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Strange Bedfellows

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The Big 12 tries to keep its uncomfortable relationship together At the downtown Dallas Omni Hotel at 8 a.m. on a Monday, animals crowd the concourse outside the...

 
 

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Battle of Wills

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In his new book, The General vs. the President: MacArthur and Truman at the Brink of Nuclear War, a UT professor explores the contentious relationship between...

 
 

Full Speed Ahead

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Dave O’Neill is Texas Rowing’s chief evangelist. When Shaka Smart or Charlie Strong recruit Longhorns, they get to choose from a large pool of high schoolers...

 
 

UT Students Protest Campus Carry in Provocative Demonstration

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A crowd of several hundred students, faculty, staff, and curious community members gathered on UT’s West Mall today to protest the implementation of the state’s...

 
 

Joseph Schooling’s Wonderful Week in Rio [Updated]

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The Olympics present a rather straightforward equation for viewers: You root for your countrymen and women. But what if an auxiliary nation presents itself among...

 
 

Jerrod Heard, Wide Receiver?

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When one door closes, another opens. It’s a platitude, sure, but for Texas’ wide receiving corps, it may be true. After losing Ryan Newsome (transfer...

 
 

UT Remembers Tower Shooting on 50th Anniversary

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The rituals that follow a mass shooting are now all too familiar: candlelight vigils, memorial services, speeches, and 24/7 media coverage. This was not the case...

 
 

UT’s First Living Wall is Built to Endure the Texas Summer

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Standing 10-by-25 feet tall, the white honeycomb structure sits at the northwest corner of Goldsmith Hall, facing Guadalupe Street. Covered with native plants...

 
 

Free Omid

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Five years ago, a UT student was imprisoned in Iran. He’s still there. In a photo taken in the fall of 2010, Omid Kokabee stands on a bridge over Austin’s...

 
 

Crash Course

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Five days in New York with UT visiting professor Iris Apfel and the students she calls her “little chickens.” Not every classroom is created equal. Most are...

 
 
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