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The Texas 10
By Alcalde Staff
This year marks the fourth time the Alcalde has asked alumni to tell us about their favorite UT professors for a teaching award we call the Texas 10. Honorifics...
Editor’s Letter: The Story Behind the Texas 10
By Tim Taliaferro
Nominated by alumni, this list of inspiring teachers is unlike any other. Four years ago, the editors of this magazine wanted to celebrate excellent University of...
‘The EXies’ Honors Longhorn Superstars
By Jordan Schraeder
Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. If the Distinguished Alumnus Awards are UT’s Oscars, then the EXies are the People’s Choice Awards. Last...
Chalk Artistry [Watch]
By Alcalde Staff
Texas native Erin Modglin is a letterer, calligrapher, and chalk artist with a love for all things handmade. For the Texas 10 feature in our March|April issue,...
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John Daly, Communications Studies
By Sophie Duvall
Photo by Jay B Sauceda Daly may have spent the last 20 years researching things like shyness in people. But in a lecture hall of 300 restless college students, shy...
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Shannon Patton, Nursing
By Lynn Freehill
Photo by Jay B Sauceda Given the elaborate emergencies she stages, Shannon Patton could surely work in Hollywood if she weren’t a nursing instructor. She’ll...
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Nancy Daley, Human Sexuality
By Sophie Duvall
Photo by Jay B Sauceda Believe it or not, Nancy Daley was a self-proclaimed “blusher” before she started teaching a room full of college students about sex 12...
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Brent Iverson, Chemistry
By Rebecca Fontenot
Photo by Jay B Sauceda Brent Iverson always emphasizes to his students the real-world application and importance of what they’re learning — whether it’s about...
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John Pearce, Engineering
By Lynn Freehill
Photo by Jay B Sauceda For a professor of literature, being soulful and philosophical might be an easier feat. But John Pearce manages it even while teaching the...
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Bruce Buchanan, Government
By Tim Taliaferro
Photo by Jay B Sauceda For 35 years, Bruce Buchanan has taught the immensely popular and now iconic Politics of the Presidency class. Every big, entry-level course...