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‘Food Inc.’ director Robert Kenner discusses documentary about American food industry

‘Food Inc.’ director Robert Kenner discusses documentary about American food industry

Angelina Liu, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 19, 2025

The food industry does not want you to know what you’re eating, according to “Food Inc.” director Robert Kenner.  Kenner and co-producer Melissa Robledo joined students over Zoom on Tuesday to...

Adrian Quesada and Abraham Alexander discuss their song “Like a Bird,” which received a Best Original Song Oscar nomination for the A24 film, "Sing Sing." on Feb. 17, 2025.

‘Sing Sing’ songwriters Adrian Quesada, Abraham Alexander talk Oscar nomination for ‘Like A Bird’

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 19, 2025

Students gathered in the G.B. Dealey Center for New Media on Monday to hear from Oscar nominees Adrian Quesada, a UT studio art alumnus, and Abraham Alexander in a conversation with radio-television-film...

Summer Willis talks to a woman at a press conference in front of the Capitol on Feb. 16, 2025. Willis crawled the first half of the Austin Marathon and ran the second half as a way to bring awareness for sexual assault.

UT alumna Summer Willis crawls half marathon for sexual assault survivor rights

Katherine Jones, General Life&Arts Reporter February 19, 2025

Content warning: This article contains mention of sexual assault. With each painful step on her hands and knees, Summer Willis turned endurance into advocacy. The UT English alumna completed the Austin...

Director of Park Operations Martin Nembhard carries a bag of dead plants across the Waterloo Greenway while volunteers pick weeds on Feb. 17.

Waterloo Greenway hands-on volunteer workshops prepare greenspace for spring

Kwame Hodge, General Life&Arts Reporter February 19, 2025

As Austin anticipates spring, the team at Waterloo Greenway works to ensure that the park flourishes. Their mid-February efforts of pruning, planting and preparing 11 acres near Meredith Heritage Tree...

Ilya Finkelstein with Keiko Torii at the Texas Academy of Medicine, Engineering, Science & Technology (TAMEST) annual conference.

UT professor’s gene editing research wins 2025 Edith and Peter O’Donnell Award

Madison West , General Life&Arts Reporter February 19, 2025

As a kid, Ilya Finkelstein always wanted to be a scientist. Curious about the natural world, he found himself outside, collecting butterflies and cataloging them. He enjoyed seeing how everything worked...

Longhorns share love at PAWs animal shelter Valentine's Day fundraiser

Longhorns share love at PAWs animal shelter Valentine’s Day fundraiser

Ayan Masud and Tyler Pullum February 19, 2025

    Kennels of puppies were scattered around Victory Lap last Thursday as PAWS Shelter of Central Texas hosted a Valentine’s Day fundraiser. Although many may have felt the gloom of droplets...

Religious studies junior Hasan Ansari stands for a portrait with his art in the Texas Union building on Feb. 17, 2025. Ansari was an organizer for the Texas Muslim Students' Association Art Festival.

Muslim Student Association represents Islamic culture through campus art festival

Layla Dajani, General Life&Arts Reporter February 18, 2025

Greeted by Islamic poetry pamphlets, attendees stepped into the Union Building’s Quadrangle room, its perimeter lined with tables displaying Islamic art on Saturday. About 15 artists filled the room...

Co-host Angelina Derose prepares to interview Dr. Aaron Sandel and PhD candidate Isabelle Clark in a Mezes Hall studio on Feb. 17, 2025.

‘Hot Science – Cool Talks’ to feature what humans can learn from chimpanzees

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter February 18, 2025

In 1999, 600 students packed the Boyd Auditorium to hear UT professor Tim Rowe presented a bold hypothesis: dinosaurs never truly went extinct — they now walk, or rather, fly, among us as birds. That...

Damian Priour with Waller Creek shelves in Austin Convention Center rotunda.

After 30 years in Austin Convention Center, four local artists’ works face deaccession, lose their space in city

Flora Farr, Life&Arts Editor February 18, 2025

Thirty years ago, Paula Priour walked along Waller Creek with her husband, Damian, collecting debris along the creek for Damian’s commissioned sculpture for the Austin Convention Center. Now, Priour...

UT students take on creative challenge of creating a Play in a Day 

UT students take on creative challenge of creating a Play in a Day 

Angelina Liu , Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 18, 2025

As the sun slowly set on the Texas Union Theatre on Saturday, five UT students gathered hard at work to write, direct and act. Participating in Campus Events + Entertainment’s Play in a Day event, the...

Sayat Nokerban in his Jester dorm room on Feb. 16, 2025.

Freshman produces music from Jester dorm studio

Brynn Dominguez, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 17, 2025

Dancing to traditional Kazakh music and being inspired to perform, a 10-year-old boy busked on the streets of Dallas nine years ago. The same boy is now an independent artist who produces original music...

Pablo Tut stands for a portrait in front of his and José Ángel Koyoc Kú's piece named "Monument for the Maya people at Refugio, Texas," on Feb. 13, 2025.

St. Elmo Arts resident, fellow Pablo Tut showcases monument to Mayan legacy in ‘Land Invention’

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 17, 2025

Walking into the Visual Arts Center, visitors are faced with a large reproduction of a construction tarp. Cut into it, a Mayan poem, “Deep Cavern, Invisible Work,” highlights the barrier between the...

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