Summer 2019
Jul 11, 2019
How animals are involved on the Forty Acres
Inclusive Instincts Emily Shryock, assistant director of services for students with disabilities, has been building awareness around accessibility on UT’s campus since she arrived in 2010. She works individually with students…
Jun 17, 2019
Town and country: UT students will see their hometowns with adult eyes
Throughout the world, the story is the same — young people leaving their rural homes and small towns for cities. In China, the percentage of people living in cities has…
Jun 10, 2019
Planet Texas 2050: For a better tomorrow
A group of 120 researchers across 14 research units on campus have been selected by The University of Texas at Austin for Planet Texas 2050, the university’s first program under…
Jun 05, 2019
Course/Work: How UT Staff members can balance classes and career
On a hot Tuesday morning last summer, Colten Crist entered his office and turned on the lights. It was 7 a.m., and the campus was still quiet. He sat at…
May 28, 2019
President’s Award for Global Learning expands horizons
Addressing Cambodia’s waste management challenges and assessing the needs of low-income communities in Puebla, Mexico, are two of the seven research projects selected in the inaugural year of the President’s…
May 20, 2019
Texas blooms at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center lies just beyond Austin’s downtown traffic, near the intersection of MoPac and State Highway 45. Tucked within Southwest Austin’s rolling hills, the Wildflower Center…
May 16, 2019
Oscar Cásares’ new novel explores the borders between childhood and adulthood
This month Oscar Cásares, an associate professor in the Department of English and Center for Mexican American Studies, publishes “Where We Come From,” his second novel and third book. Cásares…
May 13, 2019
How the Marine Science Institute is building a bluer future
The University of Texas at Austin Marine Science Institute can feel like the edge of the world. It stands on a corner of Mustang Island, surrounded by windswept grassy dunes…
Feb 01, 2019
Color on campus
“The Color Inside,” one of artist James Turrell’s Skyspaces, offers a quiet escape in the middle of The University of Texas at Austin’s bustling campus. Every evening, people ascend to…