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UT professor Elizabeth McCracken sits outside the Harry Ransom Center on October 3, 2022. McCracken recently The Wingate Prize for her novel The Hero of this Book.

Q&A: UT professor Elizabeth McCracken talks about award-winning novel, ‘The Hero of This Book’

Joey Clark, General Life&Arts Reporter April 1, 2024

UT professor and author Elizabeth McCracken recently won the Wingate Prize, a literary award given to the best book exploring Jewish identity, for her novel, “The Hero of This Book.” The novel follows...

Members of the Dialogue Student Association prepare an assortment of salad for attendees who were fasting for Ramadan at the George I. Sánchez building on March 26, 2024. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan begins with abstraining from food since dawn, breaking the fast at sunset.

Iftars hosted by Dialogue Students Association bring Muslims and non-Muslims together during Ramadan

Riddhi Bora, General Life&Arts Reporter March 29, 2024

The walls of room 1.510 in the George I. Sánchez Building displayed gold balloons and banners reading “Ramadan Mubarak.” The tables, decorated with green and gold table runners and candles, seated...

Young auctioneer continues family legacy

Young auctioneer continues family legacy

Chloe Ching, General Life&Arts Reporter March 28, 2024

Luke Lange stood on the auction block above hundreds of people eagerly holding signs with their numbers. Lange chanted numbers into the mic with an astonishing and breathless speed, selling cars by the...

UT engineering students win Student Startup, Innovation Award at SXSW

UT engineering students win Student Startup, Innovation Award at SXSW

Helen Li, General Life&Arts Reporter March 25, 2024

A busy weekend of pitches, speeches and events came to a climax when Paradigm Robotics found out they won not one, but two awards at SXSW. Elated UT engineering students Siddharth Thakur, Krishnan Ram...

Yallternative band June Shine performs at UT fraternity Sigma Phi Epsilon on March 20, 2024.

‘Y’allternative’ band June Shine makes space in Austin music scene

Mehana Ondreyka, General Life&Arts Reporter March 25, 2024

First releasing music under the band name June Shine at age 15, lead singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist J.R. Chambers moved to Austin to become a Longhorn and explore the local music scene. Anticipating...

‘Love Lies Bleeding:’ lesbians, ‘roids, and bodybuilding. The ultimate love story

‘Love Lies Bleeding:’ lesbians, ‘roids, and bodybuilding. The ultimate love story

Ryan Ranc, Senior Life&Arts Reporter March 24, 2024

“Love Lies Bleeding,” an A24 film directed by Rose Glass of “Saint Maud” fame and written by both Glass and Weronika Tofilska, follows Lou (Kristen Stewart) as she navigates living a life separate...

Thomas Haden Church talks growing up Texan in relation to his role in ‘Accidental Texan’

Thomas Haden Church talks growing up Texan in relation to his role in ‘Accidental Texan’

Ryan Ranc, Senior Life&Arts Reporter March 24, 2024

The Daily Texan had the chance to sit down and speak with Thomas Haden Church about his role as Merle in the film directed by Mark Lambert Bristol entitled “Accidental Texan”, based on the 1999 book...

Social entrepreneurship org Texas Enactus proves ‘What starts here changes the world’

Social entrepreneurship org Texas Enactus proves ‘What starts here changes the world’

Riddhi Bora, General Life&Arts Reporter March 24, 2024

Content warning: This story contains mentions of sexual assault. “What starts here changes the world” may appear an ambitious statement to some, but for Texas Enactus, it accurately describes their...

Julia Otofu Ayaku, an art history and African and African Diaspora studies sophomore, and Kendall Ketchum, an arts and entertainment technologies freshman at the UT Poetry Center on March 21, 2024.

Obsidian magazine, Black Queer and Trans Collective host artshare, open mic event to celebrate student art

Joey Clark, General Life&Arts Reporter March 21, 2024

With all the joys, pains and vulnerabilities that accompany poetry, each student will step up to the mic or accompany an art piece full of expression. Friday’s event goes beyond appreciating performance,...

Dancers strike a pose for a piece choreographed by Lola Davis during tech rehearsals for their show, Students Exhibiting Experimental Dance, on Tuesday. SEED, created by U.T. Dance Action, will take place Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. in the Lab Theater.

UT Dance Action hosts student-run performance, S.E.E.D

Trinity Orosco, General Life&Arts Reporter March 8, 2024

Captivating the audience with expressive movements, students from a variety of majors join together and find comfort in dance.  Dance Action, an organization that provides opportunities for dance among...

Art exhibit promotes celebration of historical life along Waller Creek, created by UT professors

Art exhibit promotes celebration of historical life along Waller Creek, created by UT professors

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter March 7, 2024

On Saturday, a field of people at the Moody Amphitheater gathered after sunset to immerse themselves in the opening of two UT professors’ art installation. Guests spread out on blue-striped blankets,...

Last Writers craft legacies, embrace stories in hospice care

Last Writers craft legacies, embrace stories in hospice care

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter March 6, 2024

At local hospice homes, a passionate group of volunteers task themselves with writing memoirs that celebrate the richness of patients’ experiences. This heartfelt service they provide not only preserves...

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