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Running, astronomy, and the history of the University of Texas. Opinions are my own.

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RIP actress Valerie Mahaffey (UT Austin Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1975), who appeared on TV's Northern Exposure, Cheers, Seinfeld, Frasier, Law & Order, The West Wing, Young Sheldon, and the 2020 film French Exit, among many, many other roles.

RIP actress Valerie Mahaffey (<a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a> Bachelor of Fine Arts, 1975), who appeared on TV's Northern Exposure, Cheers, Seinfeld, Frasier, Law &amp; Order, The West Wing, Young Sheldon, and the 2020 film French Exit, among many, many other roles.
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2014: The Alpha Phi Omega Texas flag was part of UT Austin's "Gone to Texas" program to welcome the freshman class of 2018. The second session of summer orientation - for the class of 2029 - begins today.

2014: The Alpha Phi Omega Texas flag was part of <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a>'s "Gone to Texas" program to welcome the freshman class of 2018.

The second session of summer orientation - for the class of 2029 - begins today.
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1937: The UT Austin campus with its new Tower, looking from the north. At the bottom, along 24th Street, Welch Hall (chemistry), Physics Building (now Painter), the Biological Labs, and Mary Gearing Hall (Home Economics) were known as "Science Row."

1937: The <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a> campus with its new Tower, looking from the north. At the bottom, along 24th Street, Welch Hall (chemistry), Physics Building (now Painter), the Biological Labs, and Mary Gearing Hall (Home Economics) were known as "Science Row."
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June 6, 1944: It was a gloomy, stormy night when the UT Austin community heard on the radio that the D-Day invasion had begun. jimnicar.com/2014/06/04/theโ€ฆ

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1938: A summertime walk up UT Austin's South Mall, when the live oak trees were smaller. The back of the Littlefield Fountain is off to the left and the Texas Capitol dome in the distance.

1938: A summertime walk up <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a>'s South Mall, when the live oak trees were smaller. The back of the Littlefield Fountain is off to the left and the Texas Capitol dome in the distance.
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1977: UT Austin football fans nearly half a century ago. It was not yet the tradition for everyone to wear orange - though many did - and Texas flags were permitted in the stadium.

1977: <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a> football fans nearly half a century ago. It was not yet the tradition for everyone to wear orange - though many did - and Texas flags were permitted in the stadium.
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June 11, 1936: On a train-stop visit to Austin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt officially broke ground for UT Austin's future Texas Memorial Museum - today's Texas Science and Natural History Museum - by pressing a button to light a stick of dynamite at the site.

June 11, 1936: On a train-stop visit to Austin, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt officially broke ground for <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a>'s future Texas Memorial Museum - today's Texas Science and Natural History Museum - by pressing a button to light a stick of dynamite at the site.
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1975 to 2025: The view of downtown Austin from Zilker Park, 50 years ago and today. The gold-colored bank in the center of the top image is just left of center in the bottom photo.

1975 to 2025: The view of downtown Austin from Zilker Park, 50 years ago and today. The gold-colored bank in the center of the top image is just left of center  in the bottom photo.
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1935: The UT Austin Tower under construction, as seen from the front of Hogg Auditorium. The Main Building first served as UT's central library, with the Tower housing the book stacks, and reading rooms - including the Hall of Noble Words and Hall of Texas - placed around it.

1935: The <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a> Tower under construction, as seen from the front of Hogg Auditorium. The Main Building first served as UT's central library, with the Tower housing the book stacks, and reading rooms - including the Hall of Noble Words and Hall of Texas - placed around it.
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It's Texas by the tip of a longhorn! ๐Ÿค˜ For the fourth time in five years, UT Austin has won the Learfield Athletic Directors' Cup as the best university athletics program, edging out USC (by less than two points), and Stanford.

It's Texas by the tip of a longhorn! ๐Ÿค˜ 

For the fourth time in five years, <a href="/UTAustin/">UT Austin</a> has won the Learfield Athletic Directors' Cup as the best university athletics program, edging out USC (by less than two points), and Stanford.
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Happy 140th Birthday to the Texas Exes, UT Austin's alumni association! Founded on June 17, 1885 when the 34 members of UT's first two graduating classes met in Old Main to adopt a constitution and elect officers. jimnicar.com/2025/06/17/an-โ€ฆ