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Adapting the Frequency of COVID-19 Testing
Transmission rates and community immunity can determine when and whether to scale back testing frequency
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UT Austin Professors Named ACM Fellows by the Association for Computing Machinery
Peter Stone and Lizy Kurian John “have demonstrated excellence across many disciplines of computing,” said ACM President Gabriele Kotsis.
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The College Welcomed New Faculty in 2020
See the new faces at the College of Natural Sciences.
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Texas Coronavirus Scientists Win Award for Research with ‘Great Societal Benefit’
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has announced that Jason McLellan, a University of Texas at Austin associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biosciences...
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Elders Who Live Alone See Benefits in Interacting with Others
Older adults living alone during the pandemic saw distinct benefit from in-person visits when compared to electronic communications.
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Longhorn Students, Researchers in the Pandemic Fight
Graduate and undergraduate students are jumping into research fighting the pandemic.
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Texas Astronomers Revive Idea for ‘Ultimately Large Telescope’ on the Moon
A group of astronomers from The University of Texas at Austin has found that a telescope idea shelved by NASA a decade ago can solve...
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Tech Startup Powered by Two Computer Science Professors Teams Up with Intel
Katana Graph specializes in graph computing and analyzing enormous data sets.
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Faculty Members Named to Professorships and Endowed Chairs
Several College of Natural Sciences faculty members have been newly appointed to special professorships and endowed chairs at The University of Texas at Austin.
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COVID-19 Pandemic is Having Little to No Effect on Intimate Relationships
People’s overall satisfaction levels with their relationships changed little during the pandemic, even amid significant stressors, from job losses to health concerns.
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