Nov | Dec 2022
The Way Back: A Curious Classroom
By Abigail Rosenthal
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
By Chuck Harris
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...
Research Initiative Planet Texas 2050 Uses Art to Tell Story of Climate Change
By Abigail Rosenthal
The 2022 research symposium featured three dance performances. In 2018, researchers at The University of Texas decided to take a hard look at an important milestone....
Match.com Founder, Longhorn Is on a Mission to Improve Education Access
By Abigail Rosenthal
Peng Ong at the Monk’s Hill offices in Singapore. Peng Ong still remembers the first time he got to explore a computer. He was around 13 years old, well before...
Q&A: Journalism Professor Kate Dawson Is Truly a True Crime Historian
By Katey Psencik Outka
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
By Lauren Castro
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
By Alan Cundy
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
By Daniel Oberhaus
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
By Jason Cohen
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
By Jonathan Sherchand
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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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