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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.

Targeted Grazing May Help Beat Invasive Buffelgrass
Researchers head to Kenya to unlock the weaknesses of invasive buffelgrass to combat it here in Texas.

What is AI, Anyway?
What do we even mean when we say “artificial intelligence”? And how do we make sure it’s safe and useful? Here, with all the answers...

Neuroscience Professor Wins Prize for Promoting Scientific Rigor
Michela Marinelli received a Rigor Champions Prize for fostering scientific transparency through her course Analytical Skepticism.

“AI for the Rest of Us” Brings Expert Conversations on Artificial Intelligence to UT Community
For the Year of AI, University experts and guests offer up key lessons about AI across disciplines.

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.

Bridging Chemistry and Physics on the Path to New Materials
Five questions with Allen J. Bard Center for Electrochemistry director Michael Rose.

Improved Method for Estimating the Hubble Constant with Gravitational Waves
There’s a big debate in cosmology about how fast the universe is currently expanding.

NSF Funded Expedition Project Uses AI to Rethink Computer Operating Systems
Aditya Akella leads the project that aims to boost performance of OSes and help enable assistant robots, autonomous vehicles and smart cities.

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Galaxies Actively Forming in Early Universe Caught Feeding on Cold Gas
James Webb Space Telescope images reveal three galaxies that may be actively forming when the universe was only 400 to 600 million years old.
