May 11, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas — The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to The University of Texas at Austin to lead an alliance of industry partners, academic research institutions, and nonprofit organizations and national laboratories to lay the groundwork for a new regional innovation engine in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to help bridge […]
Mar 21, 2023
AUSTIN, Texas — Researchers behind discoveries that led to vaccines for the virus that causes COVID-19 have identified a potential Achilles heel that exists in all coronaviruses. These findings, led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin, could aid the development of improved treatments for COVID-19 and also protect against existing and emerging coronaviruses. […]
Oct 21, 2022
AUSTIN, Texas — With in-person early voting set to begin in Texas on Monday, the latest University of Texas/Texas Politics Project poll finds Republican Gov. Greg Abbott leading Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke in the gubernatorial race by 11 percentage points, 54%-43%, among Texans likely to vote in the 2022 election. Immigration and border security top […]
Dec 02, 2021
AUSTIN, Texas — The rate of opioid and other drug overdoses is on the rise in Texas, but there has been no statewide system to collect overdose data—until now. An interdisciplinary team of developers, designers, clinical partners and researchers led by Dell Medical School and the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at The University […]
Nov 19, 2021
Many of us can’t wait to catch up with friends and loved ones this holiday season, COVID-19 experts included. “I look forward to connecting with family that I haven’t seen in over 18 months,” says Lauren Ancel Meyers, director of the UT COVID-19 Modeling Consortium. “Since we are not out of the woods with COVID-19 […]
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