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UT To Lead NSF Center That Will Study How Robots and People Learn To Live and Work Together
A 5-Year Collaboration Between 6 Universities and Industry Partners Will Place Assistive Robots in Everyday Human Environments.
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The Permian Strategic Partnership Invests in Our Youngest Readers
The PSP is launching the Permian Literacy Initiative, a multiyear pilot program to strengthen early literacy reading instruction.
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Strengthening U.S. Industrial Independence
UT’s vibrant startup pipeline supports manufacturing at home.
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Students Win Science Award for Bio-Inspired Fabric Sealant
College of Natural Sciences students developed an innovation that could mean safer ways of making clothing water-resistant.
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New Faculty Join the Longhorn Family
Nearly 150 new faculty members began their time at UT at this year’s New Faculty Launch.
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UT Adds New Undergraduate Majors and Minors for 2026-2028 Catalog
The University of Texas is expanding its curriculum with six new bachelor’s degrees and 13 minors.
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The Microplastics Inside Us: Understanding Their Effects on the Human Body
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center are partnering to trace the journey of microplastic particles through the human body and their role in cancer development.
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Landmarks Announces New Installation To Serve as a Student Gathering Space
“Floating Landscape” by artist Maya Lin will be embedded with lights that correspond to the stars on the night of the University’s founding in 1883.
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Hook ’Em Here 2026: Interns Work, Learn and Grow
This summer, College of Education students interned with the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Austin Area and Harlingen Consolidated Independent School District.
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New Fellowship Puts STEM Students at Center of Austin’s Defense Tech Boom
The Clements Center’s Defense Technology Fellows Program welcomes its first cohort this fall, connecting students in engineering, science and mathematics to defense companies, military commands and research labs that surround the UT campus.


