Awarded at the beginning of the summer, the National Science Foundation gave $18 million in funding to the Center for Dynamics and Control of Materials at UT, one of 20 Materials Research Science and Engineering...
Unbeknownst to J. Tinsley Oden, his passion for computational science as a graduate student at Oklahoma State would lay the groundwork for a world-renowned institute at UT. He cranked numerical algorithms...
Editor's note: This article was originally published on Aug. 3, 2023, but some facts were updated on Aug. 6, 2023.
Austinites who frequent the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail at Lady Bird...
Karina Kumar, General News Reporter
• August 3, 2023
The Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs announced the Willie Nelson Endowment for UT faculty and students to research and develop methods to fight climate change’s effects in rural communities.
JR...
Two Democratic challengers, U.S. Rep. Colin Allred and Texas state Sen. Roland Gutierrez, entered the race for Republican Sen. Ted Cruz’s Senate seat. Cruz, who was first elected to the Senate in...
A recent study involving UT researchers revealed new insights into the relationship between different factors impacting how birds evolve in the face of warming temperatures.
Traditionally, biologists...
UPDATE: From an email statement by UT spokesperson Brian Davis on Aug. 9, Waggener Hall's general purpose classrooms have been cleared to reopen for classes and students who saw changes to their course...
Physicians and parents of transgender youth sued the state of Texas on July 12 in response to Senate Bill 14, a law banning transition-related health care for minors.
The new law, which goes into...
Journalism professor Kathleen McElroy rescinded her resignation at UT following the failure of her deal with Texas A&M University, and the future of A&M’s journalism program remains unknown.
The...
Twenty-one percent of material recycled at UT is contaminated and must take a longer, more costly route to the landfill.
“We can’t process (contamination) or sell it,” said Alexandra Gyarfas,...
Six UT faculty and students received inaugural funding from the UT Austin-Amazon Science Hub for their research on artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Created in April, the Science Hub is...
Pili Saravia, General News Reporter
• July 30, 2023
UT’s Office of Admissions launched an updated website this month with new features and better accessibility just in time for new student applications opening on Aug. 1.
Joey Williams, director of...
