The Way Back
The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
By Keana Saberi
Earlier this year, the Texas Women’s Basketball team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the third time in four seasons, adding another accolade to their...
The Way Back: Dog Days
By Eliza Pillsbury
The Longhorns’ first season in the Southeastern Conference will involve plenty of familiar faces, old rivals whom we might not have encountered in decades....
The Way Back: The Amazing Race
By Karina Kumar
If you ask any current UT student, they likely have a registration horror story—whether watching the courses they needed become suddenly “closed” or “waitlisted”...
The Way Back: Don’t Be a Stranger
By Eliza Pillsbury
Karen Schneider ’89 announces winner of Life Membership during the Chairman’s Senior Send-Off. Not long after this issue reaches your doorstep, thousands...
The Way Back: Flower Power
By Eliza Pillsbury
Though the fashion in this photo will likely be the first thing you notice, the image of two bohemians tending to campus flora presages a significant conflict...
The Way Back: All-Inclusive
By Eliza Pillsbury
This blanket tax ID card belonged to Jean (Hudson) Caton, ’39, the great-grandmother of the Alcalde’s managing editor, Eliza Pillsbury, BA, BJ ’23,...
The Way Back: Fanfare
By Eliza Pillsbury
The Longhorns played the Arkansas Razorbacks on Oct. 15, 1966, in a stadium that would soon undergo significant renovations. This funky fisheye shot almost does...
The Way Back: Growing Up with the Tower
By Abigail Rosenthal
Norma Bowman and her mother in front of the Tower during its construction, 1935. Do you remember the first time you saw the Tower? Was it on campus for a football...
The Way Back: Bevo in Bronze
By Abigail Rosenthal
The bronze longhorn statue is lifted onto the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center patio by crane. One of the more recognizable statues on the Forty Acres is a bronze...
The Way Back: Music Maker
By Abigail Rosenthal
Teaching violin allowed Cloteal Davis Haynes to share her love of music, 1973. You may have heard the name Cloteal Davis Haynes, BM ’72, MPAff ’77. She has...
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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