Archive for: UT history

 

Tex! ’Horns! Fight!

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Yell Leader & War Hero Bob Bearden: A UT Legend at 90 In 1949, Bob Bearden was elected head yell leader by his fellow UT students. For the next four years,...

 
 

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Rainbow Roots

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How UT’s First Gay Student Group Paved the Way Last week, UT celebrated its fifth-annual Lavender Graduation, a commencement ceremony honoring the achievements...

 
 

UT Physics Since 1883: A Photo Essay

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Nineteenth-century equipment that’s still in use today. A surprisingly progressive tradition of educating world-class female physicists, starting in 1892....

 
 

How the MLK Statue Came to the East Mall

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In September 1999, a bronze statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. was unveiled on the East Mall. Created by a husband-and-wife team, Jeffrey Varilla and Anna Koh-Varilla...

 
 
The Mighty Battle for the Water Tank

The Mighty Battle for the Water Tank

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Some schools have a symbolic stone that students paint and repaint in the middle of campus. UT, it turns out, had a giant water tank. The shenanigans around it have...

 
 

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Longhorn Logo Turns 50

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In a half-century the Texas Longhorn silhouette has become one of the most recognizable logos in the world. But its adoption wasn’t as simple as you might think....

 
 
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