UT Classmates Honored with Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award
By Alan Cundy
The Texas Bar Foundation honored three Longhorns from the same UT law school class with their 2021 Outstanding 50 Year Lawyer Award. Recipients Allan DuBois,...
Letter from the Executive Director: Speaking Up
By Chuck Harris
This January, elected officials from across the state will once again climb the Capitol steps and begin the important work of the 87th Legislative Session....
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Our 2020 Outstanding Young Texas Exes on How They Got Here—and What’s Next
By Sofia Sokolove
These four Longhorns have achieved big success before even turning 40. Initiated in 1979, the Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recognizes Texas Exes age 39 and...
TxExplainer: What the 2021 Texas Legislative Session Has in Store for UT Austin
By Danielle Lopez
AS the U.S.—and the world—continues to adapt to unprecedented times, so must the Texas Legislature. From the upcoming topics of discussion to how lawmakers...
Faces in the Crowd: Taking a Closer Look at Who Filled DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium
By Danielle Lopez
During the summer of 2020, no one knew what the Texas Football season was going to look like—or if there would be a season at all. But as Texas Athletics...
Alumna’s New Book on Burnout Argues Millennials Are Exhausted—and a Beach Vacation Won’t Fix It
By Abby Carney
There’s a chance we’ll all soon be burned out from talking about burnout, defined as physical or mental collapse due to overwork, reaching the point of...
My Sister Was Set to Have the Same Great Freshman Year I Had. Then Came the Pandemic.
By Marisa Charpentier
I don’t know what it’s like to be a mother. But when you have a younger sibling, you find yourself slipping into a pseudo-parent role from an early...
Inside the McDonald Observatory’s Mission to Preserve the Darkest Skies in West Texas
By Catherine Arnold
Bill Wren remembers the night sky rising like wallpaper above him when he was a child in rural Missouri. But after a move to Houston in 1970 when he was 15,...
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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