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Best of the Best: The 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Awards
By Alex Vickery
Each year, some of the best and brightest return to the Forty Acres to receive the most prestigious award bestowed upon UT-Austin alumni: the Distinguished Alumnus...
Prime Time: The 2016 Outstanding Young Texas Exes
By Danielle Lopez
Each year we celebrate a new group of Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recipients with—what else?—a party. Transformed into a hip lounge featuring white sofas...
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The Sixth Man
By Chris O'Connell
Keeping an eye on the ball with UT’s unorthodox head basketball coach Madmen “You are the madman. The madman cuts the court in half. This is all predicated...
Warhol by the Book
By Jordan Schraeder
This fall, dive into an unexplored side of the pop-art icon: his lifelong love affair with books. Before he pioneered the pop-art movement and became a bonafide...
A Life in Magazines: Terry McDonell Donates His Archives to the Briscoe
By Chris O'Connell
Terry McDonell in the early days of Outside magazine. New Journalism—the literary style of non-traditional journalism that rocked the magazine world in the 1960s...
Poll: Majority of Texans Believe Student Debt is a ‘Major Problem’
By Alex Vickery
Most Texans believe student loan debt is a “major problem” according to a statewide poll released Tuesday. The poll, commissioned by the Texas arm of...
Alumni Champion UT for Longhorns on the Hill
By Alex Vickery
Clad in their best burnt orange attire, alumni took to Capitol Hill on Wednesday for the second annual Longhorns on the Hill event. Higher education issues such...
Late to the Game: Oh Boy
By Chris O'Connell
My philosophy on naming your progeny is simple: Your children are children for a short period of time and adults for the rest of their lives; name them as such. In...
A Conversation with Kevin Durant
By Daron Roberts
Back on campus to for an event with the Center for Sports Leadership and Innovation and to receive the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award, the former Longhorn basketball...
Book From the Sky
By Alex Vickery
A new exhibit at the Blanton Museum of Art helps correct the paucity of contemporary Chinese art in Texas. More than 25 years ago in Beijing, a group of people...
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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