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FDA-Approved RSV Vaccine Enabled by Work of UT Molecular Biologist

May 17, 2023 • by Marc Airhart

Every year, millions of people become sickened by RSV, and more than 100,000 die. New vaccines with a connection to UT Austin may help turn those numbers around.

Charles A. Dana Center

Uri Treisman Concludes His Tenure as Dana Center Executive Director

May 31, 2023 • by Dana Center Communications

Uri Treisman wears a cowboy hat, bolo tie and Westhern shirt, smiling in front of a sign that reads The Charles A. Dana Center at The University of Texas at Austin

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Upcoming Events

Find out what’s coming up for our community and on campus.

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Jun

5

2023

Community-Building

Freshman Orientation Session 2: June 5–7

8:00 am – 2:30 pm • In Person

Jun

7

2023

Public Event

Public Star Party on UT Campus

9:00 pm – 10:30 pm • In Person

Jun

12

2023

Community-Building

Freshman Orientation Session 3: June 12–14

8:00 am – 2:30 pm • In Person

Jun

14

2023

Public Event

Public Star Party on UT Campus

9:00 pm – 10:30 pm • In Person

In the News

New York Times

A.I. Is Getting Better at Mind-Reading

May 1, 2023

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College Highlights

The people and discoveries of UT Austin Natural Sciences lead to extraordinary impact.

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Point of Discovery Podcasts

Strings of words spiral out from a brain

Podcast

Brain Activity Decoder Can Reveal Stories in People’s Minds

May 1, 2023 • by Marc Airhart

The work relies in part on a transformer model, similar to the ones that power ChatGPT.

Podcast

Right Place, Right Time

December 13, 2022 • by Marc Airhart

The image is divided horizontally by an undulating line between a cloudscape forming a nebula along the bottom portion and a comparatively clear upper portion. Speckled across both portions is a starfield, showing innumerable stars of many sizes. The smallest of these are small, distant, and faint points of light. The largest of these appear larger, closer, brighter, and more fully resolved with 8-point diffraction spikes.

Podcast

Neutralizing Crazy Ants

July 13, 2022 • by Marc Airhart

Scientist walking through grass and brush with an orange bucket

Podcast

A Physicist’s Search for Beauty

March 9, 2022 • by Marc Airhart

Portrait of a man in a suit with arms crossed in front of an illustration of the Standard Model of Physics

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Charging Ahead
Clean energy research from UT Austin scientists holds disruptive potential. It comes just as new technologies are needed most.

 

A Biological Makerspace
In a little-known Austin tech hub, scientists use robots and AI to find treatments for COVID, fight the war on plastics and much more.

 

Anthony Varner Q&A
The Undergraduate, Neuroscience

 

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