Four UT scholars get a dose of cultural immersion in Havana
When a group of four Forty Acres Scholars boarded their plane from Havana, Cuba back to Florida earlier...
Ale Flores had never been overseas, so naturally, she chose to study abroad in the West Bank.
When authorities know you’re not just sightseeing in the West Bank,...
A donor and a scholar in conversation
On a sunny day at Chuy’s in South Austin, two dear friends swapped stories about UT. In the short time since they met, Janelle...
Talking to a multifaceted Forty Acres Scholar
At the University of Texas at Austin, there are artists who stare at the horizon, researchers who never leave the...
Getting to know a magical Forty Acres Scholar.
The résumés of super-achieving high school students often look the same. But Giancarlo Bernini, a recipient of...
The Forty Acres Scholars Program aims to attract top students by connecting them with alumni.
In 1899, just 14 years after 32 University of Texas alumni founded the...
Four years after welcoming its inaugural class to campus, the Forty Acres Scholars Program watches its first graduates cross the stage.
For years, UT had been losing...
Hannah Kelly is a Forty Acres Scholar who recently completed her first semester at UT. She spoke with the Alcalde about her brand-new hobbies, her relationship with...
Meet the newest class of Forty Acres Scholars.
Until recently, there was no comprehensive full-ride merit scholarship for University of Texas students—and as...
Very few people find their life’s calling at age 7. Sarah Vogts is one of them.
When Sarah Vogts was a second-grader in Dakota Dunes, South Dakota, she watched...
