Jan | Feb 2025

 

A Longhorn Helped to Preserve and Elevate This Iconic Local Property

Design details by Ken Fulk. It’s easy to miss the Commodore Perry Estate from Red River Street, where a nondescript neon sign merely hints at the sanctuary...

 
 

Highest Honor: The 2024 Distinguished Alumnus Awards

From left, Gay Gaddis, Chuck Harris, Sherryl Griffin Bozeman, David Cordell Lake, Todd Maclin, Cappy R. McGarr, Laura Thomas Starks, and the family of Autry C....

 
 

Blanton Exhibit Highlights Hidden Histories

A visitor to “Between Me and You” at the Blanton Museum of Art. The aroma of grass blades wafts through the gallery. Rice fronds blend light green...

 
 

Student-Run Record Label Provides Community for Music-Minded Longhorns

Nicholas Challier. For as long as Austin has boasted the title of Live Music Capital of the World, Longhorns have taken advantage of the city’s musical infrastructure....

 
 

A New Dormitory Will Take the Place of Whitis Court

Whitis Court in 1963. Whitis Court, nestled between now-burly, lush live oaks, opened its doors in 1953. But now, it’s time to say goodbye. The dorm was...

 
 

Good Reads Q&A: An Oral History of This Beloved TV Show Is Also a Cultural History of the Pandemic

Jeremy Egner. As the television editor at the New York Times, Jeremy Egner, BA ’99, can do some of his best reporting at home on his sofa. But when Apple TV+’s...

 
 

Texas Softball Is Hungry for Victory in Its First Year in the SEC

The 2024 team lined up. Teagan Kavan’s freshman year gave her a taste of what she and Texas Softball can achieve. The right-handed pitcher who debuted for...

 
 

The Way Back: Speak for the Trees

A live oak being relocated by crane ahead of stadium construction, 2006. Trees are privy to history, with old oaks possessing wisdom in their trunks—and the...

 
 

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J.B. Sauceda Takes the Wheel of Texas Country Reporter

On a balmy October morning in East Austin, an SUV vinyl-wrapped in the Texas Flag pulled into the parking lot of Comadre Panadería, a trendy, Mexican American...

 
 

Letter from the Executive Director: To Market

Vendors and Texas Exes staff throw their horns up. A banner by Forty Acres Scholar Sophia Maynard of Sophi’s Celebrations. The Texas Exes is in...

 
 
 
 
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