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The Complete Story of the UT Women’s Cross Country Team

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An exhausted Sandy Blakeslee after running in the 1985 Southwest Conference Championships. One Sunday this past December, Texas women’s cross country assistant...

 
 

Three Longhorns in the Music Business Share How They Have Fared During COVID-19

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Back in early March 2020, which feels like 100 years ago, the thriving Austin music industry felt the rumblings of a catastrophic event: the cancellation of South...

 
 

UT Art History Professor Joan Holladay on the Notre Dame Fire

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When news of the fire at Paris’ Notre Dame Cathedral broke yesterday, people around the world reacted as the medieval church—one of the most visited and...

 
 

Chris Del Conte Introduced as Texas’ New Athletics Director

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Seven days ago, Chris Del Conte missed an important phone call. He was in New York City for the National Football Foundation meetings, and saw a number he didn’t...

 
 

Punter Michael Dickson Wins Ray Guy Award at Atlanta Ceremony

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On Sep. 25, 2015, freshman punter Michael Dickson hit rock bottom. With under a minute left in a tie game against Oklahoma State at DKR–Texas Memorial Stadium,...

 
 
Former Vice President Joe Biden Speaks at LBJ Library

Former Vice President Joe Biden Speaks at LBJ Library

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On Tuesday at 6 p.m., a full house eagerly awaited the arrival of Joe Biden, the 47th vice president of the United States. But about 20 minutes later, Larry Temple,...

 
 
Inside UT’s New 430,000-Square-Foot Engineering Education and Research Center

Inside UT’s New 430,000-Square-Foot Engineering Education and Research Center

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Just inside the main entrance to UT’s brand new Engineering Education and Research Center (EERC), natural light spills from the windowed ceiling onto gleaming...

 
 

UT Becomes Leading Texas Public University in Graduation Success

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In 2011, former UT president Bill Powers set the ambitious goal of raising four-year graduation rates from 51 percent that spring to 70 percent by 2017. Today,...

 
 
Tom Herman Offers Some Perspective on USC Loss

Tom Herman Offers Some Perspective on USC Loss

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“There are no moral victories” is an adage as old as time itself. But how true is the stale bromide? Did Davy Crockett die in vain defending the Alamo?...

 
 
President Fenves Gives Third State of the University Address

Highlights From President Fenves’ Third State of the University Speech

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Wrapping up the end of his second year as president of The University of Texas and marking the start of a new semester, Greg Fenves gave his third State of the...

 
 
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