The Texas Historical Commission (THC) holds roughly 14,000 vertical files tied to the state’s historical markers, and almost none of them exist anywhere but on paper. On a spring day in April, undergraduate and graduate students working wit…
Lucas Schaefer graduated from UT’s New Writers Project in 2015. I attended the same program, in the same genre (fiction), graduating in 2009. Our paths crossed in an interesting way: Last summer Lucas published his debut novel, The Slip, wh…
For more than a century, education has been a pathway to getting a good job. Before then it was a sign of elite pedigree, and before then it fueled the growth of organized religions. Today, with the changing nature of work and people living…
Did you have an imaginary friend as a child? A stuffed animal you told your deepest secrets to? A longstanding hope you’d catch the Tooth Fairy in the act? If the answer is yes, you’re in good company. Not only do almost all children engage…
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the country’s founding, we’re sharing an interview with celebrated historian and biographer H.W. Brands about his latest subject, the one and only George Washington. In his new book, American Patriarch:
Michael Roy Hames-García, a professor of Mexican American and Latina/o studies at UT Austin, has never been content with pursuing strictly theoretical academic research. Throughout his career studying inequities in the criminal justice syst…
Growing up, Juliette Seive wanted to be a detective. Mostly, she jokes, because she was “really nosy,” but also because solving a mystery can be a kind of game. “It’s a puzzle and you have to figure it out,” she explains. “There’s something…
By Jennifer Irving May 27, 2026 facebook twitter email If you don’t already recognize her for her brand’s viral lip liner, you might recognize Sarah Cheung as a short-form beauty content pioneer. For the past decade, she’s been creating con…
By Kaulie Watson May 20, 2026 facebook twitter email Kirsten Cather, a scholar of modern Japanese literature and film at UT Austin, has a knack for difficult subjects. Her first book tackled major obscenity trials in modern Japan to examine…
Graduates, it is my privilege today to address you as Dean, and in that role to say something about the value and purpose of the degrees you’ve earned. I have been a professor at UT Austin, in the Department of Philosophy, for 29 years. And…
At the College of Liberal Arts’ 2026 commencement ceremony, interim dean David Sosa addressed the assembled graduates as well as their family, friends, and professors. Below is an excerpt from that speech. Congratulations, COLA Class of 202…
It’s near impossible to overstate — much less to summarize — the profound influence of psychologist and scholar Edmund Gordon on the field of educational research and policy. Gordon himself, who turns 105 this summer, says the primary conce…