As an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, cancer drug researcher Jonathan Sessler was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Sessler ultimately beat the disease, and now...
The UT School of Nursing is collaborating with the Travis County Fire Rescue and Central Health to bring the first primary care clinic to Southeast Travis County.
Primary care includes pediatrics, family...
Finding fresh, healthy food can be an issue in the Austin area, particularly in lower-income communities. Economics senior Joy Youwakim is working to change that.
Youwakim grew vegetables on a municipal...
Educators at TX Sprouts are growing more than just gardens in local Austin schools.
Funded by the National Institutes of Health, TX Sprouts is an educational program spearheaded by Jaimie Davis, a nutrition...
On Wednesday, the UT Polymathic Scholars followed in the tradition of Chautauqua, a 19th-century intellectual movement focused on the intersection between disciplines as varied as science and art, with...
The McDonald Observatory is teaming up with park rangers at the National Park Service to show off another natural wonder to park visitors: the night sky.
According to Marc Wetzel, the observatory’s...
More than six months after Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico, much of the U.S. territory remains without power and the island struggles to rebuild its destroyed institutions.
The Category 4 storm...
Just one pill of a new flu drug, the product of a research discovery at UT from almost 40 years ago, could be more effective than Tamiflu.
Robert Krug, molecular biosciences professor emeritus, discovered...
At the 2017 March for Science, Austin police estimate that over 10,000 people marched to support science. This year, Liz Hostetler, co-organizer of the March, hopes the event will draw an even bigger crowd.
Hostetler...
As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly prevalent, some have positive outlooks on where AI could take us, while others are doubtful.
On Tuesday, the Texas Political Union held a debate about...
Imagine a future where humans could casually control their own health at the cellular level with light. Mechanical engineering assistant professor Yuebing Zheng is working on different types of “nanotweezers”...
A joint study conducted by UT-Austin and Queensland University of Technology found there was a clear link between regional neuroticism and voting behavior in the 2016 United States presidential election...
