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UT alumna turns curiosity into productivity with first book “Out of Paper”

UT alumna turns curiosity into productivity with first book “Out of Paper”

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter October 23, 2024

As a Ph.D. student at the University, art historian Katie Anania developed curiosity for drawing as a medium in the 60s and 70s, when works on paper started to be shown as final products in exhibitions....

An Vo and Hieu Tran present their business during the finals of the Herb Kelleher Entrepreneurship Center's Freed Family 2024 Pitch Competition on Oct. 17, 2024.

UT engineering students win Freed Family Pitch Competition with ‘All Eyes’ uniquely accessible vision care instrument

Maya Thakur, General Life&Arts Reporter October 22, 2024

A year of late nights hunched over hot glue in a Jester dorm room and rehearsing their pitch presentations paid off for Raghav Katta, An (Ian) Vo and Hieu (Johnny) Tran. On Thursday, they won first place...

SHEspeaks brings panel of founding businesswomen to campus, sharing their success through failure

SHEspeaks brings panel of founding businesswomen to campus, sharing their success through failure

Katherine Jones, Life&Arts Senior Reporter October 22, 2024

A panel of female founders and leaders shared their journeys and insights at the Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute’s SHEspeaks event. Sharing anecdotes on milestones as well...

Barefoot Outfitters employees smile behind the checkout counter during the grand opening of their store on Oct. 17, 2024.

New family-owned game day store brightens up empty storefronts on Guadalupe

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter October 21, 2024

On Wednesday at 12:20 p.m., the desolate storefront on Guadalupe housed a few shelves and a ladder. By 4 p.m. the next day, customers streamed into the fully stocked Barefoot Campus Outfitter to check...

UT study provides cell phones to Austin’s unhoused population

UT study provides cell phones to Austin’s unhoused population

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter October 16, 2024

While working as a pharmacist in Richmond, Virginia, Leticia Moczygemba Ph.D. interviewed unhoused service providers — caseworkers, nurse practitioners and physicians — to better understand the...

Meadows Center announces UT’s first ‘Educator Icon’

Meadows Center announces UT’s first ‘Educator Icon’

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter October 15, 2024

In 2004, Vaughn Gross boarded a bus with friends, expecting a fun day trip. She did not know that her husband secretly planned a surprise honoring her lifelong dedication to education. As the bus arrived...

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Austin-based Con Mi MADRE gets its own city-designated holiday, supports Latina daughter-mother success through college

Tyler Pullum, General Life&Arts Reporter October 10, 2024

The city of Austin honored Con Mi MADRE, an Austin-based non-profit, with its own day. Proposed by Councilwoman Vanessa Fuentes, the Sept. 26 designation honors the organization’s dedication to helping...

Varia Sufueva (left) and Meredith Winfield, student researchers, collect an oral sample from a turtle at Turtle Pond on Oct. 1, 2024. Samples are collected for comparing the different microbiomes of the turtles in this environment.

Student researchers continue study on turtle pond, educating fellow Longhorns

Behr Rinke, General Life&Arts Reporter October 8, 2024

Meredith Winfield grew up catching red-eared slider turtles from her family’s catfish pond. When the invasive turtles began eating the fish, she and her brother captured the turtles with a Home Depot...

Attendees have conversations at Preservation Austin's Legacy Business Month Kick-Off Party at Zilker Brewing Company on Oct. 3, 2024. The event's mission was to bring awareness to support Austin local businesses.

October marks Austin Legacy Business Month, program designed to celebrate businesses behind Austin culture

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter October 7, 2024

As Austin continues to grow and change, how Austinites protect local businesses also evolves. Programs such as Austin Legacy Business Month adapt traditional preservation tactics to celebrate the stories...

Chappell Roan performs at Austin City Limits Music Fest at Zilker Park on October 6, 2024.

Photo Gallery: ACL Fest Weekend 1

Coco Becker, Associate Photo Editor October 6, 2024

Julieta Garcia poses with a ceramic she made for a portrait in her bedroom, where she creates and packs orders, on Sept. 30, 2024.

Student entrepreneur molds personality into clay with her small business

Angelina Liu, General Life&Arts Reporter October 3, 2024

Julieta Garcia meticulously molds pea-sized amounts of neon green polymer clay. With a precision blade and the wet cotton of a cotton swab, she shapes the clay into tiny frog figurines. After baking and...

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