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New study reveals hydrothermal system in crater created by asteroid that killed dinosaurs lasted 700,000 years

New study reveals hydrothermal system in crater created by asteroid that killed dinosaurs lasted 700,000 years

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter April 23, 2025

  A hydrothermal system near the coast of Mexico, caused by the same asteroid event that killed the dinosaurs, lasted 700,000 years after the impact, according to an April 8 international study...

Study predicts antidepressant efficacy using multiple brain imaging sources, machine learning

Study predicts antidepressant efficacy using multiple brain imaging sources, machine learning

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter April 15, 2025

Considering multiple brain imaging methods and processing the data with machine learning can better predict how a person with depression will respond to antidepressants, according to a March 31 study published...

UT researchers find consideration of brain activity important in predicting memory

UT researchers find consideration of brain activity important in predicting memory

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter April 8, 2025

Considering brain activity is important in predicting whether someone will remember or forget something, according to a March 24 study published by two UT researchers. The study furthers the understanding...

Boxes of flowers line the sidewalk near Littlefield Fountain on Apr. 2.

Impactos de sequía en el campus de UT

Emily Krupa and Iñaki Zamarripa April 8, 2025

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 7 de abril del 2025 por Emily Krupa y fue traducido al español por Iñaki Zamarripa. El Monitor de Sequía de los Estados Unidos publicó...

Boxes of flowers line the sidewalk near Littlefield Fountain on Apr. 2.

Drought impacts on UT campus

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter April 6, 2025

The United States Drought Monitor released a drought map on April 3 showing Travis County in an extreme drought, impacting everything from creeks and aquifers to the plant life on campus. A version...

School of Engineering announces new graduate pharmacoengineering program

School of Engineering announces new graduate pharmacoengineering program

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter March 23, 2025

The Cockrell School of Engineering announced on March 10 a new graduate program aimed to give students multidisciplinary experience in pharmaceutical drug discovery and formulation. The pharmacoengineering...

From left to right, professors Jay Van Bavel, Matthew Levendusky, and Mina Cikara hold a discussion on disagreements moderated by professor Marlone Henderson at the Discourse in Action, Theory, and Democracy event on Mar. 7, 2025. The speakers mention how opposing sides of a disagreement tend to stereotype each other, and how people in reality are usually not as extreme.

Panelists, experts discuss discourse in democracy

Educators and law experts discussed religious freedom, meritocracy and higher education as it relates to democratic societies at “Discourse In Action, Theory, and Democracy” on March 7.   Religion...

UT Child Development Center launches pilot grandparent program

UT Child Development Center launches pilot grandparent program

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter March 2, 2025

When La Trice Wilkins saw an email about a new program in a University child care facility, she immediately jumped at the chance to enroll her granddaughter. Wilkins, an administrative associate for...

Texas baseball fans walk across a pedestrian crossing on Comal Street on Feb. 23, 2025.

La ciudad de Austin completa las mejoras en la calle Comal, mejorando la movilidad peatonal

Emily Krupa  and Valentina Avendaño Figueroa February 25, 2025

Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 23 de febrero de 2025 por Emily Krupa y fue traducido a español por Valentina Avendaño Figueroa. El Departamento de Transporte y Obras Públicas...

Texas baseball fans walk across a pedestrian crossing on Comal Street on Feb. 23, 2025.

City of Austin completes updates to Comal Street, improving pedestrian mobility

Emily Krupa, General News Reporter February 23, 2025

Austin Transportation and Public Works completed improvements to Comal Street on Feb. 12, allowing for safer pedestrian access to nearby UT facilities.  The organization installed pedestrian islands...

UT researchers develop nanoparticle for targeted disease treatment

UT researchers develop nanoparticle for targeted disease treatment

Emily Krupa, General Reporter February 18, 2025

UT-Austin researchers developed a method that uses ultrasound waves to deliver drugs to targeted areas of the body, according to a report released on Feb. 5.  The researchers partnered with UT-San...

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