Nov | Dec 2011

 

The First Female Drummer In The Longhorn Band

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When I graduated from high school in a little bitty Texas town in 1956, they told me I could be a teacher, a nurse, or a secretary. Well, none of those suited me....

 
 

Sea Breezes and Silkworms: Flying Longhorns Cruise the Mediterranean

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In Rome, they gaped in wonder at the vaulted ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. In Turkey, they explored the ancient ruins of Ephesus, Cleopatra’s old stomping grounds....

 
 

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Big Bertha: A Love Story

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The World’s Biggest Drummer Busts Up the World’s Biggest Drum” was not the headline I had anticipated on the front page of my humdrum small-town Texas newspaper....

 
 

For Jack

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New Scholarship Aims to Change UT Drinking Culture In a family video from his 2005 high school graduation ceremony, Phanta “Jack” Phoummarath beams a thousand-watt...

 
 
A Big Bonus of Aging: Better Decision-Making

A Big Bonus of Aging: Better Decision-Making

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Ah, the aging process. It’s a trade-off. A 65-year-old may have less energy than a 25-year-old, but there’s a consolation. Older adults, UT psychologists...

 
 

Casa Herrera Gives UT a Gorgeous Guatemalan Research Center (Slideshow)

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Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. A few years ago, the University of Texas successfully recruited celebrated Mayanist David Stuart from Harvard. The youngest-ever...

 
 

HRC’s ‘Banned, Burned’ Exhibit Explores Literary Censorship

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The Catcher in the Rye, Of Mice and Men, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. These beloved titles didn’t end up on library shelves or class reading lists without...

 
 
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