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Official newspaper of The University of Texas at Austin

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Theatre and Dance junior Jacob Zamarripa stands for a portrait outside of F. Loren Winship Drama Building on Tuesday.

Texas sophomore wins BroadwayWorld Houston Award for best lighting

Tyler Pullum, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 9, 2024

The theater community offers a chance to develop young artists’ skills and talents while building a sense of belonging. Often, when people think about theatrical productions, the actors tend to come...

The Longhorn Hellraisers spirit organization cheers on the Texas womens basketball team during the game against Kansas State on Sunday.

Class assignment of student-run section for women’s basketball approved by Texas Athletics

Trinity Orosco, General Life&Arts Reporter February 9, 2024

Texas men’s basketball fills the Moody Center with roaring fans and extravagant shows at every game. Students in a Moody capstone class aim to mirror this environment for Texas women’s basketball and...

Conductor Jerry Junkin leads the Wind Ensemble in “Wine-Dark Sea: Symphony for Band” at the 10th anniversary performance at the Bates Recital Hall on Feb. 4, 2024.

UT Wind Ensemble celebrates the 10th anniversary of John Mackey’s ‘Wine-Dark Sea’

Charlotte Karner, General Life&Arts Reporter February 9, 2024

On Sunday, a sold-out Bates Recital Hall honored the 10-year anniversary of UT’s commission of composer John Mackey’s “Wine-Dark Sea.” The presence of notable guests such as Susan and Ernest Butler,...

UT Girls Who Code chapter promotes sisterhood in tech

UT Girls Who Code chapter promotes sisterhood in tech

Mehana Ondreyka, General Life&Arts Reporter February 8, 2024

Fourteen years ago, following years of work as a legal professional and public advocate, activist Reshma Saujani became the first Indian-American woman to run for Congress. Throughout her campaign to represent...

Assistant Professor Iliana Sosa stands in front of a mural in Austins South Congress neighborhood on Feb. 5, 2024.

RTF Assistant Professor, Director reflects on Sundance Premier, path towards filmmaking

Esteban Elias, General Life&Arts Reporter February 6, 2024

Film director and radio-television-film assistant professor Iliana Sosa premiered her latest directorial work at Sundance Film Festival 2024. One of the three mini-documentaries in an anthology for HBO,...

Phillip Townsend, UTs Curator of Art at Art Galleries at Black Studies, walks students through the exhibition “Wave Patterns” by Michael Booker at the Idea Lab on Jan. 31, 2023.

Q&A: Michael Booker discusses new exhibit in Black Studies Idea Lab

Isabella Capuchino, General Life&Arts Reporter February 6, 2024

Visual artist Michael Booker launched his exhibit “Wave Patterns” on Jan. 19 at the Idea Lab in the Art Galleries at Black Studies. The display explores the relationship between the flags of the International...

Eli Reed, former UT Professor and Magnum photographer, walks through his exhibition Memories Abound with his friend and student Lauren Gerson at the DMC on Jan. 30, 2024. “All of his students, he inspired us and really influenced our work, and now to be able to help him, later in life, it’s one of the best things I think in my life, she said.

Q&A: Former UT professor, award-winning photojournalist reflects on career, time at UT

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 4, 2024

Accomplished independent photojournalist and former UT Professor Eli Reed gave a lecture at the Moody College of Communication on Tuesday before exhibiting decades of his photographs. The exhibit, “Memories...

Saffron Magazine fosters community for South Asian creatives

Saffron Magazine fosters community for South Asian creatives

Bryn Palmer, Contributor January 30, 2024

After planting its roots in Austin, Saffron Magazine’s executives prepare for this magazine's American takeover. Saffron, a South Asian-led multimedia collective, represents a cultural community growing...

Community members attend the Visual Arts Center’s grand opening for the RRK Collection: Wood Type on Jan. 26, 2024.

Visual Arts Center features students’ wood type projects

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter January 28, 2024

Arranging wooden letter blocks, students in the design studio skillfully lay out their desired pattern. This creative process unfolds as a sheet of paper rolls through the carefully arranged blocks, resulting...

Emily N. Hilz, Ph.D. in lab on Jan. 23, 2023.

UT researcher spreads consumer awareness on chemicals harmful to hormones

Flora Farr, Senior Life&Arts Reporter January 26, 2024

In UT’s Gore Lab, a group of researchers — affectionately called “The Gore Girls” — and their experimental rats collaborate with one another to understand how endocrine disruptors affect human...

Ava Bozic with some of her currently available jewelry at the Blanton Museum Store on January 19, 2024.

Freshman’s small business ‘Fun Fashions’ to benefit children’s futures

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter January 23, 2024

When Ava Bozic first started selling jewelry at her lemonade stand in sixth grade, she never expected she would eventually raise enough money to financially adopt eight children. Her handmade products...

Somos Recuerdos exhibit curators Juilo Martinez and Fabiana Munoz-Olin stand in the exhibit space, which is still in progress, on Jan. 15, 2024.

‘Somos Recuerdos’ student-led exhibit explores Latinx identities, history

Joey Clark, General Life&Arts Reporter January 22, 2024

Two sandstone-colored cowboy boots rest against a short stack of cinderblocks, one stamped with a snarling wildcat, the other a U.S. Homeland Security document impression. A strip of leopard print and...

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