Fall 2025
Sep 29, 2025
McDonald Observatory continues drive to dim light pollution with the Dark Skies Initiative
As you look up into the almost pitch-black sky over West Texas on the clearest of nights, nothing stands between you and the stars glimmering brightly overhead. The sparkling sky…
Sep 29, 2025
Swifties, Trekkies and other devotees unite in UT class ‘Rhetoric of Fandom’
What does it mean for someone to be a Longhorn? Can it be defined by the clothes they wear or how many football games they’ve been to? Are you a…
Sep 29, 2025
For coordinator Susanna Sharpe, music is yet another way of making connections
On a quiet street tucked away in Austin, the lawn outside Susanna Sharpe’s home comes alive with the tuning of instruments and the chatter of neighbors settling in with fold-up…
Sep 29, 2025
UT’s historic preservation planner, Kim Barker, is helping restore the Main Building to its original state
The goal of the Tower restoration now underway is to return the University’s emblematic landmark not to what it was before the rust set in but to its original 1937…
Sep 29, 2025
Texas Science Festival bridges research and community
The sun was just beginning to set over Waller Creek on a warm February day. Dozens of onlookers stood quietly atop the bridges over the reflective, unmoving water. Rosemary Candelario,…
Sep 29, 2025
AI to the rescue? UT research team develops multilingual emergency messaging bot
For Austinites facing future weather disasters, lifesaving information could be provided by artificial intelligence, and according to researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, you might even trust it…
Sep 29, 2025
Exhibition puts spotlight on Ransom Center’s new collection from creator of ‘Saturday Night Live’
For 50 years, “Saturday Night Live” has provided social commentary, witty comedy and some of the most iconic pop culture moments of its time. Now, after just under two years…
Sep 29, 2025
LAITS staff members work together on and off campus
Liberal Arts Instructional Technology Services offers a wide range of assistance and opportunities for technology support, promotional content and educational materials. For Kayla Galang and Will Kurzner, LAITS also helped…
Sep 29, 2025
Psychologist David Yeager explains how adults can best get through to young people
As a kid, David Yeager never really enjoyed school. “I just had this feeling teachers didn’t like me. I felt like I was too energetic and asked a million questions,”…