Feature Story: The Biggest Open House in Texas: Coming from every corner of the state, Texans embark on new adventures at Explore UT

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President William Powers Jr. welcomes an appreciative audience to campus.
Photo: Christina Murrey

Adventurers of all ages had the opportunity to choose from more than 300 programs offered during the Explore UT event.
Photo: Shaun Stewart

The UT Law School held a mock trial based on the storybook tale of Goldilocks, but with a twist: Gold E. Locks is the defendant. Judge Ed Prado, Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, presided. Children selected prior to the trial served as the jurors.
Photo: Sasha Haagensen

Katharine Serrano, 11 years old, from Austin, has a caricature of herself made by artist Lisa Schneider of Austin at the Ransom Center, whose collection includes the works of hundreds of famous caricaturists.
Photo: Christina Murrey

Members of Shakespeare at Winedale Rotimi Agbabiaka, an economics and plan II senior (left) and Mark Mulligan, a senior in journalism and English, perform a scene from "The Taming of the Shrew."
Photo: Christina Murrey

Explore UT participants donned 3-D goggles to view geological formations, including the Texas coast being smashed by a hurricane and sand dunes as they were created and then destroyed by nature.
Photo: Mark Mulligan

Nritya Sangam, a popular Indian dance troupe at UT, performs on the South Mall classical and contemporary Bharatanatyam, the most widely practiced of Indian classical dance forms in South India.
Photo: Christina Murrey

With the Texas Capitol and the Austin skyline in the background, visitors to Explore UT participated in a 'Living Insignia' photograph in the shape of Bevo, UT's mascot.
Photo: Marsha Miller

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