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Briscoe Center’s New Acquisition will be a Mecca for Architectural and Urban Environmental Research

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When Steven Hoelscher saw Robert Polidori’s photographs for the first time, he was blown away. The images, depicting the devastating flooding and...

 
 

UT Researchers are Repurposing Cancer Diagnosis Technology to Battle Fish Fraud

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Each year, Americans consume nearly 10 billion pounds of seafood, almost all of it imported. But what lands on a boat in the South China Sea is often very different...

 
 

Fantasy, Football, and Funny Women: Discover New Fall Reads

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Cracking Up – Black Feminist Comedy in the Twentieth and Twenty-first Century United States By Katelyn Hale Wood, MA ’09, PhD ’14  Dressed...

 
 

UT’s Sonic Archive is a Treasure Trove of Recorded Art

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Walking into UT’s Historical Music Recordings Collection (HMRC) this summer, a nondescript building shrouded by nearby construction—we were asked to keep...

 
 

UT’s New Student Body President Plans to Bring Longhorns Together

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Kiara Kabbara has never met a stranger. At least, that’s how her friends often describe the gregarious UT Austin senior who hails from South Dallas. She’s...

 
 

Alumnus Cliff Croomes Steps into His Role as Director of the Longhorn Band

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According to his grandmother—admittedly a biased party—Cliff Croomes was always the most well-behaved baby in church. That is, until the choir started singing. “Then...

 
 

UT’s Aerospace Engineering and Theater Departments Join Forces to Raise Awareness for Orbital Debris

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Space is getting crowded. Over the next decade, companies like SpaceX and Amazon’s Kuiper Systems plan to launch thousands of internet satellites, which would...

 
 

UT Professor’s New Book Explores Opposing Sides of the American Revolution

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When do you decide to make changes within the system? And when is the system so broken that you have to abandon it—maybe even take up arms against...

 
 

New Summer Reads Introduce You to Important Trailblazers

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Lone Star Vistas Travel Writing on Texas, 1821-1861 by Astrid Haas   As Texas became a destination for large-scale immigration in the wake of Mexico’s...

 
 

New Coming-of-age Novel from Longhorn Author Tackles Questions of Faith and Family

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In Kelsey McKinney’s debut novel, the Texas landscape—sun-baked soil, vast blue skies, and oppressive heat—serves as a vibrant backdrop for the secrets...

 
 
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