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Colorful Veggies, Full Stomachs, Can’t Lose

Back-to-school nutrition tips for keeping kids healthy from a UT professor of nutritional sciences.

Periodic Table of Ecological Niches Could Aid in Predicting Effects of Climate Change

A new “periodic table” of ecological niches could help scientists understand how a warming climate may be spurring changes in species around the globe

Student Experience

UT Marine Scientists to Relocate Temporarily to Texas A&M’s Corpus Christi Campus

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi will host researchers displaced from UT Austin’s Marine Science Institute, damaged by Hurricane Harvey

Research

Caspian Sea Evaporating As Temperatures Rise, Study Finds

Earth’s largest inland body of water has been slowly evaporating for the past two decades due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, according to a new study led by UT Austin.

Student Experience

Statement on Damage to the Marine Science Institute

UT Austin has received reports of hurricane damage at the Marine Science Institute.

Academics

APLU Recognizes UT Austin for Leadership in Degree Completion

The Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) today named UT Austin as one of five finalists for its 2017 Project Degree Completion Award, recognizing efforts to improve degree completion rates.

Research

Explainer: Total Eclipse 101

Facts about the total eclipse you don’t need to be embarrassed to ask about, because we asked about them for you.

Research

SPOILER ALERT: Computer Simulations Provide Preview of Upcoming Eclipse

A research team used the Stampede2 supercomputer at UT Austin’s Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) to forecast what the upcoming eclipse of the sun might look like Aug. 21.

Campus

Students Build Awareness About the Gulf Coast

The Gulf Coast Design Lab provides UT architecture students the opportunity to gain hands-on experience building structures that promote awareness of environmental issues in coastal regions.

Research

Scientists Discover Powerful Potential Pain Reliever

If they can demonstrate the drug is safe, effective and nonaddictive in humans, it could be address one of today’s biggest public health challenges: the opioid abuse epidemic.