Nov | Dec 2020

 

Letter from the Executive Director: All of Us

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Sometimes a school like UT can feel a little too big. There are lots of people at the Texas Exes and on the university’s staff who spend their days trying...

 
 

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How a ‘Cactus’ Yearbook Helped One Longhorn Escape War-Torn Saigon

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It has been an emotional Tuesday morning for Dean Hien Nguyen, MS ’73. The 90-year-old retired electrical engineer and I are speaking over FaceTime,...

 
 

Two Longhorns Revisit a 15-Year-Old West Campus Murder in New Podcast

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In August of 2005, Jennifer Cave’s body was discovered in the Orange Tree Condos in West Campus. The primary suspect and a potential accomplice were soon...

 
 
Documenting Latinos’ Experiences in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Documenting Latinos’ Experiences in the COVID-19 Pandemic

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In mid-March, UT journalism professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez had no way of knowing how long the pandemic would last. She certainly didn’t expect that Latinos...

 
 

Meet the New Women’s Basketball Coach Vic Schaefer

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When University of Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte was contemplating moving on from women’s basketball head coach Karen Aston, the first person...

 
 

New Landmarks Installation Is an Ode to Evolutionary Science

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Against a background of subtle, shifting hues and periodic flashes of lightning, branches, twigs, leaves, petals, and feathers fall as air bubbles flow upward....

 
 

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A Look at Some of Longhorn David Lake’s Most Stunning Architectural Designs

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In 1971, the same year David Lake arrived on the Forty Acres, the very first Schlotzsky’s opened amid a row of small, shuttered storefronts on South Congress...

 
 

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Can Public Schools Overcome the Pandemic?

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UT’s College of Education has a few ideas. When Alexandria Smith, MEd ’17, learned in late March that she wouldn’t return to her English classroom...

 
 

The Way Back: College On a Hill

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In 1838, the fledgling town of Austin—then called Waterloo—was selected as the future site for both the Capitol and The University of Texas. As such, the...

 
 
How Ada Calhoun Became a Bestselling Author

How Ada Calhoun Became a Bestselling Author

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In late 2017, Ada Calhoun, BA ’00, felt busted and blue. The UT alumna from New York City had been a freelance writer for two decades. Her work had appeared...

 
 
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