Guest Columns

How UT Professors Are Like Chefs

By J.P. Olivelle

An answer to the citizens of Texas, who pay my salary and lend me their children to educate “What do you do?” I am asked this question frequently, and often...

What Starts Here Changes Texas

By Machree Gibson

Sure, UT is good for the world, but first and foremost, it’s good for the state. We’ve all heard and internalized Walter Cronkite’s now-famous tagline...

Keeping Ahead of the Curve

By Manny Justiz

Of all the public policy issues our state faces, none affects more of us than education. From pre-K to PhD, how good our education system is will determine how bright...