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Strange Bedfellows
By Chris O'Connell
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
By H. W. Brands
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...
September|October 2016 Good Reads
By Alcalde Staff
New books of interest to the Longhorn Universe Lady Cop Makes Trouble by Amy Stewart, BA ’90, MS ’92 In her second Constance Kopp mystery—the series is based...
Table Read
By Tavaner Sullivan
Author Toni Tipton-Martin strikes up a conversation about food, race, and love. Dedicated “for us all,” there is a message for everyone in The Jemima Code:...
The Traffic Solution No One is Talking About
By Randy Machemehl
Forget highway construction projects. UT transportation researcher Randy Machemehl says he has a traffic solution that costs nothing and could be implemented today. As...
Game On
By Andrew Roush
For a century, UT students have been participating in organized, non-varsity sports. In celebration of 100 years of blood, sweat, and beer-league competition, we...
Full Speed Ahead
By Chris O'Connell
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...
Bohemian Rhapsody
By Rose Cahalan
In Prague, photography students learn a new way of seeing the world. Every summer for the past decade, UT photojournalism professor Dennis Darling has taken a small...
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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