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...

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...

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...

After 30 hours over the course of a month attempting to solve a coding issue, Niusha Saadat, a fifth-year aerospace engineering Ph.D. candidate, felt lost and frustrated. Unsure of the next steps to take,...

In her first year at Hays County’s Chapa Middle School, then 11-year-old Alexandra Dorantes discovered the school lacked an orchestra program, offering only choir, band and mariachi. Encouraged by...

Last October, a UT alumna downloaded Geneva with the simple goal of bringing together a small group of crafters. What started as a modest gathering has since blossomed into a thriving community of over...

A rubicon is defined as a “bounding or limiting line.” Three studio art majors represented the concept in their new exhibit, “Retracing the Rubicon.” Curated by Fionayuko Forbes, Farah Narejo...

Walking into Terra Toys is much like walking into a time machine. General manager Sylvia Allsup-Edwards said the shop carries a magical, wondrous and upbeat atmosphere, and she’s most proud of the consistency...

Picking up a pen to journal one day in sixth grade, Sreeja Kuppam never planned to publish a book. As she cranked out diary entries and short stories, Sreeja eventually began writing what would become...

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,...