November|December 2016 Alumni Authors
By Danielle Lopez
The Essential New York Times Book of Cocktails by Steve Reddicliffe, MA ’10 Steve Reddicliffe, author of The New York Times column “A Quiet Drink,” invites...
Boomerang Days: Nightcrawler
By Owen Egerton
A Longhorn does college all over again. My favorite hours as a Longhorn were spent between midnight and dawn—those deep, dark hours when all good people are tucked...
Prime Time: The 2016 Outstanding Young Texas Exes
By Danielle Lopez
Each year we celebrate a new group of Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recipients with—what else?—a party. Transformed into a hip lounge featuring white sofas...
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The Sixth Man
By Chris O'Connell
Keeping an eye on the ball with UT’s unorthodox head basketball coach Madmen “You are the madman. The madman cuts the court in half. This is all predicated...
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Beware the Bucket List
By Ruth Pennebaker
Forget “25 Places to See Before You Die.” The real rewards of travel cannot be Instagrammed. I am at a cocktail party. I may also be losing my mind. One woman,...
A Beautiful Mind
By Anna Daugherty
Emma Scribner’s brain isn’t quite like anyone else’s—and that’s just the way she likes it. It’s so cool how we can see colors in music,” a young Emma...
November|December 2016 Good Reads
By Alcalde Staff
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe The Texas Landscape Project: Nature and People by David Todd and Jonathan Ogren, BA ’96, MA ’08 Cartographer and...
In Search of the Perfect Pass
By Rose Cahalan
S.C. Gwynne on the little-known coach who transformed football You’ve probably never heard the name Hal Mumme, but you’ve very likely watched or even played...
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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