Nov | Dec 2016
Firestarter
By Alex Vickery
Meet the UT chemist who gets kids excited about science by blowing stuff up. Whether she’s blowing up hydrogen balloons in college classrooms or playing the role...
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UT’s First Black Undergraduates Tell Their Stories
By Rose Cahalan
On a Thursday night in September, about 50 black alumni, UT staff, and community members file into the Alumni Center’s Connally Ballroom for a panel discussion...
The Way Back: Rocket Sam
By Ben Wright
Unlocking the vault of UT history Before Yuri Gagarin and Neil Armstrong bookended the space race, there was Sam, a 7-pound rhesus monkey who blasted off in 1959....
November|December 2016 Alumni Authors
By Danielle Lopez
The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails by Steve Reddicliffe, MA ’10 Steve Reddicliffe, author of The New York Times column “A Quiet Drink,” invites...
Boomerang Days: Nightcrawler
By Owen Egerton
A Longhorn does college all over again. My favorite hours as a Longhorn were spent between midnight and dawn—those deep, dark hours when all good people are tucked...
Prime Time: The 2016 Outstanding Young Texas Exes
By Danielle Lopez
Each year we celebrate a new group of Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recipients with—what else?—a party. Transformed into a hip lounge featuring white sofas...
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The Sixth Man
By Chris O'Connell
Keeping an eye on the ball with UT’s unorthodox head basketball coach Madmen “You are the madman. The madman cuts the court in half. This is all predicated...
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Beware the Bucket List
By Ruth Pennebaker
Forget “25 Places to See Before You Die.” The real rewards of travel cannot be Instagrammed. I am at a cocktail party. I may also be losing my mind. One woman,...
A Beautiful Mind
By Anna Daugherty
Emma Scribner’s brain isn’t quite like anyone else’s—and that’s just the way she likes it. It’s so cool how we can see colors in music,” a young Emma...
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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