July | August 2014

 

Reaching the Summit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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