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Longhorns Helm Cutting-Edge Lunar Technologies

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

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

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

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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UT Research on Methane Hydrate Could Transform the Energy Landscape

A team of scientists watch the sunset from the helidock. The middle of the Gulf of Mexico is a busier place than you might think. Its deep, blue waters are dotted...

 
 

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The 2024 Texas 10

Since 2011, the Alcalde has asked alumni to submit nominations for the Texas 10 teaching awards, forming a cohort of the most excellent professors at The University...

 
 

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UT Prepares for the Total Solar Eclipse

As her husband drove through southeastern Wyoming’s rolling hills, Martinique Pautzke studied an eclipse map on her phone. Then she peered at the truck’s...

 
 

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Texas Performing Arts and Broadway Across America Bring the Great White Way to Campus

You never forget your first time.  Come on along and listen to the lullaby of Broadway. For Kristen Caskey, BA ’94, who grew up outside of Chicago,...

 
 

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The Texas Exes Reaches 100,000 Life Members

It was a warm and slightly humid May morning at the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park just northwest of Atlanta, Georgia, when Erin Peterson was hiking...

 
 

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Society Faces Tough Choices About Artificial Intelligence

On a Tuesday night last February, New York Times technology writer Kevin Roose sat down to experiment with an early version of the artificial intelligence (AI)...

 
 
 
 
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