News: Announcements

Smith was director of McDonald Observatory from 1963 to 1989 and supported the launch of the StarDate radio program.

B-G Andersson is McDonald Observatory's new assistant director for research support.

Peter Stone of UT computer science leads Sony AI in the U.S. and is now its chief scientist and deputy president.

Updates to Field Station Network member McDonald Observatory will be in the Frank N. Bash Visitors Center and improve and expand the visitor experience.

When completed in the early 2030s, the 213-foot-tall enclosure will be one of the largest mechanized buildings ever constructed.

Aditya Akella leads the project that aims to boost performance of OSes and help enable assistant robots, autonomous vehicles and smart cities.

Computer scientists Ryan Farrel and Chandrajit Bajaj will test a novel reinforcement learning approach.

Nancy Moran, the acclaimed evolutionary biologist, will address College of Natural Sciences graduates on May 11.

Jaquelin Dudley, Kristen Grauman, Arlen Johnson, Daniel Leahy, Xiaoqin “Elaine” Li and Tanya Paull receive major honor from AAAS.

The 2024-2025 rankings tout computer science at The University of Texas at Austin as among the seven best nationally.