For almost half a century, springtime on campus was heralded by a sea of bluebonnets and dotted with poppies, yellow daisies, and the bright red blossoms of the...
In September 1999, a bronze statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. was unveiled on the East Mall.
Created by a husband-and-wife team, Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla...
The earliest known photograph of the University of Texas, which opened in 1883. At the time, UT inhabited a 40-acre tract of land just north of Austin, bounded...
Women played the first basketball games on the UT campus.
Starting in 1902, half-court scrimmages were held in the basement gymnasium of the Woman’s Building,...
From Bevo to Burdine to the Battle Oaks, here are the real stories behind the legends you thought you knew.
They’re staples at every college, as common as...
Today marks an auspicious day in Longhorn Band history: the first of many marches in presidential inauguration parades.
On January 20, 1961, the Longhorn Band made...
Snow days in Austin? They’re rare. They happen only once in a blue moon. Some put the odds at a snowball’s chance in, well, you get the idea.
When Old Man Winter...
Julian Garrett, who passed away on Saturday, was the last surviving member of arguably the greatest team in the first half-century of Texas football.
Chances are,...
It’s early January, a time for resolutions, bowl games, and, when thinking of University of Texas history, a time to recall a favorite canine that once prowled...
One hundred years ago, on the final day of the month in November 1911, a cool, peaceful, lazy Thanksgiving morning dawned on the University of Texas campus. During...
