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![A person walks past the Maseeh sign in the Engineering Education and Research Center on Oct. 9, 2023.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC2798-1200x800.jpg)
UT renames Cockrell School of Engineering department following UT alum investment
Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter
• October 9, 2023
![AI framework advances multimodal communication between humans, robots](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-9-23_mutexAI_Kuba-Bard.png)
AI framework advances multimodal communication between humans, robots
Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter
• October 9, 2023
![Hal Alper, professor of chemical engineering, surveys one of the labs that he works in on Oct. 4, 2023 in the Petroleum and Chemical Engineering building. Much of the research he has done that earned him the Acrivos Award was conducted in these labs.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-4-23_Acrivos_Award_CharlotteKeene-1200x800.jpg)
UT professor wins national chemical engineering award
Maryam Ahmed, General News Reporter
• October 6, 2023
![CDC funds UT-UMass Amherst partnership to create disease outbreak network](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-5-23_CDCfunding_Angela-Leon.jpeg)
CDC funds UT-UMass Amherst partnership to create disease outbreak network
Raiyan Shaik, Senior News Reporter
• October 5, 2023
![UT researchers receive grant to apply principles of human vision, learning to autonomous robots](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-4-23_NSF-ai_Ana-Campos.jpg)
UT researchers receive grant to apply principles of human vision, learning to autonomous robots
Sowmya Sridhar, General News Reporter
• October 4, 2023
![Assistant professor Dr. Lief Fenno works in the lab in Dell Medical School on Oct. 2nd, 2023. He was granted $1 million to further his psychiatric research.](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-2-23_neuro-professor-receives-research-grant_Connor-Steen-1200x801.jpg)
UT lab receives $1 million grant to advance psychiatric treatment research
Erika Pernis, General News Reporter
• October 3, 2023
![UT researchers find neighborhood trust during childhood contributes to better cognitive health later in life](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-2-23_neighborhood-health_Elijah-Olive-1200x1200.png)
UT researchers find neighborhood trust during childhood contributes to better cognitive health later in life
Isabella Zeff, Senior News Reporter
• October 2, 2023
![UT researchers assist in discovery of two species of prehistoric lemur-like primates](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/10-1-23_Lemur_Emma-George.jpeg)
UT researchers assist in discovery of two species of prehistoric lemur-like primates
Elijah Carll, General News Reporter
• October 1, 2023
![New collaboration between Cockrell School of Engineering, Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center propels University commitment to energy research](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/10-02-22_engineering-building_Julius-Shieh_IMG_7882-900x600.jpg)
New collaboration between Cockrell School of Engineering, Kay Bailey Hutchison Energy Center propels University commitment to energy research
Melanie Faz, General News Reporter
• September 28, 2023
![UT researchers receive $2.6 million grant to study pollution’s impact on children](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/9-28-22_pollution_Sanne-Peek-878x900.png)
UT researchers receive $2.6 million grant to study pollution’s impact on children
Maryam Ahmed, General News Reporter
• September 28, 2023
![UT researchers work to transform ambient air into clean water](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/9-27-23_Drinkable-Summer_Emma-Berke-1073x1200.png)
UT researchers work to transform ambient air into clean water
Jaelyn Rodriguez, General News Reporter
• September 27, 2023
![FSA_105_10-05-17_CMA_Building_Evelyn](https://thedailytexan.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/FSA_105_10-05-17_CMA_Building_Evelyn.Moreno28061.jpg)
UT professor to join Stanford panel on AI research
Khiry Duffey, General News Reporter
• September 27, 2023