Just east of San Jacinto Boulevard on The University of Texas at Austin campus, dual grand stairways flank a steep lawn topped with what seems to be a monolith. Five boys…

When 7-year-old Matt Turner sat down at the dinner table, his father, botanist Billie Turner, would ask him to name the plant families on his plate before he began to…

Before any University of Texas basketball game, Laura Mayfield is at the Frank Erwin Center at least three hours ahead of tipoff. She flips on the hallway lights. She meets…

Thomas Garza caught sight of something running past the door of his basement office in Calhoun Hall. It was a blur of black hair and red lipstick accompanied by the…

Kate Winkler Dawson, associate professor of practice at the University of Texas School of Journalism, listens to an audio snippet called “witchy fiddle,” an eerie strumming that takes the listener’s…

The Nobel Foundation honored University of Texas engineering professor John Goodenough, 97, with the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry last fall. Goodenough, along with researchers Michael Stanley Whittingham and Akira Yoshino, was…

George Mercado Cashier, Parking and Transportation Services 10 years at UT It’s not unusual to rebel against the music of your parents. “The thing about Tejano music, I always heard it growing…

Carrie Stephens Development Specialist, Steve Hicks School of Social Work 11 years at UT Carrie Stephens wasn’t planning on living in Austin. She had every intention of moving to New Orleans…

The next few months in Austin are a great time to step outside and enjoy the outdoors — before the heat of summer sets in. Plus, taking a walk during…

Every weekday at 5:30 a.m., Thomas O’Donohue, the executive sous-chef of Littlefield Patio Cafe, arrives to set up the kitchen before his line cooks arrive for service. His breakfast cook,…