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The Daily Texan

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter

Amirtha is a neuroscience freshman from Austin, Texas. Currently, she works as a general news reporter. In her free time, she loves to stay in, read, and watch period films.

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Físicos de UT colaboran en próxima misión espacial

Físicos de UT colaboran en próxima misión espacial

Amirtha Jayakumaran and Diana Villagomez February 13, 2024

Nota del editor: Este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 8 de febrero del 2024 por Amirtha Jayakumaran y fue traducido al español por Diana Villagomez. Dos profesores de UT colaborarán en la...

UT physicists collaborate on upcoming space mission

UT physicists collaborate on upcoming space mission

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter February 8, 2024

Two UT professors will collaborate on an upcoming NASA satellite mission to detect gravitational waves. The European Space Agency recently adopted the mission with support from NASA. The Laser Interferometer...

‘There was something protective about being able to help your loved one’: UT researcher challenges caregiving as a risk factor for depression

‘There was something protective about being able to help your loved one’: UT researcher challenges caregiving as a risk factor for depression

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter January 17, 2024

New research conducted by a UT professor of Human Development and Family Sciences challenges the idea that family caregiving is a risk factor for depression, contrary to popular belief. Sae Hwang Han,...

UT researchers identified potential target for leukemia treatment

UT researchers identified potential target for leukemia treatment

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter October 29, 2023

A new target found for treating the most common form of pediatric leukemia, according to UT research published Oct. 7. T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, or T-ALL, is a cancer of T-cells that develop...

New grant awarded to researchers studying ways to combine different gel types

New grant awarded to researchers studying ways to combine different gel types

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter October 27, 2023

A team led by UT researchers received a national grant in September to study the properties of gels and how they can be combined to create gels with desired properties.  “Gels are primarily liquid-like...

AI framework advances multimodal communication between humans, robots

AI framework advances multimodal communication between humans, robots

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter October 9, 2023

A team of UT researchers developed an AI framework to advance communication between robots and humans, furthering robots’ capabilities in assisting humans. MUTEX (MUltimodal Task specification for...

Researchers train AI model to diagnose knee osteoarthritis with clinical-grade performance

Researchers train AI model to diagnose knee osteoarthritis with clinical-grade performance

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter September 18, 2023

A team led by UT researchers developed an AI model to diagnose knee osteoarthritis based on medical images such as X-rays, to establish a scale of severity that can be used to diagnose individual patients. The...

Lai Keji stands in his lab in the Physics, Math, and Astronomy Building on Aug. 28, 2023.

Research grant awarded to UT physics professor

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter September 6, 2023

The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation awarded $1.25 million to 21 experimental physicists at the end of August, including associate physics professor Keji Lai. The Experimental Physics Investigators...

UT researchers identify Maisie's galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

UT researchers identify Maisie’s galaxy as among the oldest galaxies in the universe

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter September 5, 2023

A team of researchers identified Maisie’s galaxy as one of the earliest galaxies ever detected using the James Webb Space Telescope. UT researchers first discovered Maisie’s galaxy last summer, which...

UT researchers develop modified VR headset to monitor brain activity

UT researchers develop modified VR headset to monitor brain activity

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter August 22, 2023

A team of researchers at UT modified a virtual reality headset with a noninvasive electroencephalogram to measure brain activity. “VR headsets are widely used as an immersive environment to either...

Researchers develop device to purify water from natural sources

Researchers develop device to purify water from natural sources

Amirtha Jayakumaran, Senior News Reporter August 20, 2023

UT researchers developed a mug-sized device shown to clear 99% of bacterial cells in water using electrical impulses, according to a paper published in May. Most bacteria swim as a method of accessing...

Research findings on brain’s internal compass shows implications for modern human experience

Research findings on brain’s internal compass shows implications for modern human experience

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter April 6, 2023

A study of specialized brain cells in mice reveals new insights into the interaction between the brain’s internal compass and the visual environment, which can be connected to disorders such as Alzheimer’s...

Study shows worse care experiences in for-profit hospices than nonprofits

Study shows worse care experiences in for-profit hospices than nonprofits

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter March 30, 2023

A new study published last month found patient care experiences are substantially worse at for-profit hospices than at nonprofit ones. The study was a collaboration between the RAND Corporation, the...

La inicitiva UT for Me celebra su aniversario de tres años

La inicitiva UT for Me celebra su aniversario de tres años

Amirtha Jayakumaran and Alyssa Ramos February 25, 2023

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 19 de febrero por Amirtha Jayakumaran, y fue traducido al español por Alyssa Ramos.  Desde su lanzamiento en enero del 2020, UT for...

UT For Me initiative celebrates 3 year anniversary

UT For Me initiative celebrates 3 year anniversary

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter February 19, 2023

Since its launch in January 2020, the success initiative UT For Me has served over 7,000 Pell-eligible first-time undergraduate students and will graduate its first cohort in spring 2024. UT for...

La Facultad de Medicina de Dell recibe obsequio para promover el trabajo social clínico

La Facultad de Medicina de Dell recibe obsequio para promover el trabajo social clínico

Amirtha Jayakumaran and Karen Flores February 6, 2023

Nota del editor: este artículo se publicó por primera vez el 26 de enero por Amirtha Jayakumaran y fue traducido al español por Karen Flores. El Departamento de Trabajo Social de la Salud de...

Study finds people more likely to get vaccinated when others do

Study finds people more likely to get vaccinated when others do

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter February 3, 2023

People are more willing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when they know how many people in their community also plan to get vaccinated, according to an international study co-authored by UT assistant professor...

UT-Austin named new delivery hub for H-E-B grocery service

UT-Austin named new delivery hub for H-E-B grocery service

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter January 31, 2023

The University is partnering with H-E-B to offer grocery delivery services for students, faculty members and staff. The service will make accessing affordable and healthy food easier. Everything H-E-B...

Dell Medical School receives gift to promote clinical social work

Dell Medical School receives gift to promote clinical social work

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter January 26, 2023

Dell Medical School’s Department of Health Social Work received a $1.2 million gift from philanthropists to expand the department’s efforts, including $500,000 to create an endowed scholarship...

English professor elected to Academy of American Poets Board of Directors

English professor elected to Academy of American Poets Board of Directors

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter November 29, 2022

UT English professor Frederick Luis Aldama, who said he wants to cultivate an interest in poetry as a tool for systemic and social change, will join the Board of Directors of the Academy of American Poets. “We...

Texas Law students win disabilities rights case

Texas Law students win disabilities rights case

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter November 15, 2022

Texas Law’s Disability Rights Clinic successfully defended its first client this semester after representing a Texas student with autism who was denied a free, appropriate public education in her sixth...

Title IX pro bono program to expand

Title IX pro bono program to expand

Amirtha Jayakumaran, General News Reporter October 21, 2022

A pro bono program allowing Texas Law students to serve as advisors to parties involved in Title IX proceedings is set to accept more appointments and more types of cases in 2022-23. “I realized that...

UT Co-op investment to offer affordable course materials through scholarships

UT Co-op investment to offer affordable course materials through scholarships

Amirtha Jayakumaran, News Reporter September 20, 2022

A new investment through the University Co-op is increasing the affordability of course materials  by providing scholarships to high-achieving, low-to-middle income students. The investment funds $500...

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