At the celebrated honors program’s recent anniversary celebration, there was a clear message: There’s more where this came from
Archives for 2025
A World to Discover
With a gift to the Plan II Honors Program, Lee and Philip Zinn are providing Longhorns opportunities for new ideas and perspectives
Tasting India Through Historical Texts
Andrea Gutiérrez explores Indian culture through premodern recipes
More Than a Language
UT’s Yoruba studies program goes beyond grammar to connect students with Yoruba culture in West Africa and the diaspora
Digging Into the Past to Prepare for the Future
A team of UT Austin researchers look for climate solutions in the deep past
A Bridge to the Past
The Frank Denius Normandy Scholar Program takes students to locations significant to World War II, connecting them with the past while helping them build a foundation for their future
The Hidden Life of Maoist Factory Workers
Huaiyin Li reveals the reality hidden under layers of political propaganda and critique
Hustling Today to Rest Tomorrow
Kathleen Griesbach explores the myths and narratives of unstable work
Environmental Amnesia and the Rio Grande
Thoughts on remembering where we are
To Russia with Love
Thomas Jesús Garza reflects on four decades of travel to a changing nation
Highbrow Advice for Life: St. Augustine’s Big Message
“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”
Writing Toward Clarity
Jennifer Chang on Plato, patriarchy, and her Pulitzer-finalist poetry collection
Got Five Minutes? Learn About Psychology with COLA’s New Video Series
We took an interactive online version of “Introduction to Psychology” and turned some of its most intriguing insights into short YouTube videos
Blooming Where You’re Planted
A U.S. Marine’s Journey from São Paulo to UT Austin
The Unbounded Territories of Cinema
Gael García Bernal at UT Austin
Between Dionysus and Athena
Understanding the ancient world through its food and wine
Tuva or Bust
Jason Roberts on Siberian shamanism, or how to cross a river on a roll of plastic wrap
Primates and Parasites in Amazonian Ecuador
Anthony Di Fiore embarks on a new area of research: identifying the parasites infecting primates in the Amazon
Reverse the Curse
Political scientist Delgerjargal Uvsh explores how resource-rich countries can turn crisis into change
Economics of the Unconscious
Economic sociologist Daniel Fridman on what Americans can learn from Argentine
therapists
Encountering Albania
Chelsi West Ohueri explores belonging and the communist afterlife
Marketing the Liberal Arts: Why We Learn
Mastering the balance between professional training and the search for wisdom
People of the Park
Brenda Boonabaana draws lessons from Uganda’s ecotourism industry
Snorkeling for Solutions
The Great Barrier Reef May Term program combines natural wonder and policy studies
Waste Not, Want Not?
Rebecca Falkoff wants you to think differently about hoarding