July | August 2022

 

A New UT Research Center Is Looking Into How Psychedelics Can Help Those Struggling With Mental Illness

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Marcus Capone felt beyond hope. He was having trouble sleeping and suffering from headaches, cognitive impairment, and depression. He turned to alcohol to cope,...

 
 

Digital Archive at the Ransom Center Shows How the Theatre Industry Made It Through the Pandemic

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The National Theatre in London during the COVID-19 lockdown in 2020. March 12, 2020, was the night the lights went out on Broadway. The curtain came down on...

 
 
The Way Back: Willie’s Picnic 

The Way Back: Willie’s Picnic 

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A crowd gathered for Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic concert, Austin, 1979. Mention the Fourth of July in Texas, and one person immediately comes to...

 
 
Letter from the Executive Director: Hangman

Letter from the Executive Director: Hangman

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Movie stars—are they just like us? Or another species entirely? I got to meet Glen Powell recently when he came back to campus and the Alumni Center to chat...

 
 

Wielding the Golden Gloves

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James Park (left) and Daniel Meza (right) work the mitts, Caven-Clark Field, 2022. It’s the pugilist’s dilemma, inherent to the sport. In the ring, it’s...

 
 

A Longhorn Is Using His Gift to Tell the Stories of Black Austinites Left out of History Books

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Javier Wallace outside the African American Cultural and Heritage Facility in Austin, Texas. On a brisk Sunday morning this past March, just before 8 a.m., a...

 
 

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The Right Type

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A new book delves into the history and design of 19th-century wood type using a notable collection at UT’s College of Fine Arts.

 
 

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Longhorn Glen Powell Is Finally Getting His Turn as a Leading Man

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Glen Powell is a rare Hollywood type: the kind of guy who shows up early and stays late, with an easy grin and no complaints. Or at least, that’s how he is...

 
 
Bless the Mood

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Bless the Mood

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At the Moody Center’s ribbon-cutting ceremony in April, Matthew McConaughey, duly dressed in a white-trimmed burnt-orange suit and cowboy hat, sang a strange...

 
 

A New Program Is Filling Dell Seton Medical Center’s Halls With a Joyful Sound

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The inaugural performance of the Red River Ensemble on May 11, 2022, in the hospital’s atrium. Even in Austin, the so-called live music capital of the world...

 
 
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