Jan | Feb 2014

 
Michener Center Director on the Famous Writers He's Known [Podcast]

Michener Center Director on the Famous Writers He’s Known [Podcast]

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The latest novel from the director of UT’s acclaimed creative writing MFA program draws inspiration from James Michener himself—Whoopi Goldberg, too. James...

 
 

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The Witnesses

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One UT professor’s mission to photograph some of the last living survivors of the Holocaust has become a race against time. Above: While Andula Lorencova’s...

 
 

January|February Good Reads

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New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Smart Change: Five Tools to Create New and Sustainable Habits in Yourself and Others By Art Markman UT psychology...

 
 

January|February Alumni Authors

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Shooting Arrows & Slinging Mud: Custer, the Press, and Little Bighorn By James E. Mueller, PhD ’98 A journalism professor at the University of North Texas,...

 
 

Meet UT’s Robots [Watch]

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  In our January|February 2014 issue, we introduced you to five robots that are taking shape on the Forty Acres. Some play soccer; others handle weapons or...

 
 

Quirky Club: Hide & Seek

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Child’s play gets real. “Everything in white is fair game,” Jonathan Jaster, a UT student, tells me as he gestures to the South and Main malls on...

 
 

First Person: The 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Awards

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In November, six luminaries received UT’s highest honor for alumni: the Distinguished Alumnus Award. After donning the customary burnt-orange blazer, the recipients...

 
 
The Way Back: Pushball

The Way Back: Pushball

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The freshman-sophomore rivalry at UT back in the teens and ’20s was no laughing matter. Those boys meant business, and the unusual sport of pushball was how they...

 
 

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Operation Diplomacy

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With the military carrying out much of U.S. foreign policy, two UT scholars look at the vanishing role of the American diplomat. As American forces withdraw...

 
 

One for the Wall

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Best-case scenario, we make it until 2015 before the cover of this issue looks outdated. One of my favorite at-work distractions is browsing our wall of Alcalde...

 
 
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