From "Energy at the Movies" to bombing North Korea, the research and opinions of UT faculty members captured the media's attention this spring. Read the headlines.
Research
Five university professors and two alumni have been inducted into three national academies. May 7 the Tower glows orange in their honor.
Members of the WIALD student group sent Bevo the Dragon and other payloads beyond the clouds, retrieving images and other data. Watch a video.
C. Grant Willson, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, received the prestigious Japan Prize this week. Learn more about this achievement.
Whether working in a scientific lab or sifting through data for social science studies, UT undergraduates have lots of research opportunities. Read about their projects.
From "Energy at the Movies" to bombing North Korea, the research and opinions of UT faculty members captured the media's attention this spring. Read the headlines.
Five university professors and two alumni have been inducted into three national academies. May 7 the Tower glows orange in their honor.
Members of the WIALD student group sent Bevo the Dragon and other payloads beyond the clouds, retrieving images and other data. Watch a video.
C. Grant Willson, professor of chemistry and chemical engineering, received the prestigious Japan Prize this week. Learn more about this achievement.
Whether working in a scientific lab or sifting through data for social science studies, UT undergraduates have lots of research opportunities. Read about their projects.
Experience Research
Nature Nights
Learn about plants and animals of Central Texas at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
Paleo Lab
Visit a working lab at the Texas Memorial Museum. Interact with researchers. Ask questions.
Recovery Act
The University of Texas at Austin has received $127 million for research through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Research investment includes major pieces of instrumentation, investigations in health, energy, infrastructure and other areas, and expanding supercomputing capabilties.
Read more about the university's research through federal economic Recovery Act funds.
Research Alerts
Get the latest news on research grant opportunities, award winners and newsmakers in the Research Alert.
Researchers from the undergraduate level to the Nobel Prize explore, discover and innovate in the arts, humanities and sciences and across disciplinary boundaries. The impact of the university's research ripples through Texas and around the world.
Research Facts
$1.1 billion was awarded in sponsored research over the past two years.
$40 million over the past two years in revenue from the licensing of university technology.
The university runs one of the world's fastest supercomputers and one of the most powerful lasers.
Texas researchers were quickly on-site after the Haiti earthquake and Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
About 800 patents have been awarded to the university.
The university's 17 libraries hold more than nine million volumes.
The Harry Ransom Center displays a Gutenberg bible and the world's first photo.
Quetzalcoatlus, the largest flying creature ever discovered, was found by a university student. A replica is on display at the Texas Memorial Museum.
Research news from The University of Texas at Austin and other leading universities.