Dear PI Colleagues: These past several weeks have brought waves of unexpected news — from stay-at-home orders and a laboratory research pause to hearing that both President Fenves and Provost McInnis would be leaving UT. I know how difficult ...

Dear PI Colleagues: Yesterday afternoon, Governor Abbott announced initial plans for select Texas businesses to re-open beginning May 1. With the Governor's announcement, and the scheduled expiration of the City of Austin's Stay Home ...

Dear PI Colleagues: I know that all of you are facing unprecedented personal and professional challenges as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, I am acutely aware of the painful impact that the pause in non-essential research ...

Dear PI Colleagues: We know that this is a trying time for all of you and regret extremely that circumstances require an additional painful restriction of research activity. Effective Tuesday March 24 at 5 PM, you must pause all laboratory research ...

Dear PI Colleagues: With President Fenves’ announcement that undergraduates will not be returning to campus, we are updating a few of the items that were in our memo of Sunday, March 15. At the moment, the policies in that memo all remain in effect ...

Dear PI Colleagues: I know that the uncertainties around laboratory and human subject research are layered onto the already stressful uncertainties we all face during the current outbreak. You have a very difficult task before you of maintaining your ...

Dear Research PIs: This memo provides advice and links to resources dedicated to research. The University currently intends to remain open and to permit all research activities to continue. We will send out announcements about any research ...