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A Volleyball Legend and Her Fellow Longhorns Are Going Pro Together
By Jason Cohen
There’s no “i” in volleyball. It’s the ultimate team sport. Three different players touch the ball on (nearly)...
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Longhorns Are Behind Some of TV’s Biggest Shows
By Courtney Runn
Look at almost any buzzy TV show of the moment and you’ll find University of Texas alumni in the credits. UT has flashy representatives in Matthew McConaughey,...
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Meet the Woman in Charge of Responsible AI at Microsoft
By Tom Kertscher
Like many lucky longhorns, Sarah Bird, BS ’07, vividly recalls attending the 2006 Rose Bowl, where quarterback Vince Young, BS ’13, Life Member, led UT to a...
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Meet the Longhorns Cycling the Coast to Combat Sex Trafficking
By Eliza Pillsbury
Somewhere along the Pacific Coast Highway, just north of the Oregon-California border, Gracie Hornung snoozed her alarm. Four times. The fifth time she heard...
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Craig Way Is the Voice of the Longhorns
By Jason Cohen
On Saturday, Aug. 31, millions of Longhorns and fans turned on their TV to watch Quinn Ewers and The University of Texas take...
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The Live Music Campus of the World
By Alan Cundy
1930s: An All-University Dance at the old women’s gym. Live music and Austin, Texas. An obvious combination, but not by coincidence. Deep in the heart...
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Longhorns Helm Cutting-Edge Lunar Technologies
By Daniel Oberhaus
It was a mild evening in late February, and Tim Crain, BS ’95, MS ’99, PhD ’00, Life Member, was driving home from the headquarters of Intuitive Machines,...
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How the Texas Longhorn Became a Living Legend
By Andrew Logan
Roaming the brushy expanse of the Texas plains, a herd of Texas longhorns graze under the blaring sun, their sprawling horns casting long shadows on the dusty...
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Longhorn Leisure Through the Years
By Eliza Pillsbury
You know how the saying goes: “Work hard, play hard.” Few other schools exemplify this ethos like The University of Texas at Austin. As much as there is to...
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The Flying Longhorns Remember—and Rediscover—Vietnam
By Stephen Harrigan
On our first day in Ho Chi Minh City, the Flying Longhorns inadvertently offended the sensibilities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We had assembled for...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor