Research
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Robots and the Future of Surgery
Students at The University of Texas at Austin will have the chance April 24 to test-drive the da Vinci Robotic Surgical System, which uses robotic and 3-D visualization technology to enable surgeons’ hand movements to be scaled, filtered and translated into precise movements of the robotic instruments working inside a patient’s body.
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Biomedical Engineer Elected to Spain’s Prestigious Royal Academy
Nicholas A. Peppas, chair of The University of Texas at Austin’s Biomedical Engineering Department, has been elected a Corresponding Member of the Real Academia Nacional de Farmacia (Royal Academy of Pharmacy) of Spain.
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Provost Appoints Linda Hicke New Dean of College of Natural Sciences
Linda A. Hicke, associate vice president of research at Northwestern University, has been named dean of the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Making the “Switch”
A new documentary film from Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Scott Tinker charts a course toward our energy future.
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1 Semester Startup Class to Host “Demo Day” with Special Guest James Truchard, President and CEO of National Instruments
The second-ever “Demo Day” will bring together Austin’s entrepreneurial community on Thursday, April 26, for a showcasing of 10 undergraduate student startups from The University of Texas at Austin. Each startup will present a six-minute investor pitch. The startups are part of the spring 2012 1 Semester Startup (1SS) class, an interdisciplinary entrepreneurship practicum for…
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Oil and governance
With dissatisfaction about U.S. energy policies on the rise, university experts explain how much control the U.S. government really has over gas prices.
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Watch a live webcast of an ocean expedition
See shipwrecks, deep sea life and gas seeps in the Gulf of Mexico during an expedition led by University of Texas at Austin scientist Jamie Austin.
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Tuning in to politics
In our latest Elections 2012 analysis, Communication Studies Professor Natalie Stroud explains how our media choices affect our political beliefs.
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Jack Abramoff to Give Ethics Talk at McCombs School of Business
Jack Abramoff, the former lobbyist, businessman and movie producer who was indicted on charges of fraud, conspiracy and tax evasion after an extensive corruption investigation, will give a talk on ethics at The University of Texas at Austin on May 2. “You Don’t Know Jack! A Conversation with Jack Abramoff” will be held at the…
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Papers of Lawyer and Civil Liberties Advocate Morris L. Ernst Now Cataloged
The papers of lawyer Morris Leopold Ernst (18881976) are now cataloged and open for research at the Harry Ransom Center, a humanities research library and museum at The University of Texas at Austin. A grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities supported a two-year, $392,213 project to arrange, describe and preserve the collection, and an…
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Seed Size Is Controlled by Maternally Produced Small RNAs, Scientists Find
Seed size is controlled by small RNA molecules inherited from a plant’s mother, a discovery from scientists at The University of Texas at Austin that has implications for agriculture and understanding plant evolution.
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High-stakes gas prices
A year-long surge in gasoline prices is shifting public opinions on a wide range of energy issues, according to the university’s new Energy Poll.
