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Faculty Empower Students in Curie Diaries Event

December 10, 2019 • by Grace Dickens

The Curie Diaries Event at UT Austin aims to create a space for female professors and students to discuss their experiences.

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Research

A Big Brain Was a Good Thing for Ancient Carnivores, New Study Finds

December 6, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Research

Researchers Solve Decades-Old DNA Mystery

December 4, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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The Nurdle Patrol Wages War on Plastic Pellets, With Boost from Lawsuit Settlement

December 3, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Plastic pollution has contaminated every continent on Earth, and some of the smallest plastic particles, called nurdles, are among the most insidious.

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Researchers Discover New Way to Split and Sum Photons with Silicon

December 2, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Image shows a green laser passing through a glass vial of a chemical solution

Accolades

Physicist Mark Raizen Named Fellow of AAAS

November 26, 2019 • by Christine Sinatra

Mark Raizen, a professor in the Department of Physics, has been named a 2019 AAAS Fellow for his pioneering research.

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Department of Computer Science

Building Industry Bridges: Computer Scientist Tackles New Role for Sony, While Leading at UT

November 21, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Peter Stone, professor and head of Texas Robotics, will lead the newly established Sony AI in the United States.

Peter Stone has been tapped by Sony Corp. to head up the U.S. branch of its new global artificial intelligence research division, called Sony AI.

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