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UT talks to look forward to at TEDxUTAustin 2025

UT talks to look forward to at TEDxUTAustin 2025

Angelina Liu, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 27, 2025

The eighth annual TEDxUTAustin conference will take place on March 1 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hogg Memorial Auditorium. The 2025 theme explores the question “What Now?” — seeking to identify...

UT student’s live comedy dating show hits the road with college tour

UT student’s live comedy dating show hits the road with college tour

Brynn Dominguez , Senior Life and Arts Reporter  February 27, 2025

After dressing up in a jester costume, promoting and growing his fan base for about two years and building professional connections, a UT business student will host his company's biggest comedy show yet.  Business...

UT student influencer empowers followers through life, career advice

UT student influencer empowers followers through life, career advice

Sabrina Ye, General Life&Arts Reporter February 26, 2025

During the isolated days of quarantine, when the world paused and everyone searched for new ways to connect, Tanmya Tripathi started her first blog on WordPress. With a laptop and a few ideas, she unknowingly...

Isaac Tuan spins Anna El-Assaad performing "Your Song" by Elton John at the Longhorn Singers show, "Lovesick," on Feb. 21, 2025.

‘Lovesick’: Longhorn Singers share rollercoaster of love with fundraiser show

Sydnie Grayson, General Life&Arts Reporter February 24, 2025

As the lights come up, Longhorn Singers president Sydney Jennings begins the show with a soft, jazzy voice in “At Last” by Etta James, accompanied by the rest of the organization. With all of the singers...

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...

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 17, 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...

TeamLab member Takeshi Yamada talks about the concepts and philosophies behind teamLab's artworks and museums around the world at the WCP on Feb. 13, 2025.

International art collective teamLab visits UT, gives helping hand to design students

Charlotte Karner, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 16, 2025

Takeshi Yamada flew from Japan to Austin last week to present on teamLab, an international art collective combining digital art, animation and engineering to create immersive art experiences for galleries...

Student Angel Huang, looks at clothes at a fundraiser thrift shop pop-up for student Audrey Price’s music video on Speedway on Feb. 12, 2025.

Thrift pop-up supports student’s music videos, creative team

Elie Brunson, General Life&Arts Reporter February 16, 2025

Racks of donated clothes and a student singing with nothing but her guitar greeted anyone passing the corner of Speedway and 21st Street on Wednesday. The pop-up thrift shop raised money for a student...

Attendees enjoy hors d'oeuvres, a build-your-own bouquet station and music in the Great Hall at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum on Feb. 13, 2024.

Fossils & Flowers: Texas Science & Natural History Museum throws Valentine’s event

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter February 16, 2025

The Quetzalcoatlus northropi skeletal reconstruction wasn’t the only thing in the air at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum on Thursday evening; love also filled the air as couples and friends...

Esmonde Cole from Actors From The London Stage watches as students act out "Get thee to a nunnery" from Hamlet in The Romantic Period Class on Feb. 11, 2025.

Renowned London actors visit UT to teach, perform Shakespeare

Bailey Raymond, General Life&Arts Reporter February 12, 2025

Actors From the London Stage infuse the spirit of Shakespeare into UT classrooms, bringing with them the tragedy and comedy embodied in “Hamlet.” The troupe of five travels only with what they can...

The Plan II Film Club watches Blue Velvet by David Lynch on Feb. 9, 2025.

UT community honors life, work of late director David Lynch

Ana Taveira, General Life&Arts Reporter February 11, 2025

In the dark of the Joynes basement, students are lost in Isabella Rosellini’s haunting performance as Dorothy Vallens in the film “Blue Velvet.” As she sings her iconic rendition of the film’s...

Natalie Tran chooses the next participant for her look-alike contest at the Phi Kappa Sigma house on Feb. 8, 2025.

Influencer, UT student Natalie Tran hosts celebration for hitting 1 million followers

Brynn Dominguez, Senior Life&Arts Reporter February 9, 2025

Cameras flashed, students danced and music played through loudspeakers at a party celebrating one student and content creator hitting a million followers on Instagram.  Natalie Tran, acting sophomore...

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