program

The Blanton Museum of Art opened the doors of Ellsworth Kelly’s “Austin” early one morning for a group of Tower Fellows to experience the winter...

 
 

Taking Over From Legendary Swim Coach Eddie Reese Is Another Legend

Bob Bowman has never previously lived or worked in Texas, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t coming home. In his case, “home” is a specific little patch...

 
 

Q&A: Michener Grad on Empathy and Mystery in Her Debut Novel

Lauren Aliza Green, author of The World After Alice. One could easily misrepresent The World After Alice by fixating on the flaws of its characters. In the...

 
 

11 Places to Work From Home in Austin

Campus may be quieter now that the semester is over, but we know that Longhorns never stop working to change the world—from all over the globe. For those based...

 
 
 
 
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