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Features

From Introvert to Innovator

A biotech startup. A big journal publication. Research lab friendships. This Texas Science grad fit it all in.

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Features

Science vs. Screwworms: How UT Research Inspired Our Best Weapon

Key to earlier eradications of the threat was a University of Texas discovery that’s still proving useful today.

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Department of Computer Science

On the Road to RoboCup 2026 with UT Austin Villa

The award-winning robot soccer team from Texas Robotics is heading to South Korea to compete in RoboCup 2026.

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Can This Scientist’s Proposal Save Coral Reefs in Our Hemisphere?

Evolutionary expert Misha Matz makes a splash with a controversial proposal that could save Caribbean coral reefs.

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Oden Institute

A Match Made in the Cosmos

Thanks to the NSF-Simons AI Institute for Cosmic Origins (CosmicAI), astronomy and AI are solving each other’s problems.

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Meet Graduate of Distinction and Biology Researcher Halimot Badmus

One of more than 180 graduates of distinction, she has researched all four years and seeks clues for new antibiotics.

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Features

A Formula for Promoting Student STEM Success

James Álvarez is a new college administrator and alum overseeing work to create effective pathways into STEM.

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UT News

5 Questions for Edoardo Baldini

The award-winning physicist discusses his quantum materials research, what inspires his work and how it could impact the future.

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Find Science and STEM Camps and Summer Offerings from UT Austin

Each year, programs at UT have offerings for high schoolers and school children with an interest in science and technology.

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UT News

Inside the Tower’s Herbarium

The Billy L. Turner Plant Resources Center, a research collection, holds a vast array of Texas specimens.

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