Research
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Austinites “Cautiously Optimistic” About 10-1 Representation System
Austinites are “cautiously optimistic” about the future of the 10-1 system of geographic representation adopted by the City of Austin in 2014 to elect City Council members, according to a report conducted by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life and Leadership Austin.
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Trump and Cruz Tied in University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll
Equal numbers of Republican primary voters in Texas chose U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and billionaire real estate mogul Donald Trump as their first choice to be the Republican presidential nominee in the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune statewide poll.
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Giant Magellan Telescope, World’s Largest, Breaks Ground in Chilean Desert
The McDonald Observatory, along with an international group of universities and research institutions, celebrate groundbreaking for telescope that will address key questions in cosmology, astrophysics and more.
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Crowdfunded Mobile App Hopes to Answer Why Monarchs Are Out to Sea
How are UT researchers tracking monarch butterflies’ over-ocean migration pattern? There’s an app for that.
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UT Austin and NASA Expand High School STEM Initiative, Launch New Online Program
NASA has selected the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin for a five-year, $1.3 million grant that will support the national expansion of a STEM program that gives high school students and teachers the opportunity to use NASA resources and work directly with engineers at UT Austin’s Center for Space Research.
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Researchers Win $2 Million Grant to Develop Atomically Thin Semiconductors
A research team led by Xiaoqin Elaine Li has been awarded a grant of $2 million to research and develop thin, flexible semiconductors that might eventually lead to bendable computer screens and wearable electronics.
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Chemistry in Mold Reveals Important Clue for Pharmaceuticals
In a discovery that holds promise for future drug development, scientists have detected for the first time how nature performs an impressive trick to produce key chemicals similar to those in drugs that fight malaria, bacterial infections and cancer.
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Researchers Build Nanoscale Autonomous Walking Machine from DNA
Researchers at UT Austin have developed a nanoscale machine made of DNA that can randomly walk in any direction across bumpy surfaces and could potentially be used for cancer detection.
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UT Austin Startup Incubator is Among National Elite
The Austin Technology Incubator (ATI) at UT Austin has been named one of the top eight startup incubators in the nation by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a leading international entrepreneurship organization.
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“Eurozone and the Americas” Conference Will Explore Recent Dramatic Events in Europe
The LBJ School of Public Affairs at UT Austin will host “The Eurozone and the Americas: Debt and Democracy,” a two-day conference with policy experts and political leaders from Europe and North and South America.
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Singapore Selects UT Austin for $3 Million Research Project
The Construction Industry Institute (CII), a research consortium based in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin, has signed a $3 million agreement with Singapore to help improve the productivity of the country’s energy and chemicals industry.
