February 27, 2026
OVPR

After a Decade of Pioneering Digital Twin Research, UT Emerges as a Global Leader in AI for Science

After more than a decade of advances in AI, mathematics and supercomputing, UT is shaping the future of digital twins — bringing together researchers across campus to deploy physics‑informed, AI‑powered models for energy, healthcare, national security and natural hazard mitigation.
February 26, 2026
Whole Communities–Whole Health

Longtime Community Partners Honored at Annual Symposium

Seven longtime community partners were recently presented with Community-Engaged Research Champion Awards from Whole Communities–Whole Health (WCWH). The awards, presented at the WCWH Research Symposium on Feb. 6, honored Community Strategy Team (CST) members and community liaisons who have…
February 25, 2026
Featured UT News

UT To Enhance U.S. Space Force Detection, Response to Security Threats

UT Austin will become the first university hub to work with U.S. Space Force, integrating research, industry, and high-powered computing to rapidly identify and respond to threats in orbit.
February 18, 2026
Discover Magazine

Oxygen May Have Been Key to Sparking the Rise of Complex Life

Learn how oxygen’s early rise could have given complex life the energy boost it needed to evolve.
February 5, 2026
Whole Communities–Whole Health

Air Apparent

In the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic, when much of campus had fallen quiet, a small team of UT researchers began looking for viral clues in an unlikely place: the dust collecting deep inside a dorm’s air-handling units. With permission from the University, they vacuumed dust from the hidden…
February 4, 2026
Planet Texas 2050

From Local Advocacy to National Spotlight

For the first time, a Texas-based project has been selected for Monument Lab's Re:Generation initiative, bringing the stories, struggles and visions of the Las Milpas neighborhood in Pharr, Texas onto the national stage. This recognition builds on years of community-led advocacy supported by Planet…
January 29, 2026
Featured UT News

UT Center on Aging and Population Sciences Awarded 6-Year Grant Renewal to Accelerate Research, Expand Trainings

As one of only 15 NIA-funded Centers on the Demography and Economics of Aging in the United States, the renewal solidifies UT’s role as a national leader in aging and population health research.
January 27, 2026
The New York Times

Scanning Ice for Monster Cracks, on This World and Another

Scientists are using radar to study damaged ice both in Antarctica and, with the help of a NASA spacecraft, on Jupiter’s ocean moon of Europa.
January 27, 2026
Austin American-Statesman

UT Austin becomes NSF’s top-funded campus, driven by computing and AI

The University of Texas at Austin was the top recipient of National Science Foundation grants in fiscal year 2024 – a sign of UT's leadership in AI & computing.
January 26, 2026
Good Systems

Good Systems Awards Seed Grants to Six Faculty Teams Advancing Human-Centered AI

Good Systems has announced the recipients of its internal funding competition, awarding seed funding to interdisciplinary faculty teams whose projects explore how artificial intelligence can be designed in ways that better reflect human values and societal needs.