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

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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

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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

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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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Larry Mayo’s Degree Was a Lifetime in the Making

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Surrounded by books in a home nestled among the Piney Woods of Lake Palestine in northeast Texas, a 79-year-old former journalist in failing health was doing...

 
 

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Paper Conservation Expert Preserves Campus Treasures

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A rare manuscript in the University’s collection, currently under the care of the Campus Conservation Initiative. In the summer of 2022, Rachel Mochon...

 
 
A Longhorn Looks Back on 50 Years of Marriage

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A Longhorn Looks Back on 50 Years of Marriage

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We met in 1965 at Midland High School, but we weren’t high school sweethearts. In fact, we didn’t even like each other. I thought he was arrogant and snobbish....

 
 

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This Longhorn Is a World Traveler and Points Master

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Katie and JT Genter at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s TWA Hotel. Most days, you’re likely to find Katie Genter, PhD ’17, in front of a laptop...

 
 

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Texas Science and Natural History Museum Reopens After Renovations

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Tucked away on campus and once faced with an uncertain future, the institution formerly known as the Texas Memorial Museum was in danger of becoming history itself.    Closed...

 
 

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Writer John Steinbeck’s Sag Harbor Home Extends the Forty Acres

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It was a foggy morning in February 2021, and Kathryn Szoka was flipping through the New York Times from her home in Sag Harbor, New York, when her sacred Sunday...

 
 

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Looking Back at Texas Football’s Biggest Moments in the Big 12

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Justin Tucker celebrates after winning what was thought to be Texas’ final game against Texas A&M, 2011. “S-E-C! S-E-C!”    It’s...

 
 
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