The 2019 Outstanding Young Texas Exes Winners on Their Road to Success

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The Outstanding Young Texas Ex Award recognizes Texas Exes age 39 and younger who have made significant achievements in their careers and service to the university. Nominations...

 
 

Reframing History with the Blanton’s New Modernist Latin American Art Exhibit

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“What was that? I can’t hear you,” is the refrain on a crackling telephone line intermittently cutting out only to have the sound return as an echo. We’re...

 
 

Five New Books By Longhorns to Dive Into This Spring Break

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The Trials of Apollo, Book Five: The Tower of Nero By Rick Riordan, BA ’86, Life Member   The Percy Jackson and the Olympians author released the fifth and...

 
 

How the Harry Ransom Center Led Author Jenn Shapland to Her Debut Novel

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Jenn Shapland, MA ’12, PhD ’16, has always been a snooper. Growing up, she loved sneaking around the houses of people she babysat for, contemplating the secrets...

 
 

Fifty Years Later, a Look Back at UT’s Inaugural Earth Day Celebration

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The year was 1970. Wisconsin Sen. Gaylord Nelson had just proposed the nation’s first Earth Day, encouraging citizens to promote environmental awareness through...

 
 

One Longhorn Is Putting an Eco-Friendly Spin on the Texas Cowboy Boot

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Will Roman dresses like an Austin cowboy. Walking into The Driskill bar, he blends right into the downtown Austin hotel’s Western aesthetic with his black cowboy...

 
 

The Way Back: Counter-Culture on the Drag

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Before World War II, The Drag was a drag. But between 1945 and 1946, the student population grew from 7,000 to 17,000, providing a much-needed boon to the street’s...

 
 

Watching UT Professor John Goodenough Receive the Nobel Prize in Sweden

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Orchestral music filled the packed concert hall. The guests were dressed in tails and gowns. King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia of Sweden sat in ornate chairs,...

 
 
 
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