While the city of Austin sleeps, head track and field coach Edrick Floréal readies for work. Sometimes Floréal wakes up at 5 a.m. to lead the award-winning University of Texas…

Faces — or the absence thereof — dominate the works in the spring exhibitions of Art Galleries at Black Studies. But “Wave Patterns” by Michael A. Booker and “(un)knowing” by…

Faculty, staff members and students at The University of Texas connect with places and people around the globe. But the relationship with Mexico is special. “The Forty Acres is home…

Spirits, ghouls, demons — are they real and lurking among us, or were they invented to scare little children into following rules? This is the focus of Ayden Castellanos’ growing…

As a child, Ty Kasey would visit The University of Texas with his father. The two would walk along Speedway before getting burgers at Dirty’s or seeing the Longhorns compete.…

Coconut milk, brown sugar, lime juice, chicken broth and onions wait on the tables in a room in the Neural and Molecular Science Building. About a dozen students sit crisscross…

The University of Texas has more than 14,500 full- and part-time staff members. But did you know that, as of February 2024, the University also had more than 13,000 undergraduate…

In the city of Quito, Ecuador, a young girl wrote poetry in the bedroom of her home. Her mother would collect these poems, and the girl would recite them at…

In May 2022, The University of Texas at Austin rolled out Change Starts Here, an ambitious 10-year plan to make UT the highest-impact public research university in the world. The…

Wham! The sound of Russell Podgorsek’s body slamming into the floor echoes throughout the highest reaches of Bates Recital Hall. Skillfully rolling to his feet, the UT-based composer, building manager…

Elizabeth Carrow-Woolfolk’s legacy holds layers of accomplishments: her bond with her husband, Robert, an esteemed renaissance man; her devout tenure as a nun within the Congregation of the Divine Providence;…

In elementary school, Lisa B.  Thompson played with poetry. In high school, she began honing her literary craft. At UCLA, she studied English, integrating her love of the written word…