Jan | Feb 2023
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This High-Flying Former UT Cheerleader Is Giving Back
By Katie Friel
Amy Porter with members of Texas Cheer & Pom. On a warm September day in 2016, Amy Porter put on her Texas cheerleading uniform and headed toward Darrell...
A Place in History: Meet the 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Award Recipients
By Alcalde Staff
During a chilly night last November, the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center was packed with admirers, well-wishers, old friends, and family members of six people who...
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Take a Look Inside a Visual Record of 19th-Century Texas
By Ron Tyler
The famous American artist and ornithologist John James Audubon visited Texas with his son, John Woodhouse Audubon, in 1837 as he was finishing his majestic The...
The Way Back: A Place of Their Own
By Abigail Rosenthal
Women at UT enjoyed dancing as one of their athletic options, 1923. Before the sports we know today, options for women’s physical education at UT Austin were...
Letter From the Executive Director: Word on the Street
By Chuck Harris
Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, TX. Recently I had a procedure that was inconsequential enough that I was back to work at the Alumni Center the next...
These UT Sophomores Started a Company That Incentivizes Sustainability
By Nathan Han
The audience listens as the Gazelle team presents to local stakeholders in Botswana. When Mihir Bendre first arrived in Botswana over the summer, the UT Austin...
Longhorn Scientists Are on a Quest to Grow the Ultimate Texan Delicacy in a Laboratory
By Daniel Oberhaus
Texas is home to 13 million cattle that are raised on thousands of ranches to feed America’s insatiable appetite for burgers, steaks, and ribs. But no one...
What to Watch During the 2023 Texas Legislative Session
By Abigail Rosenthal
Every new year brings another semester, another bluebonnet season, and new hopes for Longhorn football. And every other year? The legislature comes together...
Meet the Network of UT Staff and Faculty Dedicated to the Care of Campus Cats
By Nathan Han
For UT staff members Christine Huizar, MA ’11, and Patrick Parker, taking care of cats on campus all started with one beloved feline: Domino. The big...
Q&A: A New Novel Tells the Story of Hurricane Ike
By Katey Psencik Outka
Texas is vast, diverse, and complicated. It can be nearly impossible to describe to people who don’t live here, who didn’t grow up in and around the nuances...