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From starting at UT as a pre-med Plan II student to a graduate degree in the art history department, to a Master’s in Cultural Reporting & Criticism at NYU, Margaret Juhae Lee’s career has taken her all over the country—and the world. Her debut memoir, Starry Field, combines investigative journalism, oral history, and archival research to […]
“Texas is a volleyball school.” “Texas is a volleyball school.” No, that’s not an echo you’re hearing. Rather, Jerritt Elliott’s reigning (and repeat!) NCAA Women’s Volleyball champions are not the only team on campus anymore. With the addition of women’s beach volleyball as the University’s 21st Division I sport, Texas is a volleyball school two […]
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 from cancer to Alzheimer’s research. He says it’s really a matter of “serendipity” that his life’s work may now culminate in a breakthrough non-opioid treatment for […]
When visitors first step into the “Music America” exhibit at the LBJ Presidential Library, they’ll hear the faint, soulful tones of a recording of the legendary Bessie Smith singing the “St. Louis Blues” a room over. While not technically the first sound cue of the space (a video of music experts framing the collection plays […]
The State Land Board recently celebrated the transfer of 640 acres at Schriever Space Force Base to the Department of Defense, ending a yearlong process.