May | June 2022

 

A Longhorn Is Reinventing Farming—With Robots

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

The Way Back: The News Underground

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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

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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

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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

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MY SUMMER DARLINGS   By May Cobb, BA ’96  Cobb swept up readers with 2021’s sensational The Hunting Wives, which told the twisted story...

 
 
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