May | June 2022
UT Researchers Might Solve the Mysteries of the Universe With the Most Powerful Telescope Ever
By Abigail Rosenthal
The James Webb Space Telescope at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, 2017. There’s never been a way to clearly see the past here...
The First Lady of Texas Football Talks Gameday Fashion
By Abigail Rosenthal
Sarkisian at the Longhorns’ season opener, Sept. 4, 2021. This past football season, all eyes were on the field per usual. But for some, it wasn’t in anticipation...
The Way Back: The News Underground
By Abigail Rosenthal
Volunteer staff members at The Rag put together an issue of the weekly underground newspaper, circa 1970. In 1966, just two months after the tragic Tower shooting,...
A Longhorn Is Designing Apparel for the World’s Best Athletes
By Lauren McDowell
Christopher Pham in downtown Portland wearing the jacket he designed for Nike men’s tennis, on March 12, 2022. Runways, red carpets, and magazine covers—these...
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Best of the Best
By Alcalde Staff
Every year, the Alcalde gives alumni the opportunity to nominate the professors who made their time on the Forty Acres so memorable — the Longhorns who...
Discover New Summer Reads From the Longhorn Universe
By Alcalde Staff
MY SUMMER DARLINGS By May Cobb, BA ’96 Cobb swept up readers with 2021’s sensational The Hunting Wives, which told the twisted story...
Writer Sindya Bhanoo Explores the Lives of Ordinary Women in New Short Story Collection
By Katey Psencik Outka
Sindya Bhanoo wants you to pay attention to the mundane, ordinary moments in life. It’s one of the center themes of her collection of short stories, Seeking...
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The 27th Out
By Jim Raup
The final game of the Longhorns’ 1967 season was a nail-biter that changed the team, and one player’s life, forever. “Baseball is a cruel game.” This...
UT’s Student-Run Microfarm Is Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary—and a New Period of Growth
By Abigail Rosenthal
Students work at UT’s first student-run organic urban farm, on March 6, 2022. On a recent early spring day behind the tennis courts at UT’s Wright-Whitaker...
A Longhorn Is Reinventing Farming—With Robots
By Daniel Oberhaus
An aerial view of the Iron Ox facility in Lockhart, Texas. Brandon Alexander had been trying to make burritos fly—and he was getting tired. The year was 2015,...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor