After sneaking into a Liberal Arts Honors event and discovering her passion for research during freshman year,  alumna Céline Halioua, class of 2017, switched her major from art to neuroscience. Now...

After listening in on Texas Tribune Festival panels for years, a UT professor found himself somewhere he never imagined his career would take him. In the Omni Hotel Ballroom at the festival this Friday,...

As a stage set revolves, it reveals a small trailer with wood paneling, green fabric walls and a leaky ceiling. While this set houses a new fictional star Lyric, it also brings a memory to life for the...

Surrounded by the roar of the Detroit Grand Prix, an engineering intern sits in the Chip Ganassi timing stand for the first time. She hears drivers, engineers and strategists going back and forth over...

As the white medical coat settled onto her shoulders for the first time, Fatema Dohadwala took one step closer to her lifelong dream — becoming a physician.  “As a first generation student, (going...

As funding and solutions for the climate crisis spark more debate, an off-Broadway playhouse in Manhattan is commissioning a full season of 11 new plays to discuss the climate crisis through theater. Among...

Usually, in a soccer arena in the Netherlands, one would find crowds cheering their favorite team to victory. This July, however, those cheers were dedicated to UT’s robotics team. Zhihan Wang, a Texas...

In 2020, Ashley Craig, encouraged by her veteran husband to seek support, hoped to find a group that would understand her experiences as a military spouse. She decided to join a program held by the Veteran...

As a longtime “Jeopardy!” fan who took the show’s eligibility test multiple times before acceptance, UT alumnus Davey Morrison (playwriting and screenwriting, ‘20) finally made his debut as a “Jeopardy!”...

Andy Fisher graduated from UT’s radio-television-film program in 1999. Since then, he’s become a major figure in late-night television as the director of Jimmy Kimmel Live! on ABC. After receiving...

When creating their brand, Jeff Trucksess and Dave Mead wished for one thing: to connect with people. After finding their crushed-up can on the road, the two realized they accomplished just that.  Founded...

Former high school art teacher Kelly Emmert had been a stay-at-home mom for several years when she decided to re-enter the workforce. With a lifelong passion for creating art and a determination to make...