July | August 2022
Wielding the Golden Gloves
By Abby Carney
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
By Courtney Runn
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
By Alcalde Staff
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
By Abigail Rosenthal
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...
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Bless the Mood
By Abby Carney
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
By Abigail Rosenthal
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...
How Title IX Helped Level the Playing Field
By Katie Friel
Texas Softball vs. Texas A&M, May 2, 2009. When the Anna Hiss Gymnasium opened at The University of Texas in 1931, it broke barriers as the first space on...
Discover These New Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
FORAGING TEXAS Finding, Identifying, And Preparing Edible Wild Foods In Texas By Eric M. Knight, BS ’10, Life Member, and Stacy...
A New Book Unpacks the Meaning of the Misplaced Objects We Miss the Most
By Abby Carney
Author Rob Walker. In an essay about ruining the magic of a long-lost childhood toy by attempting to replace it as an adult, Alex Balk posits that lost things...
A New UT Research Center Is Looking Into How Psychedelics Can Help Those Struggling With Mental Illness
By Abby Carney
Marcus Capone felt beyond hope. He was having trouble sleeping and suffering from headaches, cognitive impairment, and depression. He turned to alcohol to cope,...