Alcalde Docs

The Show Must Go On

How a group of Butler School of Music students are keeping music alive amid the pandemic

 
 

Alum Creates Custom Longhorn Stock Car

Drawing inspiration from NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon’s No. 24 Axalta/Texas A&M School of Engineering car, as well as the final football game the Longhorns...

 
 

A World Away: Traversing Peru as the World Braced for Change

When Alcalde staff photographer Matt Wright-Steel set out for Peru in early March, the Flying Longhorns host was ready to experience the beauty and wonder of South...

 
 

Alcalde Docs

Hang In There, Horns

Longhorns everywhere are finding new ways to step up, stay connected, and keep their spirits high as COVID-19 reshapes our world.

 
 

Letter from the Executive Director: Here for You

As I write this on Monday, March 30, 2020, it’s hard to know what life will be like when this issue lands in your mailbox. While our editors and designers were...

 
 

This Austinite Voted Dell Med into Existence—Now She’s One of the School’s First Graduates

Eight years ago, Travis County residents had a decision to make: did they want a medical school badly enough they were willing to pay higher property taxes to fund...

 
 

Five New Books From Longhorn Nation to Read During Social Distancing

Good Citizens Need Not Fear By Maria Reva, MFA ’18  When a bureaucratic glitch omits an entire building and its residents from municipal records, tenants of 1933...

 
 

Turning Glass into Tools at UT Austin’s Glass Shop

Adam Kennedy is one of a few university glass blowers left.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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