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Briscoe Center’s New Acquisition will be a Mecca for Architectural and Urban Environmental Research
By Rachel Cooper
When Steven Hoelscher saw Robert Polidori’s photographs for the first time, he was blown away. The images, depicting the devastating flooding and...
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The Year of The Longhorn
By Jason Cohen
With three national championships, 13 top-10 teams, and 13 Big 12 championships, Texas is an football volleyball golf swimming and diving every sport school. If...
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Steve Sarkisian’s Path to Texas Football Glory is Paved with Offensive Wizardry and Self-Reflection
By Chris O'Connell
For as many touchdowns as the quarterback scored in his career, if you type “Vince Young touchdown” into Google, one dominates the results. You know which...
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How UT’s Sustainability Infrastructure Reduced Waste in a Time of Crisis
By Daniel Oberhaus
It’s early on a Sunday morning last October and the parking lot outside Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium is unusually empty. The night...
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Renowned Texas Newsman Neal Spelce Remembers Getting His Start in the Television Business
By Neal Spelce with Thomas Zigal
In an excerpt of the Longhorn’s forthcoming memoir, With the Bark Off, renowned Texas newsman Neal Spelce remembers getting his start in the television...
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Six UT Professors Envision how the Global Pandemic Will Transform their Industries Forever
By Abby Carney
Life will never be the same after COVID-19. We know this instinctively, and we know this from history books. There’s the intangible, collective grief...
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How UT Research Led to the Development of the COVID-19 Vaccine in Record-Breaking Time
By Katie Friel
Jason McLellan in his lab on January 18, 2021. Credit: Matt Wright-Steel On January 6, 2020, Jason McLellan and his wife, Jinelle, were in Park City, Utah, for...
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Our 2020 Outstanding Young Texas Exes on How They Got Here—and What’s Next
By Sofia Sokolove
These four Longhorns have achieved big success before even turning 40. Initiated in 1979, the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recognizes Texas Exes age 39 and...
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Two Longhorns Lead the Charge on Reopening the Rothko Chapel
By Chris O'Connell
Walking through the lawn that separates the Menil Collection and its park to the east from the Rothko Chapel in Houston’s Montrose neighborhood, I am not...
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An Oral History of the Texas Blazers
By Abby Carney
In the spring of 1994, then-sophomores Paul Massingill and Robert Bleker were walking back to their dorms after a Student Leadership board meeting. It was...
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Highest Honor: The 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Awards
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A Longhorn Helped to Preserve and Elevate This Iconic Local Property
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A New Dormitory Will Take the Place of Whitis Court
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Good Reads Q&A: An Oral History of This Beloved TV Show Is Also a Cultural History of the Pandemic
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Texas Softball Is Hungry for Victory in Its First Year in the SEC