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UT Engineers Shake Up Earthquake Research in New Zealand

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You may have thought nothing could top the “Texas Longhorn” of dinosaurs. But what if we told you that one group of UT engineers gets to work with a 64,000-pound...

 
 

The Way Back: The Water’s Fine

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Anne Burchart Boucher, left, and Billy Sunday, ’52, posed for this photo at Barton Springs on June 5, 1952. Our city’s favorite pool hasn’t changed much in...

 
 

Breaking the Silence

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After two local alumni committed suicide, the Dallas Chapter came together to start a conversation about mental health. In fall 2012, the Texas Exes Dallas Chapter’s...

 
 

The Work-From-Home Wars

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When Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer banned telecommuting at her company this spring, the uproar was instant and loud. Critics called the move a step back in the struggle...

 
 

Springtime in D.C.

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In April, 21 Flying Longhorns explored the sights and sounds of our nation’s capital. Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. Washington, D.C. is a city of...

 
 

Top Hand

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Jack Harbin, BBA ’39, Life Member, Distinguished Alumnus, legendary oilman, financier, and philanthropist, has given the Texas Exes a home we can be proud of. Don’t...

 
 

UT’s Butler School to Host the “Olympics of Violin”

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Whether Austin will end up getting the X Games is still up in the air, but UT just scored the world’s most elite violin competition. From Feb. 21-March 2,...

 
 

Longhorn-Created, Apple-Approved

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These days, students graduating into the journalism field need to be able to do it all: reporting, writing, photography, video, and … creating apps? UT journalism...

 
 

Four Questions for Kedra Ishop

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Kedra Ishop has been UT’s director of admissions since 2009. How have you seen the typical UT applicant change since you’ve been director of admissions? Wow,...

 
 

Keep on Truckin’

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If Sir Isaac Newton were a Texan and he pronounced his theory today, he might say that absent some other force, objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects...

 
 
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