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In a childhood memory, David Hillis recalls the time when the woodlands of Lwiro in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo were unexpectedly pleasant. The region, where the…

Barry Miller is first in line at the UT Surplus Store every Thursday. When the doors open at 3 p.m. sharp, he greets the employees as if they’re relatives at…

On a damp, cloudy Tuesday in October, the Texas soccer team begins its warmup with a lap around the Mike A. Myers Track and Soccer Stadium. The towering floodlights brighten…

A sweeping archive at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection sits meticulously curated at the eastern perimeter of the Forty Acres. Melissa Guy, lead librarian and director, recalls two…

Lisa Thompson and Richard Reddick sit across from each other in a small recording studio at the KUT Radio newsroom. Reddick’s shirt reads “Black Austin Matters,” the title of one…

At the glassy blue waters’ edge of Greenland’s fjords sits the world’s second-largest ice sheet measuring between 6,600 and 9,800 feet thick and covering 660,000 square miles. The ice is…

When Richard Costa was in The Old Guard in Fort Myer, Virginia, he facilitated over 3,000 ceremonies. Of all the vigils he oversaw, military-dependent funerals were the hardest.Costa, who was…

Film experts and casual movie enthusiasts alike have a new exhibition to browse through at the Harry Ransom Center. “Drawing the Motion Picture,” which is free to the public and…

UT sophomore Sonali Reddy and senior Malvika Patil conclude their co-led campus tour in front of the UT Tower. Before they leave the visiting group of high school students and…

Faculty and staff mingled behind the gold-trimmed doors of the Lee Jamail Academic Room in The University of Texas’ historic Main Building. They gathered Nov. 3 to celebrate the school’s…

Three illustrations sit above English professor Edward Carey’s desk. The drawings from his book “The Iremonger Trilogy” exhibit characters who undergo plot twists and tribulations. The two characters Clod Iremonger…

Desireé Humphries collided with the world of costume design in middle school. In the musical film “Moulin Rouge!,” the protagonist Satine wears a scarlet red, silk and satin dress in…