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Oden Institute

Summer School on Quantum Materials

Feliciano Guistino led a week-long workshop for graduate-level students in modern techniques for computational data science and high-performance computing.

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Texas Science YouTube

Insider Insights: Meet Human Development and Family Sciences Major Corinne Floyd

One honors students in Natural Sciences shares experiences with research in a smaller major.

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Features

What Will Extreme Weather Events Mean for Texas’s Favorite Bugs?

The answer matters for people, too, given how insects affect whole ecosystems.

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Texas Science YouTube

Insider Insights: Meet Mathematics Major Shankar Padmanabhan

Researching natural language processing and machine learning became a centerpiece for one Natural Sciences student during his time at UT.

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Features

Texas Field Station Network Catalyzes Collaborations Across Field Sites

The recently announced largest-ever gift to the college is helping to bring new research synergies.

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Features

Bridging Chemistry and Physics on the Path to New Materials

Five questions with Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry director Michael Rose.

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Features

Insider Insights: Meet the Graduating Former President of Natural Sciences Council

A Longhorn EMT and honored graduate, Arvind Subramanian looks back on lessons from his Texas Science major.

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Texas Science YouTube

Insider Insights: Meet Physics Major Hailey Currie

Learn from one physics student about her experiences finding balance and a welcoming community.

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UT News

Hartzell in D.C. Seeks Congressional Support of Public AI Research and Workforce Initiatives

University of Texas at Austin AI experts and academic leaders visited the Capitol to highlight how public universities can drive artificial intelligence safety.

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Weinberg Institute

Postcards from the Field: First Light for a New High-Desert Telescope

High in a Chilean desert, scientists at the Simons Observatory probe the cosmic microwave background for clues about the history of the early universe.

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