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Researchers Identify Potential New Target for Treating T Cell Leukemia
A team led by Lauren Ehrlich found a link between myeloid cells and the cancer that often strikes children.

UT News
Students and Faculty Parade Their Robots Through Campus
Texas Robotics held its inaugural Robot Parade, and members of various research labs and student groups showcased their work.

Amid the Enhancements at New Museum are Contributions by UT Community
Collaborators across the College of Natural Sciences and UT Austin played a role in the transformation at Texas Science & Natural History Museum.

Cancer Drug Restores Immune System’s Ability to Fight Tumors
Drug candidate developed by Everett Stone and his team is effective in mice with cancers of skin, bladder, blood and colon.

Oden Institute & Department of Computer Science
Keshav Pingali Receives Ken Kennedy Award for High Performance and Parallel Computing
IEEE has announced its 2023 Ken Kennedy Award for University of Texas at Austin computer scientist Keshav Pingali.

Computer Scientist Inducted into Internet Hall of Fame
Simon Lam has been inducted into the Internet Hall of Fame for creating the first secure sockets layer in 1993 for internet applications.

How Breast Cancer Hijacks a Natural Enzyme to Boost Mutations
Kyle Miller and his team discovered a potential new target for drug therapies: structures in our DNA called R-loops.

Department of Computer Science
Paving the Way for a New Era in Crash Consistency Testing
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin’s Department of Computer Science have created the Chipmunk system, a breakthrough innovation.

McDonald Observatory
The Giant Magellan Telescope’s Final Mirror Fabrication Begins
Together, the mirrors will collect more light than any other telescope in existence, allowing humanity to unlock the secrets of the Universe.

The Neighborhood You Grow Up in May Impact Your Cognitive Health Decades Later
Jean Choi, Elizabeth Muñoz and collaborators identified associations between neighborhood cohesion and cognitive health.
