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Texas Science students doing research
UT News

For 20 Years a UT Initiative Has Put First-Year Students at the Forefront of Discovery

Launched in 2006, the Freshman Research Initiative has become a national model for teaching hands-on STEM to undergraduates.
Woven bunny sculpture
Department of Computer Science

This is Not a Bunny: The Research Path from Whimsy to Better Spacecraft Fabrication

A woven bunny sculpture showcases research using algorithms to design complex 3D structures from simple strips of material. Weaving makes objects stronger and lighter, but designing intricate shapes by hand is too complex to scale.

Patented Protein Design
Texas Scientist

Patented Protein Design

Finding new designs for medications involves years of trial and error in labs, but now artificial intelligence models developed at UT are helping scientists arrive at viable solutions much faster by eliminating guesswork.