Nov | Dec 2024
This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
By Genevieve Wood
Birge as a special guest for Luke Bryan’s Mind of a Country Boy tour at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles, California, Aug. 9, 2024. Ask country music heavyweight...
How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
By Dayton Thompson
Coach David Griffin works with Tabitha Halfmann on a “clean and jerk.” David Griffin, BS ’20, once brought an empty glass jar to a white elephant...
Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
By Monica Kortsha
From left, Scott Rice and Jay Banner. There’s no shortage of fun things to do on a Friday night in Austin. For many locals, from couples on date nights to...
The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
By Keana Saberi
Earlier this year, the Texas Women’s Basketball team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the third time in four seasons, adding another accolade to their...
Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor
By Eliza Pillsbury
The mystic poet Rumi wrote “The Guest House” about personifying complex emotions as visitors to one’s body—but this can be a difficult concept to wrap...
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A Volleyball Legend and Her Fellow Longhorns Are Going Pro Together
By Jason Cohen
There’s no “i” in volleyball. It’s the ultimate team sport. Three different players touch the ball on (nearly)...
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Longhorns Are Behind Some of TV’s Biggest Shows
By Courtney Runn
Look at almost any buzzy TV show of the moment and you’ll find University of Texas alumni in the credits. UT has flashy representatives in Matthew McConaughey,...
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Meet the Woman in Charge of Responsible AI at Microsoft
By Tom Kertscher
Like many lucky longhorns, Sarah Bird, BS ’07, vividly recalls attending the 2006 Rose Bowl, where quarterback Vince Young, BS ’13, Life Member, led UT to a...
Gameday Fashion at The University of Texas
By Eliza Pillsbury
Gameday fashion has gotten brighter than the floodlights and louder than the cheers in Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. And in the hours before kickoff,...
Long-Buried Castoffs Now Big-Screen Stars
By Avrel Seale
If the dominant objects of your everyday life—your phone, a credit card, a pair of sunglasses—were found 150 years from now by an archaeologist, they probably...
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This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
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How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
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Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor