March | April 2022
A Look at the Biggest Fundraising Campaign in UT’s History
By Dorothy Guerrero
When you are a new student at The University of Texas, your freshly minted student ID in hand, the sprawling campus is most easily navigated via acronym. On...
This Longhorn Barbershop Quartet Hasn’t Stopped Singing for 50 Years
By Abigail Rosenthal
The 40 Acre 4 at the 1976 International Barbershop Contest in San Francisco. Hanging around the UT campus in the 1970s, students were surrounded by sounds of...
Novelist Sarah Bird’s New Book Goes Back in Time to Dance Marathons and 1930s Galveston
By Sofia Sokolove
Novelist Sarah Bird at Austin Central Library in 2018. Growing up, Sarah Bird’s fairy tales weren’t the usual classics. Instead, she was regaled with true-life...
Researchers at UT’s Dell Medical School Are Using Virtual Reality and Video Games to Help Teens With Epilepsy
By Daniel Oberhaus
Each year, around 4,000 Americans undergo surgery to treat epileptic seizures. The procedure typically involves excising a small portion of the patient’s...
A Photojournalist’s Star-Studded Archive Spanning 40 Years Lands at the Briscoe Center
By Danielle Lopez
President George H.W. Bush and photojournalist Christopher Little at the White House in 1989. Standing in George H.W. Bush’s bedroom at his summer home in...
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How Did Spoon Become One of the Most Enduring Indie-Rock Bands? It All Started at The University of Texas.
By Jason Cohen
The current lineup of Spoon on Austin’s Sixth Street, from left, Ben Trokan, Gerardo Larrios, Alex Fischel (obscured), Britt Daniel, Jim Eno. “On the Radio,” the...
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Why Seven Beloved Games Have Stood the Test of Time, According to This Journalist
By Abigail Rosenthal
Oliver Roeder in New York City on Dec. 18, 2021. Between March and August 2020, people around the world watched 41.2 million hours of the latest game craze...
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A Year of Pandemic in Words and Pictures
By Edward Carey
Day 1, a determined young man People all around the world muddled through the first year of the pandemic—and our collective lockdown—in various ways....
The Blanton Museum Is Featuring More Works by Black Artists Than Ever Before in Its Permanent Collection
By Amanda O'Donnell
Noah Purifoy, “Restoration,” 2001, mixed media construction, 68 x 41 x 4 1/2 in. The way the Blanton Museum of Art came by the paintings, sculptures, and...
Art, Autobiographies, and Ann Richards: Discover New Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
ANOTHER WORLD The Art of David Everett Edited by Becky Duval Reese, Introduction by Stephen Harrigan, BA ’70, Life Member The...
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Letter from the Executive Director: Busy Season
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Alcalde Photo Editor Takes Italy and Switzerland
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The Life and Legacy of Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium at 100 Years
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Program in UT’s College of Pharmacy Provides Cellphones to People Experiencing Homelessness
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UT’s Wind Ensemble Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Carnegie Hall