Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, Along with the Fall 2020 Planning Executive Committee, I continue to closely monitor the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Travis County. At present, on-campus research activities will ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, Thank you again to all of you who joined us in our town halls earlier this month. If you weren’t able to attend, you can view recordings of both here. I know we weren’t able to get through all the submitted ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Graduate Students, and Postdocs, I have several quick updates to share with you this Friday, but first I want to say thank you to Dr. Leonard Moore, American history professor and our VP for Diversity and Community Engagement ...

Dear UT Faculty, Staff, and Research Community, UT paused most research in March when statewide stay-at-home orders were issued, and since that time, I’ve been working with a large team of associate deans and campus experts to develop a ...

Dear PI Colleagues, This morning, Parking & Transportation Services sent an email to faculty, students, and staff — including postdocs and other research staff — to let them know that on June 19, parking on campus will again require an active permit ...

Dear PI Colleagues, You may be aware that last week, President Trump issued a proclamation that prohibits certain Chinese graduate students and researchers with F-1 or J-1 visas from entering the country. The proclamation also mentions that visas ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Many of you are returning to your labs and research spaces this week, and I wanted to send a note letting you know, again, how much I appreciate your patience as the university finalizes all the details of a gradual re-opening plan ...

Dear Colleagues, If you already use a UT Austin email address for University business, please disregard this message. If you use a non-UT email address, please take the time to read this message as this change in our email policy will impact you. I want to ...

Dear PI Colleagues, Please let me begin by saying that I know how difficult things have been for you and your teams these past two months. I appreciate your remarkable cooperation and effort in pausing research activities in March. I know the pause ...

Dear PI Colleagues, After several weeks of careful planning with your associate deans for research (ADRs), and with critical insight from UT health experts and the university-wide COVID-19 Recovery Executive Committee, I am pleased to announce a ...