Michael Wolman

When Winter Storm Mara swept through Central Texas in early 2023, decimating trees and knocking out power throughout Travis County, Khristián Méndez Aguirre happened to be debuting a play about — of all things — a tree that knocks down a power line and causes a motorcycle wreck. It was an art…

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.

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…

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…

An interdisciplinary team of Whole Communities–Whole Health researchers is launching a new study of air quality and health in southeast Austin, building on questions and concerns raised by community members.

When ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022, cities across the country rushed to explore how generative AI could transform government services. Austin was no exception. But as city leaders contemplated deploying these tools, they faced a pressing question: How do you ensure thousands of…

A Q&A with Michelle Winter, OVPR’s New Assistant Vice President for Research Core Facilities

A Q&A with Lena Suk, OVPR’s Associate Director of Investigator Skill-Building and Newly Published Book Author

A Q&A with OVPR's Sarah Reedy, Assistant Director of Grants for OSP

A Q&A with OVPR's Ashley Tucker, Research Development Officer, STEM Disciplines