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New Core Curriculum Refocuses Undergraduate Education at UT Austin

For the first time in more than 20 years, The University of Texas at Austin has undergone an extensive review of its Core Curriculum and will implement a new Core Curriculum as the foundational education for all undergraduate students.

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UT To Lead NSF Center That Will Study How Robots and People Learn To Live and Work Together 

A 5-Year Collaboration Between 6 Universities and Industry Partners Will Place Assistive Robots in Everyday Human Environments.

Strengthening U.S. Industrial Independence

UT’s vibrant startup pipeline supports manufacturing at home.

New Faculty Join the Longhorn Family 

Chatter filled the room, echoing off the vaulted ceilings of the Etter- Harbin Alumni Center on Monday morning as nearly 150 new faculty members gathered for the 2026 New Faculty Launch. 

The Permian Strategic Partnership Invests in Our Youngest Readers

The PSP is launching the Permian Literacy Initiative, a multiyear pilot program to strengthen early literacy reading instruction.

The Gold Rush Ended, But Its Entrepreneurial Legacy Didn’t, Study Finds

The gold rushes that drew hundreds of thousands of people to the American West may have left behind more than abandoned mines.

Students Win Science Award for Bio-Inspired Fabric Sealant

College of Natural Sciences students developed an innovation that could mean safer ways of making clothing water-resistant.