These Longhorns Organized a Transformational Gift for a School in Tanzania
By Dorothy Guerrero
One thing you notice in the bustling town of Arusha, Tanzania, the tourism hub where most of the country’s luxury safari companies are headquartered, are the...
Getting to Know the Forty Acres’ New Student Leaders
By Danielle Lopez
Student Body President Camron Goodman and Vice President Amie Caroline Jean want everyone to know there are all kinds of leaders. Goodman, a finance senior, had...
Meet Andrea Valdez, the First Latina to Lead a Statewide Newsroom in Texas
By Chris O'Connell
After more than a decade at Texas Monthly, Andrea Valdez, BA ’05, left her home state for San Francisco in 2017, to become the web editor at Wired. In July, she...
One UT Alumnus’ Mission to Own a Genuine Piece of Campus History
By Chris O'Connell
The University of Texas campus is composed of talismans, physical symbols scattered across the Forty Acres that mean different things to those who gaze upon them....
The Way Back: DKR and LBJ
By Ben Wright
When Texas met Mississippi in the 1962 Cotton Bowl, it was a highly anticipated matchup. Both teams had gone 9-1 during the regular season, and the Longhorns...
Feature
After Recent Near-Misses, Texas Volleyball Is Poised to Win it All Again
By Chris O'Connell
June 27, 2019, was the day the Big 12 released its annual preseason volleyball coaches poll. For the ninth consecutive year, UT coach Jerritt Elliott’s peers...
An Alumna Reflects on Tri Towers, and the Friendships She Made There
By Valerie Salinas-Davis
Today, when you walk by our former home, you won’t get a sense of the energy it teemed with 35 years ago. Tri Towers, the longstanding off-campus dormitory...
-
This Texas Ex Is Singing His Cowboy Songs in Music City
-
How a Former Marine Built UT’s National Championship Weightlifting Team
-
Two Award-Winning Professors (and One Hollywood Celebrity) Make Science Cool
-
The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
-
Good Reads Q&A: This Children’s Book Brings Social-Emotional Learning to Life in Technicolor