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UT creates new dual degree program combining business, computer, electrical engineering

UT creates new dual degree program combining business, computer, electrical engineering

Joelle DiPaolo, News Reporter October 19, 2021

Students can apply for a new honors dual-degree program that combines business, electrical and computer engineering for fall 2022. The Texas Honors Electrical and Computer Engineering and Business program,...

UT molecular biosciences professor receives UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award

UT molecular biosciences professor receives UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award

Jessica Harden October 17, 2021

A UT professor received the UT System Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award last month after creating and distributing resources to help professors transition to an effective online learning environment...

UT researchers work to understand digital misinformation in BIPOC communities

UT researchers work to understand digital misinformation in BIPOC communities

Kevin Vu, Ubah Moallim, News Reporters October 12, 2021

UT-Austin researchers are studying how communities of color engage with information online in order to help combat misinformation. Researchers from the University teamed up with the University of Washington,...

UT-Austin School of Undergraduate Studies to get rid of undeclared major, creates new internal transfer application

UT-Austin School of Undergraduate Studies to get rid of undeclared major, creates new internal transfer application

Joelle DiPaolo October 10, 2021

The School of Undergraduate Studies will no longer accept new applicants starting fall 2022 and created a centralized internal transfer application for spring 2022.   Beginning in fall 2022, all incoming...

Some students live with emotional support animals in dorms to help with mental health struggles

Some students live with emotional support animals in dorms to help with mental health struggles

Henry Hays October 6, 2021

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 1 flipbook. Hedgehogs and cats are helping students in dormitories get out of bed in the morning and face the day during the pandemic.  College...

Student Government passes carbon neutrality joint resolution

Student Government passes carbon neutrality joint resolution

Lauren Abel October 6, 2021

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared as part of the October 1 flipbook. Last Tuesday, Student Government passed a joint resolution calling for a University carbon neutrality deadline of 2033.  The...

Graduate students unhappy with insurance switch

Graduate students unhappy with insurance switch

Kaushiki Roy, News Reporter October 6, 2021

Editor’s Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 27 flipbook. It’s been a month since UT has switched graduate students’ insurance, a move the University claimed would offer...

Researchers aid first responders by creating app to manage floods

Researchers aid first responders by creating app to manage floods

Katy Nelson October 6, 2021

Editor's Note: This article first appeared as part of the September 27 flipbook. Former firefighter Harry Evans said first responders often do not fully understand the depth and scope of flooding events...

COVID-19 cases lower than model consortium predictions

COVID-19 cases lower than model consortium predictions

Marisa Huerta, News Reporter October 6, 2021

Editor's Note: This story first appeared as part of the September 21 flipbook.  The number of positive COVID-19 cases in the UT community fell below UT’s COVID-19 modeling consortium predictions....

UT researchers team up with other universities to build a supercomputer

UT researchers team up with other universities to build a supercomputer

Koshik Mahapatra, News Reporter October 6, 2021

Researchers from UT and two other universities received a $5 million grant from the National Science Foundation to build a prototype of a supercomputer that will make it easier for scientists to process...

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Professor and UT-Austin file separate summary judgments over sex discrimination and equal pay violations lawsuit

Katy Nelson, News Reporter October 5, 2021
In December 2019, Mullenix filed a lawsuit in federal court which claimed that UT pays Mullenix less than her male colleagues.
UT-Austin professor named member to President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

UT-Austin professor named member to President Biden’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Lauren Nelson October 5, 2021

The Biden Administration named UT computer science professor William Press as an advisor on the President’s Council for Science and Technology, which they say will prioritize the use of scientific data...

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