November 20, 2024
Featured UT News

UT Energy Expertise To Guide New Gulf Coast Hydrogen Hub, Bolster U.S. Energy Supply

The University of Texas at Austin will partner with industry and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations to build and expand a hub for hydrogen energy production along the Texas Gulf Coast that will help increase and diversify the nation’s energy supply.

November 13, 2024
OVPR

2024 Hamilton Book Award Grand Prize Goes to David Hillis for Homage to Texas Hill Country’s Biological Diversity

"Armadillos to Ziziphus,” a book that serves as both an education and celebration of the Hill Country’s natural beauty and diversity, has been named the grand prize winner of the 2024 Hamilton Book Awards.

November 1, 2024
Good Systems

Elections in the Age of AI

In September, a story broke about a group of well-known conservative influencers who unwittingly became shills of a Russian disinformation campaign. The Justice Department has indicted two Russian nationals for orchestrating the scheme, which allegedly funneled almost $10 million through a U.S…
October 26, 2024
Yahoo! News

New research uncovers remarkable reason behind recent explosive growth of solar power

A new study out of the University of Texas at Austin showed that savings can be made by reducing the demand on the existing electrical grid if people and companies invested in cleaner energy, like solar power, including rooftop, community, and battery storage systems.

October 22, 2024
OVPR

Research & Creative Grants Awarded to Nine Faculty Projects

Nine University of Texas Austin faculty members representing a variety of disciplines, colleges and schools have been selected as recipients of the 2024-2025 Research & Creative Grants.
October 10, 2024
Featured UT News

Frontera-Supported Protein Design Nets Chemistry Nobel Prize

The Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin has long supported Nobel Prize recipient David Baker's pioneering work in developing methods for using computers to predict how proteins fold, whereby their shape reveals important reactive properties such as electrostatic potential and hydrophobicity.
September 30, 2024
OVPR

Living for the City: Municipal Impact Driven by World-Class Research

A formalized partnership between City of Austin officials and researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has fast-tracked collaborations between the two entities to help find solutions to problems affecting us all – from improving road safety and ensuring water security to protecting Austin’s vibrant cultural scene.
September 26, 2024
OVPR

Research Administrators Celebrated for Essential Role in Advancing World-Changing Discoveries

Behind every world-changing discovery made at The University of Texas at Austin is a research administrator who navigated administrative complexities and hurdles required of a sponsored research project. Two exemplary research administrators were recently honored at the National Research Administration Day Celebration.
September 25, 2024
Good Systems

Ethical Innovation

The start of a new academic year seems to usher in a renewed sense of possibility. Campus is buzzing with classes, research projects and public programs in full swing. In the thick of the Year of AI at UT Austin, Good Systems researchers and partners continue to ask the big ethics questions at the…
September 25, 2024
Featured UT News

AI Trained on Evolution’s Playbook Develops Proteins That Spur Drug and Scientific Discovery

A new artificial intelligence model developed by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin paves the way for more effective and less toxic treatments and new preventive strategies in medicine. The AI model informs the design of protein-based therapies and vaccines by leveraging the underlying logic from nature’s evolutionary processes.