'Push the boundaries': Literacy advocate Zell Miller III is Austin's first poet laureate
For 176 years, the city Austin had no poet laureate. Plenty of creative people hung out here. The official post, however, did ...
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Interim UT-Austin president seeks to walk fine line between faculty and lawmakers’ concerns
Jim Davis told professors he’ll share their concerns with lawmakers about proposals that would increase oversight on ...
‘Give me liberty or give me death’ turns 250. Here’s what it meant in 1775
The phrase “Give me liberty or give me death!” has been expressed by protesters from the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising in China to those who opposed COVID-19 restrictions in the U.S. in 2020.
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What starts here changes the universe: Alumnus highlighted in SXSW documentary ‘Starman’
After graduating from UT in 1963, Gentry Lee studied at MIT before entering the world of space exploration research. Now, as ...
'Opry 100' special honors country legends Dolly Parton, Randy Travis among others. Here are the top moments
It was immediately clear the special magic of Nashville's Grand Ole Opry would be properly captured in NBC's "Opry 100: A Live Celebration." ...