In the second-to-last scene of Japanese director Akira Kurosawa’s 1946 film, “No Regrets for Our Youth,” the protagonist, Yukie Yagihara, realizes she prefers rural life over her urban home in…

Nestled near the corner of Navasota and Cotton streets in East Austin, the renovated John S. and Drucie R. Chase Building now serves as the new off-campus office of the…

Memory, history and our perception of  images combine in “Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia,” on display at the Blanton Museum of Art through June 5. The exhibition showcases about 40 works from…

Delicate architectural details such as intricate stone carvings and vibrant tiles are the hallmark of the Forty Acres. In the early 20th century, UT was still establishing itself as an…

After five years of extensive research, grueling writing and a cycle of revisions, anthropology professor Martha Menchaca published her fifth book: “The Mexican American Experience in Texas.” Menchaca’s book is…

For 44 years, the Erwin Center has stood as a drum-shaped Austin landmark. The arena hosted major musical artists, University of Texas basketball games, commencements, UFC matches, high school sports…

Between junior and senior year of his undergraduate studies at Harvard University, Peter LaSalle spent the summer in Ireland. There on assignment for the Ivy League college’s zany, student-run series…

The sweeping silver lines of the aluminum canoes that loom over Speedway in Nancy Rubins’ “Monochrome for Austin.” The paintings of light formed by James Turrell’s “The Color Inside” Skyspace…

Mónica Fogelquist spent her undergraduate years splitting time between being a college student and a professional mariachi musician. It was no easy feat. As a violinist and singer with the…

While working on an essay related to Simone de Beauvoir in the late 2000s, Judith Coffin came across a virtually unexplored archive of letters sent by readers to the famed…

The book’s inscription, in precise, delicate script, is innocuous: “To Amy Lester Garland — A legacy left in his lifetime for her future examination by her affectionate father.” John Bingley…

Peniel Joseph was in elementary school the first time he joined a picket line, he says, fighting for workers’ rights. He has been involved in social justice efforts ever since.…