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December 1, 2025
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Eleven UT Faculty Members Receive NSF CAREER Awards
Eleven faculty members from The University of Texas at Austin have been selected by the National Science Foundation to receive Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Awards.
November 20, 2025
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UT-Led Team Wins Gordon Bell Prize for Breakthrough Research on Real-Time Tsunami Digital Twin
A research team led by UT Austin professor Omar Ghattas has been awarded the 2025 Association for Computing Machinery Gordon Bell Prize for pioneering real-time tsunami forecasting.
November 19, 2025
The Washington Post
Why you should embrace new technology as you age
Engagement with technology, far from contributing to “brain rot,” may offer cognitive benefits to older adults.
November 18, 2025
Austin American-Statesman
UT Austin solidifies its lead in academic AI computing with big Nvidia chip buy
UT has now acquired more than 5,000 of the company's graphic processing units, creating what the university says is the most AI computing power in academia.
November 17, 2025
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UT Eclipses 5,000 GPUs To Increase Dominance in Open-Source AI, Strengthen Nation’s Computing Power
UT Austin has acquired high-performance AI infrastructure, reinforcing its leadership in academic computing and its dominance in public, open-source AI computing power.
November 6, 2025
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UT Opens Off-Campus Lab Space for Private Sector to Accelerate Life Sciences Research
Discovery to Impact at The University of Texas at Austin has opened UT Innovation Labs, a state-of-the-art 10,000-square-foot wet lab for groundbreaking advancements in health care and life sciences.
November 5, 2025
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From Research to Results: UT-City of Austin Partnership Delivers Regional Innovation
The City of Austin has renewed and expanded a partnership with The University of Texas at Austin, strengthening a now proven model that connects University research with community needs.
November 3, 2025
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9 Ways UT Is Advancing Dementia Research
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are working to change the future of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
October 29, 2025
Smithsonian Magazine
Archaeologists Decipher Crumbling Hieroglyphs to Reveal the Name of a Forgotten Maya Queen Who Ruled 1,400 Years Ago
Ix Ch’ak Ch’een reigned over the city of Cobá in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Historians didn’t know her name before they began translating a series of inscriptions discovered in 2024
October 23, 2025
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UT Research Strengths Reflect American Priorities
UT Austin continues to lead in federally prioritized research and development areas, closely aligning with the White House’s recent memo on national R&D priorities.