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20 Years of Tax Prep Help

July 29, 2025
“This is something that I’ve been praying for.” That’s what a client tearfully said to Matthew Amaya, an accounting major at Texas McCombs, when he helped prepare her income taxes and gave her the good news: She’d be getting nearly $8,000 back from the IRS.
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Graduate Student Research: New AI Tool Accelerates mRNA-Based Treatments for Viruses, Cancers, Genetic Disorders

July 25, 2025
A new artificial intelligence model can improve the process of drug and vaccine discovery by predicting how efficiently specific mRNA sequences will produce proteins, both generally and in various cell types. The new advance, developed through an academic-industrial partnership between The University of Texas at Austin and Sanofi, helps predict how much protein cells will produce, which can minimize the need for trial-and-error experimentation, accelerating the next generation of mRNA therapeutics.
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Graduate Student Research: Clues for Dinosaurs’ Diets Found in the Chemistry of Their Fossil Teeth

July 24, 2025
While the grub itself may be long gone, a record of dinosaurs’ favorite foods has been stowed away in their ancient tooth enamel over the last eon. When researchers at The University of Texas at Austin took a close look, they discovered that some dinosaurs were discerning eaters, with different species preferring different plant parts.
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Graduate Student Research: Decline in Aerosols Could Lead to More Heatwaves in Populated Areas

July 16, 2025
This finding comes from a study published in Environmental Research Letters and led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. While recent research has linked declining aerosols to rising regional temperatures, this study is the first to examine aerosols’ impact on people’s exposure to heatwaves.
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A Global Policy Student’s Summer of Strengthening Democracy in North Macedonia

July 16, 2025
Through the Texas Global Embedded Scholars program in the Balkans, Emma Niewald is working with the National Democratic Institute’s (NDI) Parliamentary Support Program (PSP), a long-standing initiative focused on enhancing the efficiency of North Macedonia’s legislature and strengthening public trust in democratic institutions.
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Meet Cohort 11: The LBJ School’s New Class of Executive Master of Public Leadership Students

July 16, 2025
The LBJ School of Public Affairs is proud to welcome the newest cohort of Executive Master of Public Leadership (EMPL) students. On June 11, twenty-one accomplished professionals began the 12-month program, united by a shared commitment to public service and leadership.
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Graduate Student Research: Relief From Drought in Southwest U.S. Likely Isn’t Coming, According to New Research

July 15, 2025
The Southwest United States is currently facing its worst megadrought of the past 1,200 years. According to a recent study from The University of Texas at Austin, the drought could continue at least until the end of the century, if not longer.
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Postdoc Research: Stay Hydrated: New Sensor Knows When You Need a Drink

July 14, 2025
Such a device could help a football player stay hydrated on a hot September afternoon, keep a firefighter battling a blaze from getting too dried out, or just let an office worker know when it’s time to make a trip to fill their water bottle.
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Wenyan Cong Receives Best Paper Award at CVPR Workshop

July 9, 2025
The paper introduces VideoLifter, an efficient framework for lifting long videos into 3D scenes. It addresses the scalability and consistency challenges inherent in long video sequences while achieving over 5× speedup compared to state-of-the-art methods—making high-quality 3D reconstruction both accurate and practical at scale.
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Postdoctoral scholars at the University can access a site dedicated entirely for them. Meet the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs, learn more about onboarding and benefits, get access to resources and more!

Events for Graduate Students

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Digital Scholarship Pedagogy Institute

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Scheduled
Tuesday August 19, 2025, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Scholars Lab, Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)
During this two-day workshop, instructors will learn how to incorporate digital scholarship into their undergraduate and graduate courses. We will explore a range of tools designed to organize, advance and visualize their research.
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Digital Scholarship Pedagogy Institute

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Scheduled
Wednesday August 20, 2025, 9:30 am - 1:00 pm
Scholars Lab, Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL)
During this two-day workshop, instructors will learn how to incorporate digital scholarship into their undergraduate and graduate courses. We will explore a range of tools designed to organize, advance and visualize their research.
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Graduate School - New Student Orientation

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Scheduled
Friday August 22, 2025, All day
Texas Union (UNB)
Each fall, the Graduate School presents an orientation designed specifically for new graduate students. This year's orientation will be held in-person on Friday, August 22, 2025.
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Graduate Student Orientation Resource Fair

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Scheduled
Friday August 22, 2025, 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Texas Union (UNB) Ballroom
Current students are welcome to join our new graduate students for a resource fair! Learn more about the services and offices at The University of Texas at Austin that are available to help you succeed.
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Graduate School Fair

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Scheduled
Tuesday October 14, 2025, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
East Mall & Speedway Plaza
What will your next degree be? Learn more about graduate degree programs and connect with recruiters from schools around the world.
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    Third-year @odeninstitute student Vignesh Sella has put his Ph.D. studies on pause...for an internship at Google X! Sella is currently an AI Research Scientist Resident, where he’s working on AI/ML modeling for a project involving finance, decarbonization technologies and climate.

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