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After Recent Near-Misses, Texas Volleyball Is Poised to Win it All Again
By Chris O'Connell
June 27, 2019, was the day the Big 12 released its annual preseason volleyball coaches poll. For the ninth consecutive year, UT coach Jerritt Elliott’s peers...
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Longhorns Are Pledging to Return Home to Help Their Communities in Need
By Danielle Lopez
Janelle Chavez stood inside a home with dirt floors and no electricity in a small village in the Dominican Republic. She was abroad for the 2018 summer through...
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Unearthing the Ancient ‘Texas Serengeti’
By Joe Hanson
Long-buried fossils collected before World War II are leading UT researchers to think the Texas coast once resembled the African Serengeti.
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Longhorn Gary Kelly Is Remaking the Once-Tiny Southwest Airlines
By Sofia Sokolove
“I don’t like to lose,” Gary Kelly says to a room full of Texas football players, who nod their heads in agreement. The 64-year-old chairman of the board...
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The Tyler Rose: The Story of UT’s Recruitment of Earl Campbell
By Asher Price
In 1973, Darrell K Royal faced challenges landing top African-American high school football players, so he enlisted a team of recruiters. Led by Ken Dabbs, they...
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75 Years Later: The Lasting Impact of D-Day, From France to the Forty Acres
By Andrew Roush
A pivotal moment in the Allied success in World War II, the offensive known as D-Day still reverberates in American culture. Seventy-five years after the largest...
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Peter Yang’s Journey From The Daily Texan to Photographic Stardom
By Chris O'Connell
Peter Yang got his start at The Daily Texan. He’s now one of the world’s most sought-after photographers.
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How Texas and Longhorns Are Tackling Maternal Mortality in Texas
By Anna Daugherty
At my first prenatal appointment, I was given a pink folder. On it were two dolphins jumping and the words: “Have the birth of your dreams.” To be clear, I...
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How UT Became Home to One of the Nation’s Largest Collections of Latin American Art
By Sofia Sokolove
A new exhibition at the Blanton explores the intersection of Latin American art and language—and celebrates a field that The University of Texas helped bring to...