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New Initiative Aims to Reveal the Origins of Complex Life

There is currently a fundamental gap in the understanding of the origin of complex life, eukaryotes.

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Three UT Austin Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Astrophysicist Katherine Freese, astronomer John Kormendy and evolutionary biologist Mark Kirkpatrick of The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the National Academy...

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Texas Master’s in Nutritional Sciences Online Embarks on a New Partnership

UT Austin's Department of Nutritional Sciences determined it would partner with edX in offering an online master's program.

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Meet the New Faculty Members in Natural Sciences

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Building Industry Bridges: Computer Scientist Tackles New Role for Sony, While Leading at UT

Peter Stone, professor and head of Texas Robotics, will lead the newly established Sony AI in the United States.

Peter Stone has been tapped by Sony Corp. to head up the U.S. branch of its new global artificial intelligence research division, called Sony AI.

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UT Austin Launches Institute to Harness the Data Revolution

$1.5M award from National Science Foundation to support cross-disciplinary machine learning and data science research

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Gift to UT Austin Will Advance Programs in Biodiversity and Ecology

A generous estate gift to The University of Texas at Austin from alumna and former physician Lorraine “Casey” Stengl will have a dramatic impact on...

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Remembering Eminent UT Austin Mathematician John Tate

John Tate, who won the world’s top prize in mathematics and taught for nearly 20 years at The University of Texas at Austin where he...

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Mathematics’ Highest Prize Awarded to UT Austin’s Karen Uhlenbeck

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has named Karen Uhlenbeck its 2019 Abel Prize award winner.

Dr. Uhlenbeck this week at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, where she is a current Visitor in the School of Mathematics.