July | August 2014

 
Reaching the Summit

Reaching the Summit

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LBJ Library director Mark Updegrove takes us behind the scenes of a historic gathering of American presidents at UT. The first time a sitting president came to...

 
 
The Way Back: A Poet's Love of Texas

The Way Back: A Poet’s Love of Texas

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Borges with UT professor Miguel Gonzalez-Gerth outside Batts Hall. In 1961, Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges was aging and mostly blind, but his international...

 
 

Best of Campus Watch: July | August 2014

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If a crime happens on campus—no matter how trivial or bizarre—the University of Texas Police Department is on the case. Featured in the New York Times, the...

 
 

July|August Alumni Authors

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Broken Brain By Joseph Huerta, BA ’89, JD ’93 Joseph Huerta jumped right into personal-injury law after graduating from UT. He had seen it all—from car accidents...

 
 

Talk Back: Responses to Our May|June 2014 Issue

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View From the Top A few Longhorns were in awe of astronaut/inventor/athlete/quilter/social-media guru/mom Karen Nyberg after reading our cover story. N.J. Gaunt,...

 
 

Taking Texas to the Top

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The time has come for us to recommit to making UT the best public university in the country. “And why do I love The University? Many reasons must finally be...

 
 

Editor’s Letter: A Case for Nuance

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A celebration of thoughtful reply. Of all an editor’s responsibilities, among the most thrilling and bedevilling is responding to reader comments. In my tenure...

 
 

A Voice for Migrant Students

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Some 51,000 of Texas’ migrant farmworkers are students, and for 27 years, UT has been helping them stay in school. It was a familiar conversation, as routine...

 
 

Retweeting History

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UT professor H.W. Brands is putting a modern twist on American history—in 140 characters or less. Historian H.W. Brands is best known for his thorough, comprehensive...

 
 

Civil Rivalry

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Longhorns and Sooners don’t always get along. But in Houston, they’re building something special. Saturday, March 29 started just like any other for Mildred...

 
 
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