All News

Mercy Sosanya (Nutritional Sciences Ph.D., ’24) spent nearly a decade of her life exploring the issue of nutrition in her home country of Nigeria before beginning her doctoral program at UT Austin. With the help of the Harrington Dissertation Fellowship, she developed a body of research aimed at addressing this complex problem.

Faith Deckard, a recent sociology doctoral graduate, has focused her research on better understanding how people and their families navigate the criminal legal system and its aftermath. Winner of the 2024 Granof Award, she examines how the cash bail system entangles not just individuals but also families in a complicated economic and social system of obligation, debt and punishment.

On June 2nd, Reese Maultsby will travel to New York to perform at Carnegie Hall with the Butler School Wind Ensemble. Having just graduated with a DMA, he served as a band teaching assistant for the past three years.

A four-day symposium took place recently in Xalapa, Mexico, focusing on the interrelationship between ecology and culture in the country’s vibrant Huasteca region, thanks to a $10,000 grant. The UT organizers of the project are Robin Moore, professor of ethnomusicology, and graduate student JA Strub, both at the Butler School of Music.

The Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin is pleased to announce the recipients of the Chevron Energy Graduate Fellowship Endowment. Made possible by a gift from Chevron, the program supports the work of outstanding graduate students conducting energy systems research. Eight graduate students have been selected to receive awards for the 2024-25 academic year.

Researchers led by a team at The University of Texas at Austin, including graduate students, have developed a framework to train generative artificial intelligence models to create images without replicating copyrighted work.

As the semester concludes and commencement approaches, I wanted to congratulate our graduating master’s and doctoral students and provide resources for students attending this weekend’s ceremonies.

The American Academy in Rome recently announced the winners of the 2024–2025 Rome Prize, which includes a Ph.D. Candidate from UT Austin. The Rome Prize was awarded to 31 American artists and scholars, who will each receive a stipend, workspace and room and board for five to ten months at the Academy’s eleven-acre campus in Rome, starting this September.

The Graduate School has announced the 2024 winners of its professional and student awards. The awards recognize excellence in graduate academics, teaching and professional services.

After 20 years of directing Texas Speech and even longer coaching, Professor Randy Cox is stepping down and passing the torch to assistant director and rhetoric and language doctoral student Eva Margarita.