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,...

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...