The University of Texas at Austin is part of a group of institutions working together to build the Giant Magellan Telescope. See the telescope in action in this animation.
Research
University of Texas at Austin computer scientists pull for the computer and the people who built it in the Feb. 14, 15 and 16 Jeopardy! Challenge games.
... was a monkey named Sam. Sam and another Rhesus monkey named Miss Sam, were trained at what's now the J.J. Pickle Research Campus.
Raymond Orbach, director of the Energy Institute, talks up new research from the "Fuel to Sunlight" team on synthetic photosynthesis.
Michael Walfish, assistant professor of computer science, is working to secure the future of cloud computing.
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 more than $117 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, awards 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
$642 million was awarded in sponsored research in 2009-2010.
$14.3 million in revenue was received 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.
