When UT operations research and industrial engineering graduate student Kyoung Kim approached his professors in 2017 with an idea to use logistics to help with disaster planning, he had no idea the biggest disaster in a century would, in a few months, ravage the Texas coast.

It is widely anticipated that one of the enduring impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic will be a drastic rise in mental health cases. Prior to COVID-19, the demand for mental health care far exceeded the supply of mental health professionals. The almost certain rise in demand will necessitate more…

As Texas’s population is expected to nearly double in the next 30 years, Planet Texas 2050 grand challenge researchers find it important to understand what effect rapid urbanization will have on the natural environment.

COVID-19’s health impacts are clear now. The symptom list grows. Infection rates increase. Hospitals become overcrowded. The death toll mounts.

In early February, with only 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the United States, Good Systems grand challenge researchers were already anticipating the societal implications of a disease that has now come to dominate our lives.

Even in a life full of shocks big and small, people typically find their own personal equilibrium over time, balancing core feelings of sadness, happiness and fear. What people feel in the immediate aftermath of even the most significant life events — the excitement of buying a house, the sudden…

We’re often asked why advancing technology is so critical to our mission of working together with Central Texas communities to build a more complete picture of health. Now, the COVID-19 pandemic has elevated the importance of technology as we lean on it to teach, work, learn, and connect with each…

Human economies are built by the transportation system.

Climate change is straining our natural and built environments as well as our social networks. Add to that a growing population — Texas’ numbers are expected to double in the next 30 years — and cities throughout our region are facing water scarcity, inadequate infrastructure, and other strains…

“The earth’s a big blue marble when you see it from out there… The sun and moon declare… our beauty’s very rare.”