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The 2024 Texas 10
By Karina Kumar
Since 2011, the Alcalde has asked alumni to submit nominations for the Texas 10 teaching awards, forming a cohort of the most excellent...
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The Flying Longhorns Remember—and Rediscover—Vietnam
By Stephen Harrigan
On our first day in Ho Chi Minh City, the Flying Longhorns inadvertently offended the sensibilities of the Socialist Republic...
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UT Research on Methane Hydrate Could Transform the Energy Landscape
By Monica Kortsha
A team of scientists watch the sunset from the helidock. The middle of the Gulf of Mexico is a busier place than you might think....
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New Research From UT Could One Day Treat Chronic Pain Without Opioids
By Ava Motes
Three decades ago, if you had asked Dr. Stephen Martin how the molecules he synthesizes would be used today, he might have given you...
An Attic Discovery Brings Four Generations of Texas Exes Together
By Karina Kumar
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30 Years Later and Still Pretty Fabulous
By Alan Cundy
For their 30th reunion, Gina Chen, BA ’92, and her group of friends decided to go big—inviting more than 60 other Texas Exes to descend upon the Forty Acres...
An Attic Discovery Brings Four Generations of Texas Exes Together
By Karina Kumar
While traveling in West Berlin in 1974, Elka Haubold Hortoland was in a department store when her purse was stolen—containing, most crucially, her United...
New Research From UT Could One Day Treat Chronic Pain Without Opioids
By Ava Motes
Three decades ago, if you had asked Dr. Stephen Martin how the molecules he synthesizes would be used today, he might have given you any number of answers ranging...
Memories of the Frank Erwin Center
By Avrel Seale
You might have noticed that a very large, distinctively shaped structure at I-35 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Austin is slowly disappearing. It is,...
Letter from the Executive Director: The Year of AI
By Chuck Harris
President Hartzell speaks with students and robot at the 2024 SXSW Hook ‘Em House. On Jan. 31, UT President Jay Hartzell declared 2024 “The Year of...
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By Eliza Pillsbury
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The Way Back: Don’t Be a Stranger
By Eliza Pillsbury
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Beach Volleyball is the Next Frontier of UT’s Athletic Power
By Jason Cohen
“Texas is a volleyball school.” “Texas is a volleyball school.” No, that’s not an echo you’re hearing. Rather, Jerritt Elliott’s reigning...