May | June 2024

 

An Attic Discovery Brings Four Generations of Texas Exes Together

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While traveling in West Berlin in 1974, Elka Haubold Hortoland was in a department store when her purse was stolen—containing, most crucially, her United...

 
 

New Research From UT Could One Day Treat Chronic Pain Without Opioids

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Three decades ago, if you had asked Dr. Stephen Martin how the molecules he synthesizes would be used today, he might have given you any number of answers ranging...

 
 

Memories of the Frank Erwin Center

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You might have noticed that a very large, distinctively shaped structure at I-35 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Austin is slowly disappearing. It is,...

 
 

Letter from the Executive Director: The Year of AI

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President Hartzell speaks with students and robot at the 2024 SXSW Hook ‘Em House. On Jan. 31, UT President Jay Hartzell declared 2024 “The Year of...

 
 

Good Reads Q&A: A Longhorn Uncovers Family History Across Continents and Generations

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Margaret Juhae Lee, author of Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History. From starting at UT as a pre-med Plan II student to a graduate degree in the art...

 
 

The Way Back: Don’t Be a Stranger

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Karen Schneider ’89 announces winner of Life Membership during the Chairman’s Senior Send-Off. Not long after this issue reaches your doorstep, thousands...

 
 

Beach Volleyball is the Next Frontier of UT’s Athletic Power

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“Texas is a volleyball school.” “Texas is a volleyball school.” No, that’s not an echo you’re hearing. Rather, Jerritt Elliott’s reigning...

 
 

There’s a Magic to Music at the LBJ Library

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Elvis Presley’s jumpsuit, 1972. Bruce Springsteen’s Born In the U.S.A. album cover outfit, 1984. Stevie Ray Vaughan’s “Number...

 
 

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The Flying Longhorns Remember—and Rediscover—Vietnam

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On our first day in Ho Chi Minh City, the Flying Longhorns inadvertently offended the sensibilities of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. We had assembled for...

 
 

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The 2024 Texas 10

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Since 2011, the Alcalde has asked alumni to submit nominations for the Texas 10 teaching awards, forming a cohort of the most excellent professors at The University...

 
 
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