May | June 2022
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,...
Letter From the Executive Director: Opportunity Knocks
By Chuck Harris
We’re at the start of a new era in college athletics. Everything is changing: College athletes are now allowed to monetize their name, image, and likeness...
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Next Level
By Abby Carney
Now that NCAA athletes have the right to profit off their names, the world will value Longhorns in a whole new way. “Constantly on the move,”...
The Ransom Center Spotlights the Women Who Helped Bring James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ to Life
By Amanda O'Donnell
Sylvia Beach and James Joyce in the doorway of Beach’s Paris bookshop, in 1922. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of James Joyce’s...
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...
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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