A Longhorn Is Reinventing Farming—With Robots

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An aerial view of the Iron Ox facility in Lockhart, Texas. Brandon Alexander had been trying to make burritos fly—and he was getting tired. The year was 2015,...

 
 

UT’s Student-Run Microfarm Is Celebrating Its 10th Anniversary—and a New Period of Growth

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Students work at UT’s first student-run organic urban farm, on March 6, 2022. On a recent early spring day behind the tennis courts at UT’s Wright-Whitaker...

 
 

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The 27th Out

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The final game of the Longhorns’ 1967 season was a nail-biter that changed the team, and one player’s life, forever.  “Baseball is a cruel game.”  This...

 
 

Writer Sindya Bhanoo Explores the Lives of Ordinary Women in New Short Story Collection

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Sindya Bhanoo wants you to pay attention to the mundane, ordinary moments in life. It’s one of the center themes of her collection of short stories, Seeking...

 
 

Discover New Summer Reads From the Longhorn Universe

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MY SUMMER DARLINGS   By May Cobb, BA ’96  Cobb swept up readers with 2021’s sensational The Hunting Wives, which told the twisted story...

 
 

Longhorns Out Fishing the Virgin Islands

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Out sailing in the British Virgin Islands for Spring Break are Longhorns Jim Whitworth, BBA ’67, and Sylvia Beatty Whitworth, BA ’74, Life Members, along...

 
 
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Microfarm Magic

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There aren’t just tennis courts at the Wright-Whitaker Sports Complex. Tucked away behind it sits UT’s student-run microfarm, which has been growing for...

 
 

A Look at the Biggest Fundraising Campaign in UT’s History

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When you are a new student at The University of Texas, your freshly minted student ID in hand, the sprawling campus is most easily navigated via acronym. On...

 
 
 
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