Research
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Why a Chemistry Major Needs to Know Design Thinking
Doreen Lorenzo, who is leading efforts to integrate design thinking into the curriculum at UT Austin, explains what design thinking is and why all students should learn it.
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Center for Media Engagement Awarded $900,000 Grant to Further Profitable, Robust Journalism
The Democracy Fund has awarded UT Austin’s Center for Media Engagement a grant to continue working with news organizations to develop research-based techniques for digital audience engagement.
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Virtual Reality Helps Explore the “GPS of the Mind”
UT Neuroscientist uses virtual reality to study how the brain orients us in space.
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Two Postdocs Receive Fellowships to Study Extrasolar Planets
Two postdoctoral fellows in the Department of Astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin have received the 51 Pegasi b Fellowship from the Heising-Simons Foundation.
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Building the Future of National Security Leadership Deep in the Heart of Texas
UT is expanding the conversation beyond the Washington Beltway, and it has put Texas on the map as a center of expertise in intelligence and national security issues.
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Fourth Annual UT Energy Week Explores New Technologies, Emerging Trends, Research Findings
Experts representing varying interests and perspectives have gathered on the UT Austin campus to kick off UT Energy Week, an annual conference exploring vital energy issues facing society.
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MEDIA ADVISORY: McCombs School to Host Inaugural Blockchain Conference on April 13
The inaugural Blockchain Opportunities and Reality conference aims to bring academics and industry practitioners together to increase awareness around key issues and identify new research opportunities on the topic of Blockchain.
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A Six-String Violin? Grad Student Applies 3-D Printing to Music
A violin normally has four strings, this UT student needed one that had six. Instead of buying one, what does a longhorn do? He made it.
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Ultra-Thin Memory Storage Device Paves Way for More Powerful Computing
Electrical engineers at UT Austin have developed the thinnest memory storage device with dense memory capacity.
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Tiny Dinosaur May Have Dazzled Mates with Rainbow Ruff and a Bony Crest
A newly discovered, bird-like dinosaur fossil from China used a shaggy ruff of rainbow feathers to attract mates.
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This UT Austin Research Changed The World in 2017
Here is some of the UT Austin research that captured the public imagination in 2017.
Latest News
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From Senior Design to Startup: How a Wildfire Competition Sparked a UT Spinoff
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UT-Led Study Finds Dormant Cancer Cells Block Immune Cells To Disarm Immunotherapy
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Experimental Drug Turns Cancer’s Favorite Fuel — Sugar — Against It
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College of Natural SciencesNewly Renamed School of Health and Human Sciences Looks to its Future