Jan 18, 2022
UT Austin No. 1 in NSF Funding in United States
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is ranked No. 1 among U.S. universities in research financed by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in fiscal year 2020, accordi…
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Jan 18, 2022
Adapt the Frequency of COVID-19 Testing Depending on Transmission Rate and Community Immunity, Study Finds
AUSTIN, Texas – Expanding rapid testing stands out as an affordable way to help mitigate risks associated with COVID-19 and emerging variants. Infectious disease researchers at The…
Health & Wellness
Jan 19, 2022
What U.S. Gets Wrong About Vaccines That Other Countries Get Right
The United States has the distinction of being the richest country in the world, and yet we have the highest number of COVID-19 cases and deaths. Nearly 59 million Americans have c…
Arts & Humanities
Nov 23, 2021
Sliding to Happiness
Professor Nathaniel Brickens — making the world better, one trombone at a time
Oct 26, 2021
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Oct 14, 2021
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Jan 05, 2022
New Method Reveals How Businesses Can Run Better Experiments
AUSTIN, Texas — Many companies today use experiments to gather the data that drives their strategies. That’s how Facebook knows whether a newsfeed change increased user engagement,…
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Oct 26, 2021
We’re Not as Smart as Google Makes Us Think We Are
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Dec 30, 2021
University of Texas Alumnus and Longtime Supporter W.A. ‘Tex’ Moncrief Jr. Dies at 101
William “Tex” Moncrief, one of the first graduates of The University of Texas at Austin’s petroleum engineering program (B.S. 1942) and a pioneer in the oil and gas industry, died…
Policy & Law
Jan 07, 2022
Racial Demographics Influence School Choices for White, Asian and Latino Parents, Finds Study of NYC School Preferences
AUSTIN, Texas — White, Asian and Latino parents in New York City all express strong racial/ethnic preferences in where to send their kids to high school, according to a study just…
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