March | April 2023

 

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Introducing the 2023 Texas 10

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There are myriad things that make a student’s time at UT so memorable. But for nearly every Longhorn, there’s often one thing at the center of it all: an educator...

 
 

Letter From the Executive Director: Film School

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Long ago, when Ronald Reagan was president and I was a UT senior cruising toward graduation and dreaming of a cushy first job on Wall Street, I hit a bit of...

 
 

An Iconic Mural Near Campus Just Got a Well-Deserved Update

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When Rick Turner, BFA ’72, and Tommy Bauman, BA ’73, were students at UT, their College of Fine Arts professor had never seen airbrush painting before....

 
 

Robots Are Roaming the Forty Acres in a New Research Program

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For more than a century, robots have played a starring role in our visions of the future. Whether these sci-fi automatons would turn out to be our companions...

 
 

This Blanton Museum Exhibit Examines the Long Afterlife of the Medieval Aesthetic

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From left, Michelino da Besozzo, “Madonna and Child” (circa 1428–29); Ellsworth Kelly, “Mother and Child” (1949). The Middle Ages ended more...

 
 

A UT English Course Reveals Memories of Alfred Hitchcock’s Works Across Generations

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“What do you remember about Alfred Hitchcock?” That’s the question my students asked their older relatives over Thanksgiving as part of English 310S:...

 
 

Good Reads Q&A: Firsthand Experience

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Brianna Holt never thought her first book would be a memoir, and especially not at only 25 years old. But after the summer of 2020, when Holt, BJ, BS ’16,...

 
 

New Reads for Spring 2023 From the Longhorn Universe

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TEXAS TEXTURES  Photographs and Tales from the Backroads  BY KAY SWANSEY  Lonely towns and dilapidated structures form the core of Texas...

 
 
The Way Back: What a Drag

The Way Back: What a Drag

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In an ever-changing Austin, one strip of road has kept a hold on UT’s student and faculty population: the Drag.   “As a new student at the...

 
 

How Longhorn Jane Ko Became Austin’s Most Influential Foodie

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Jane Ko, BS ’13, is a food blogger who made a splash in Austin’s restaurant scene with the launch of her blog, A Taste of Koko, in 2010. Under the moniker...

 
 
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