• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

Life & Letters Magazine

  • Features
  • Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Blog
  • Alumni Updates
  • Archive
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin
Show Menu
  • Features
  • Research
  • Teaching & Learning
  • Blog
  • Alumni Updates
  • Archive
How to Think Like a Roman

How to Think Like a Roman

Andrew Riggsby blends classics with cognitive science

Features

The Cenote of Latino Literature

The Cenote of Latino Literature

Nicolás Kanellos has devoted his life to unearthing and showcasing an unprecedented body of U.S. Latino literature

A Citizen of the Arts

A Citizen of the Arts

James Cox gives Cherokee playwright Lynn Riggs his due

Blog

Championing Both Sides of the Brain

Championing Both Sides of the Brain

A combined interest in the humanities and science — and a lifelong commitment to helping those most in need — has guided Kimberley Monday’s life and celebrated career

Knocking on Doors

Knocking on Doors

Montserrat Rocha got her internship at the Texas Capitol the old-fashioned way — and wants other students to follow her example

Paying It Forward

Paying It Forward

A new scholarship for COLA students honors David Garza’s parents

“Sustainability is the Solution”

“Sustainability is the Solution”

Two COLA students explain what the Campus Environmental Center offers and why it matters

Teaching & Learning

A Guide to Cancerland

A Guide to Cancerland

Sociologist and survivor Steph Osbakken draws on personal experience to teach students about the social and cultural landscape of cancer

Anthropology Professor Advocates for Fulbright Pakistan Scholars

Anthropology Professor Advocates for Fulbright Pakistan Scholars

Last year Kamran Ali welcomed 117 Fulbright Scholars from Pakistan to the Forty Acres

Law, Societies, and Justice for All

Law, Societies, and Justice for All

UT’s Initiative for Law, Societies, and Justice unites scholars, researchers, students, and community organizers in the pursuit of a more equitable criminal justice system

Research

New Code for the Same Old Dreams

New Code for the Same Old Dreams

Iván Chaar López decodes border technology’s past and future

In COLA, A New Student Research Landscape Takes Shape

In COLA, A New Student Research Landscape Takes Shape

COLA’s research opportunities are rapidly reshaping how undergraduates engage with scholarly work

Who’s Counting?

Who’s Counting?

Anat Schechtman on non-quantitative notions of infinity

Books

Don’t Call It a Cult

Don’t Call It a Cult

Bret Anthony Johnston on his new novel, “We Burn Daylight”

A Tale of Three Nations

A Tale of Three Nations

Sociologist Kim Pernell on what financial policy can tell us about what nations do or don’t prioritize — and why

Archive

Current Issue

Spring 2025

Fall 2024

Spring 2024

Fall 2023

Spring 2023

Fall 2022

The College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin
  • About
  • Give
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Instagram
  • Linkedin

© 2025, The University of Texas at Austin. All rights reserved. Web Policies Web Accessibility Policy. 110 Inner Campus Drive Austin, TX 78705