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Three Longhorns Named Student Academy Award Finalists

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Before Spike Lee became one of the United States’ most highly respected film directors, he was a Student Academy Award winner. So were Trey Parker (South...

 
 

TXEXplainer: Campus-Carry Legislation

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As the 83rd Texas Legislature hurtles toward its end on May 27, two bills have revived the debate over guns on college campuses. We take a look at what they might...

 
 

UT Is Transforming Education [Watch]

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Can’t see the video? Click here. There’s no doubt that online education is growing rapidly. In 2010, more than 6.1 million students took an online...

 
 

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A University of the First Class: Introduction

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Alumni, students, faculty, and administrators consider what that high-minded phrase really means. Can’t see the video? Click here. The first issue of the...

 
 

’Horns Down Under

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When 16 Flying Longhorns explored Australia and New Zealand, they embraced every adventure—from tasting kangaroo tail to bungee jumping. With their “No worries,...

 
 

‘The EXies’ Honors Longhorn Superstars

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Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. If the Distinguished Alumnus Awards are UT’s Oscars, then the EXies are the People’s Choice Awards. Last...

 
 

Dormitory Darlings

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The 2012-13 school year marks the first time UT dorms  have officially allowed members of the opposite sex to stay in each other’s rooms overnight—a far cry...

 
 

Louis Menand Challenges Humanities Colleagues to ‘Take No Hostages’

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The “embattled” humanities were the topic of yesterday’s 2013 Glickman lecture at the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. Louis Menand, the Pulitzer Prize-winning...

 
 

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Great American Myth

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A new book by Glenn Frankel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning director of UT’s School of Journalism, follows the unbelievable story of Cynthia Ann Parker from East Texas...

 
 

Brewtopia

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Thirsty UT alumni have made Austin the craft beer capital of Texas. Can’t see the video? Click here. Five years ago, scoring a keg of Real Ale’s Firemans...

 
 
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