May | June 2017
May|June 2017 Alumni Authors
By Danielle Lopez
Supranational Union & New Medievalism by Lance Kennedy, BA ’09, Life Member Kennedy studies the Scottish National Party’s growth in prominence since the...
May|June 2017 Good Reads
By Danielle Lopez
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Rewrite Man: The Life and Career of Screenwriter Warren Skaaren by Alison Macor, MA ’91, PhD ’00 Rewrite...
The Way Back: Garnering Gavels
By Danielle Lopez
Unlocking the vault of UT history Among UT’s vast collection of artifacts are 160 gavels that once belonged to John Nance Garner. In 1931, as Speaker of the...
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Not For Sale: Human Trafficking in Texas
By Danielle Lopez
On the second floor of the Refugee Services of Texas building, just off I-35 in Northeast Austin, a group of women chat and laugh as they craft handmade dolls. Dressed...
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The 2017 Texas Ten
By Alcalde Staff
From lengthy, heartwarming diatribes about life-changing lectures to all-caps declarations of a professor’s awesomeness, each year, the Texas 10 nominations elicit...
The Sage
By Chris O'Connell
David Courtney, BA ’93, on being The Texanist Since 1973, Texas Monthly has been an authority on all things Texan. But in 2007, the magazine went one step further...
Cuba Libre
By Marisa Charpentier
Four UT scholars get a dose of cultural immersion in Havana When a group of four Forty Acres Scholars boarded their plane from Havana, Cuba back to Florida earlier...
Boomerang Days: Dancehall Days
By Owen Egerton
A Longhorn does college all over again. I’m not a strong dancer. I’m more likely to catch a rare disease than the groove. Watching me on the dance floor is...
Sweet Success
By Kat Sampson
Almost 20 years in, Tiff’s Treats is taking cookie delivery nationwide. If you’ve ever had the monotony of a boring workday broken by an assorted box of still-warm...
Cold Shoulder
By H. W. Brands
More than 50 years after the Cold War began, the Jack S. Blanton Sr. Chair in History H.W. Brands discusses why Russian-American relations are still at odds today....
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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