Jan | Feb 2023

 

Meet the Network of UT Staff and Faculty Dedicated to the Care of Campus Cats

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

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...

 
 

New Year, New Reads From the Longhorn Universe

THE ROAD TO TEXAS   Incredible Twists and Improbable Turns Along the Longhorns Recruiting Trail   BY MIKE ROACH    The...

 
 

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This Longhorn Has Sky-High Dreams of an Airship Race Around the World

Hartsell in the cockpit of a blimp at Livermore Municipal Airport in Livermore, California, July 2, 2022. Imagine this: In the near future, across the world,...

 
 

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This High-Flying Former UT Cheerleader Is Giving Back

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

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

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

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

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

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...

 
 
 
 
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