Student Experience
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Where Are They Now: Katherine Allen
The Where Are They Now series revisits students whose careers were shaped by the generosity of What Starts Here campaign and Texas Exes donors.
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Finding Purpose Through Service
A recent graduate of the College of Liberal Arts spent a year abroad supporting local revitalization efforts – and then created a similar program on the Forty Acres.
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A New Texas Student Experience
New unit brings together key services, programs and support systems Longhorns depend on.
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Students Win Science Award for Bio-Inspired Fabric Sealant
College of Natural Sciences students developed an innovation that could mean safer ways of making clothing water-resistant.
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Hook ’Em Here 2026: Interns Work, Learn and Grow
This summer, College of Education students interned with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District.
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What Have Longhorns Been Up To This Summer?
Read to learn more about the internships, experiential learning opportunities and programs students have been participating in this summer.
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From Senior Design to Startup: How a Wildfire Competition Sparked a UT Spinoff
What began as a design course project grew into an international endeavor and has since become an AI company of its own.
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Betting on Nuclear
Fresh off a breakthrough in advanced nuclear energy, Sanjay Mukhi, MBA ’23, reflects on the journey to criticality.
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Design Thinking and Strategy Lead UT Senior to an IBM Internship
A double major gave Emmy Chen the technical foundation and a unique mindset to thrive in a competitive summer internship at IBM’s Blue Studio.
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Publishing in a Leading Journal as Undergraduates
Three undergraduate researchers published with a team in Nature, shedding new light on a microbe and its host.
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The Longhorn on the World Cup Stage
Ismail Elfath, who is officiating today’s World Cup semifinal, began his journey as a referee while on the Forty Acres 20 years ago.
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UT Austin Villa Finishes Strong at RoboCup 2026
Students travelled to South Korea to compete in the world’s largest and most prestigious robotics competition.


