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

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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

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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

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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...

 
 

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

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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

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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...

 
 

Longhorns Gather Together for Texas Exes Graduation Celebrations

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A mother and daughter giggled and held hands as they swayed back and forth, pulling towards each other then dancing away again, smiles plastered on their faces...

 
 

New Research From UT Could One Day Treat Chronic Pain Without Opioids

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Three decades ago, if you had asked Dr. Stephen Martin how the molecules he synthesizes would be used today, he might have given you any number of answers ranging...

 
 

Memories of the Frank Erwin Center

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You might have noticed that a very large, distinctively shaped structure at I-35 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Austin is slowly disappearing. It is,...

 
 

Good Reads Q&A: A Longhorn Uncovers Family History Across Continents and Generations

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Margaret Juhae Lee, author of Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History. From starting at UT as a pre-med Plan II student to a graduate degree in the art...

 
 

Beach Volleyball is the Next Frontier of UT’s Athletic Power

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“Texas is a volleyball school.” “Texas is a volleyball school.” No, that’s not an echo you’re hearing. Rather, Jerritt Elliott’s reigning...

 
 
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