Nov | Dec 2022

 

Q&A: Journalism Professor Kate Dawson Is Truly a True Crime Historian

If you haven’t heard Kate Winkler Dawson’s voice before, you probably will soon. Maybe you listened to the audiobook version of her most recent book,...

 
 

This Longhorn Racer Isn’t Stopping Anytime Soon

Whilden, 87, has been running since his days at UT—and he’s not stopping yet. Sprinting off the block on May 22, 2022, Longhorn Bobby Whilden raced down...

 
 

100 Years Young, Big Bertha Is Finally Retired

Big Bertha at the Texas vs. Louisiana-Lafayette game, 2021. The world’s most famous one-note instrument, the iconic Big Bertha, has played her final tune....

 
 

UT Invests in Giant Telescope to Take Us Back in Time

The Giant Magellan Telescope’s primary mirror segment six at the University of Arizona Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab.  About 4,500 miles south of the Forty...

 
 

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Playing the Long Game

Vick celebrates a winning putt with Fields. “That’s good.” It only took two words for The University of Texas men’s golf team to win the 2022 NCAA Championship....

 
 

Happy Campers

After pandemic delays and a virtual interlude, Camp Texas was finally back in full force this summer in the beautiful Texas Hill Country. Here’s one counselor’s...

 
 

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Deep Dive

A look at the world of UT student and 19-year-old Olympic diver Hailey Hernandez as she prepares for 2024.

 
 

Holiday Reads From the Longhorn Universe

AT THE TABLE WITH LBJ AND LADY BIRD   History, Humor, and True Texas Recipes   BY JEAN E. SCHULER, BFA ’82   After years of...

 
 

The Way Back: A Curious Classroom

Students lounge in the College of Business Administration’s experimental classroom, 1971. Long before the pandemic forced students to find alternative classrooms...

 
 

Letter From the Executive Director: Made in Longhorn Nation

This is often how my life goes as the guy who runs the Texas Exes … Me: “Dang, that’s good whiskey.” Friend: “You know the owner went to UT?” Or...

 
 
 
 
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