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Announcements

Fusion Energy Seed Grants Launch New Interdisciplinary Collaborations at University of Texas at Austin

The projects bridge physics, engineering and computational sciences to tackle big challenges for fusion energy.

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McDonald Observatory

UT Austin Astronomers to Play Leading Role in Newly Launched Roman Space Telescope

For its first year, the university won more resources to use the telescope than any other university in the country.

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UT News

UT To Lead NSF Center Studying How Robots and People Learn To Live and Work Together

A 5-year collaboration between 6 universities and industry partners will place assistive robots in everyday human environments.

A scientist sits on a couch next to a yellow robot in the form of a dog and a gray robot with a large arm and gripper

UTeach Institute

The University of Texas at Austin Launches National Center for STEM Education

A 20-year success with UTeach expands to address persistent STEM teacher shortages and improve U.S. STEM education.

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Announcements

Newly Renamed School of Health and Human Sciences Looks to its Future

What was the School of Human Ecology has a new name and new leadership.

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Announcements

Computer Scientist Selected for Department of Energy’s New AI-for-Science ‘Genesis Mission’ Award

Volkan Isler, professor of computer science, is among those who will lead UT teams working to harness AI for research.

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McDonald Observatory

Korea Partner Increases Investment in Giant Magellan Telescope

UT is helping build the largest-ever ground-based telescope, with Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute.

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Announcements

University of Texas at Austin Named Among Best Global Universities

U.S. News & World Report placed UT in the top 10 in the U.S. and top-tier worldwide in a variety of science subjects.

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Announcements

Nobel Laureate and Immunotherapy Pioneer to Speak to 2026 Graduates

Ceremony goers will meet one of the world’s most renowned scientists, UT alum Jim Allison (B.A. ’69, Ph.D. ’73).

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Texas Science & Natural History Museum

Lead Gift Establishes the Sarah and Ernest Butler Dinosaur Trackways Building

A UT museum received a generous gift to help conserve and exhibit 113-million-year-old dinosaur trackways.

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