Jan | Feb 2020

 

Discovering Lost Literary Works on the Forty Acres

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Inside UT’s historic Gregory Gym is a modern-looking annex that was surely not part of the campus institution’s original floor plan in 1930. Or at the very...

 
 

Letter from the Executive Director: The Greats

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When people ask me why they should join the Texas Exes, I often reply: “Well, life is all about the company you keep.” In the photo above, I’m in some pretty...

 
 

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Rising Literary Stars Lara Prescott and Maya Perez Compare Notes on Their Careers

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Lara Prescott is barely a year out of her MFA program at UT’s Michener Center for Writers, but her debut novel, The Secrets We Kept, is already in its third...

 
 

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Kendra Scott Wants to Change the Game for Women in Business—Starting With UT Students

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Three years ago, Kendra Scott moved her company’s headquarters from Austin’s trendy South Congress strip to an office on North Lamar Boulevard, near the increasingly...

 
 

Five New Books From the Longhorn Universe to Kick Off the New Year

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Texas Seafood: A Cookbook and Comprehensive Guide  By PJ Stoops, BA, BA ’99, and Benchalak Srimart Stoops   Readers can set sail across the northwest Gulf of...

 
 

Discovering the Romance of Portugal’s Douro River

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Flying Longhorns take a trip to the Iberian peninsula.

 
 

Under the Bright Lights: At the 2019 Distinguished Alumni Awards

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Dearly Beloved: What Love Looks Like After 80 Years of Marriage

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The oldest living married couple in the world are a pair of Longhorns.

 
 

Back to School: Medical Students Practice Empathy Through Art

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As I walk into the Blanton Museum of Art on a cool, fall day, I laugh to think that the experience ahead of me—yes, in an art museum—is the closest I might...

 
 

Three Longhorns Want to Change the Way Music Makes Onto Your Playlists

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You know the feeling. You’re cruising down the highway listening to a playlist curated specifically for you by a major music service you pay for each month. You’re...

 
 
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