March | April 2023
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Introducing the 2023 Texas 10
By Alcalde Staff
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...
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Texas Forever
By Alcalde Staff
UT President Jay Hartzell and Texas Exes Executive Director and CEO Chuck Harris on the Tower steps at the fall 2022 Ring Celebration. After college, we leave...
Letter From the Executive Director: Film School
By Chuck Harris
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
By Nathan Han
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
By Daniel Oberhaus
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
By Courtney Runn
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
By Douglas Bruster
“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
By Nathan Han
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
By Alcalde Staff
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
By Abigail Rosenthal
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...
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Starting Here: Meet the 2024 President’s Leadership Award Winners
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World-Changers Reconnect With the University Through the Tower Fellows Program
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Taking Over From Legendary Swim Coach Eddie Reese Is Another Legend
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Racing Ahead: The 2024 President’s Impact Award
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The Long Game Brings Local Heroes From the Putting Green to the Silver Screen
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Beloved Director Celebrates 30 Years Leading the Scottish Rite Dormitory
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Starting Here: Meet the 2024 President’s Leadership Award Winners
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World-Changers Reconnect With the University Through the Tower Fellows Program
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Taking Over From Legendary Swim Coach Eddie Reese Is Another Legend
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Racing Ahead: The 2024 President’s Impact Award