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How a ‘Cactus’ Yearbook Helped One Longhorn Escape War-Torn Saigon
By Danielle Lopez
It has been an emotional Tuesday morning for Dean Hien Nguyen, MS ’73. The 90-year-old retired electrical engineer and I are speaking over FaceTime,...
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A Look at Some of Longhorn David Lake’s Most Stunning Architectural Designs
By Sofia Sokolove
In 1971, the same year David Lake arrived on the Forty Acres, the very first Schlotzsky’s opened amid a row of small, shuttered storefronts on South Congress...
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Can Public Schools Overcome the Pandemic?
By Robyn Ross
UT’s College of Education has a few ideas. When Alexandria Smith, MEd ’17, learned in late March that she wouldn’t return to her English classroom...
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UT Austin Students Share Their Thoughts on a College Experience They Never Saw Coming
By Danielle Lopez
We asked 10 Longhorns how it feels to be a student in the pandemic.
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How a Brand-New Med School Faces the Biggest Health Care Crisis in a Century
By Sofia Sokolove
As soon as Clay Johnston’s video pops up on Zoom on the morning of June 19, the dean of Dell Medical School apologizes to me. “I’m a little distracted...
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What Does it Mean to Be a Longhorn Fan in 2020?
By Chris O'Connell
Seven years ago, I attended my final UT football game as a fan; six or so months later I joined the staff of the Texas Exes and began covering football games...
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Siete Family Foods Is Reimagining Mexican-American Cuisine
By Danielle Lopez
A health problem led one Mexican-American family to get creative with the food on their table—and take an entire industry by storm. Chatting on live television...
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From a Distance: The Story of UT’s 2020 Spring Semester
By Robyn Ross
On Wednesday, March 11, Conner Vanden Hoek, BA ’20, sat down to take his speech writing midterm. Before the then-government senior could begin, his professor,...
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Loving the One You’re Quarantined With
By Ruth Pennebaker
An alumna ponders her new socially distant life. My husband, James Pennebaker, PhD ’77, is an academic psychologist and researcher at UT Austin who studies emotional...
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Dear Class of 2020: Words of Encouragement, Advice, and Wisdom
By Alcalde Staff
Longhorns everywhere are keeping UT’s Class of 2020—who had an unimaginable ending to their college experience—in their thoughts.