How UT Researchers Closed the Case on Dinosaur Extinction

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Thanks to asteroid dust inside an impact crater in the Yucatán Peninsula, the question of what killed the dinosaurs has been definitively answered—66 million...

 
 
Introducing the 2021 Texas Ten

Introducing the 2021 Texas Ten

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A Photographic Tour of UT’s Other Vibrant Campus: The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

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Letter From the Executive Director: A Shot in the Arm

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It occurs to me that you’ve now had a full year of Alcalde letters from me that muse about “the new normal” and the changes in every aspect of our lives—the...

 
 

How Longhorns Came Together During a Hundred-Year Storm

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Almost a week after Winter Storm Uri devastated Texas, a long line of hungry, thirsty students snaked around the University Co-op parking lot. It was 9:45 a.m....

 
 
How February’s Once-in-a-Generation Storm Altered Life on Campus and Across the City

How February’s Once-in-a-Generation Storm Altered Life on Campus and Across the City

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Sunday, February 14, 2021 As lovebirds hunker down together to celebrate Valentine’s Day with what looks to be a romantic evening snowfall, rumors swirl...

 
 
UT Researchers On What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs

UT Researchers On What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs

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In 2016, Sean Gulick and a team of researchers extracted asteroid dust from sections of dark brown, silty claystone and greyish-green marlstone buried beneath...

 
 

How a Blind Iraqi Refugee Overcame Enormous Obstacles to Earn a UT Degree

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“Four days,” Qusay Hussein tells me, echoing an experience many in Austin and across the state went through in mid-February when an overloaded electricity...

 
 
 
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