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Mar 04, 2026

Longhorns Bring Their Expertise to SXSW 2026

Students, faculty and staff participate in panel discussions, roundtables and more at this year’s conference.

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Mar 05, 2026

A Towering Birthday

The Main Building's dedication ceremony was a snapshot in a much longer and dramatic opening.

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Feb 17, 2026

The Tower History Carved in Stone

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Feb 10, 2026

Robot Hands So Sensitive They Can Grab a Potato Chip

New technology created at UT overcomes one of the biggest hurdles in robotics: sensitive touch.

Mar 09, 2026

Scientists Successfully Harvest Chickpeas From ‘Moon Dirt’

Mar 03, 2026

New UT Venture Studio Accelerates Market-Ready Startups To Treat Patients Using Digital Twins

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Scientists Map Deadly Hantavirus, Bringing Treatments One Step Closer

An innovative imaging technique enabled dramatically higher resolution structures than previous efforts.

Feb 24, 2026

From Idea to Impact: UT Student Rethinks How Surgeons are Trained

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Dell Medical School

Feb 05, 2026

Department of Defense Funds UT Clinical Trial of Drug-Free Postpartum Depression Treatment

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And Just Like That, It’s 30 Years Later. Did We Follow the Campus Master Plan?

In the late 1990s, UT along with Cesar Pelli & Associates undertook an ambitious makeover of the campus. Studying that plan is a fascinating look back and a study in big-picture thinking, incremental progress and unforeseen change, as we prepare for a new campus master plan.

Feb 23, 2026

UT Embarks on a New Campus Master Planning Effort To Shape Its Future

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Feb 13, 2026

The Art of Football

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Academics

Feb 24, 2026

UT Receives Gift To Name Department of Accounting

Jonathan Shulkin’s gift to the McCombs School of Business will open broader career paths for country’s top students

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Feb 19, 2026

UT Launches New School of Computing, Uniting Computer and Data Science, Statistics, Information Disciplines

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Feb 13, 2026

Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership and Service

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Student Experience

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Mar 11, 2026

Longhorn by Choice, Leader by Reputation

Three years as a Texas Football student manager gave Class of 2026 sport management major Mark Cho a front-row seat to big-time athletics. Now, he's ready to take that experience to the next level.