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Mixed Results in New UT Study on Fracking, Methane Emissions [Watch]
By Rose Cahalan
If there’s any scientific subject today more fraught than hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as fracking, we’ve yet to hear of it. The controversial...
Hispanic Alumni Network’s Fiesta Raises Big Money for Scholarships
By Amanda O'Donnell
Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. At the Texas Exes Hispanic Alumni Network’s 12th-annual Fiesta last Friday, there was no shortage of fun—or...
Alum’s Epic Balloon Flight Falls Short
By Tracy Mueller
It was supposed to be a flight like no other, one for the record books. But fate—in the form of ever-troublesome technical difficulties—intervened. On Thursday,...
Tailgate Chic: One Fashionista’s Tips for Getting Gameday-Ready
By Alcalde Staff
When tailgating in this Texas heat, often the hardest decision you have to make isn’t about the beer or the grill—it’s what you should wear. And with...
DeLoss Dodds Responds to Retirement Rumor
By Rose Cahalan
After a story on the Longhorn sports website Orangebloods.com reported that two anonymous sources say UT Athletics director DeLoss Dodds will retire by the end...
Texas Exes Awards $2.53 Million to 684 Students at Scholarship Dinners
By Rose Cahalan
Scholarships are more often than not a nameless, faceless exchange: a donor writes a check, and eventually a student uses that money to fund an education. Not so...
Gameday Preview: Ole Miss
By Rebecca May
Rebecca May, BA ’91, Life Member, is a Texas ex-pat living in Oregon while rooting for the Longhorns. An attorney by day, she blogs about college football by...
‘B+ Is Our Biggest Enemy’: Powers Talks Highs and Lows in State of University Address
By Jordan Schraeder
“Mere change is not growth. Growth is the synthesis of change and continuity, and where there is no continuity there is no growth.” University president...
UT Drops to 52nd in U.S. News Ranking
By Rose Cahalan
These days colleges are subject to hundreds of rankings of every flavor, from “Best Value” to “Fittest,” but there’s still one ranking...
UT Volleyball Dominates Nation’s Top Two Teams
By Jordan Schraeder
Take heart, UT sports fans. Though we’d like to forget a certain game this weekend ever happened, the ladies of Longhorn volleyball gave us something to truly...
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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