Flood in Germany
Ene. 6, 2022
Cities Boosted Rain, Sent Storms to the Suburbs During Europe’s Deadly Summer Floods
Jackson School of Geosciences Professor Dev Niyogi and their team used computer models to investigate how cities and climate change influenced the rainstorm that struck the Rotterdam-Brussels-Cologne metropolitan region in July 2021.
Waste water testing
Ene. 5, 2022
UT Austin Resumes COVID-19 Wastewater Testing After Funding Pause
With renewed funding, UT researchers are resuming testing for COVID-19 in Austin's wastewater. Cockrell School of Engineering Professor and Whole Communities–Whole Health Mary Jo Kirisits talked to KXAN News about their findings so far.
A woman sits at her desktop computer in her brightly-lit office designing a mobile application.
Dic. 2, 2021
Whole Communities–Whole Health Study Goes Mobile
One of the key parts of the Whole Communities–Whole Health study is its commitment to providing actionable data to participants so they and other community organizations can make changes that support better overall health.
Snow, ice and widespread power outages gripped Austin and much of Texas during February's deadly winter storm.
Nov. 26, 2021
Opinion: We All Must Rise to the Challenge of Climate Change
Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering Associate Professor Fernanda Leite argue for reductions in emissions and a statewide climate adaptation plan in an opinion piece for the Austin American-Statesman.
Three men stand around a robot on wheels in a robotic labs on the University of Texas at Austin campus.
Nov. 8, 2021
Bringing Robots into the Real World: Q&A with Peter Stone and Elliott Hauser
Computer Science Professor Peter Stone and School of Information Assistant Professor Elliott Hauser share about their new Good Systems project "Living and Working with Robots" and why it's important to design robotic technology in the real world.
flood recovery effort
Nov. 8, 2021
What Does it Mean to Make Texas More Resilient?
Since its founding, Planet Texas 2050 has used as its tagline: making Texas more resilient. But what do we mean by resilient? Architecture Assistant Professor Katherine Lieberknecht explains.
Racial Justice
Nov. 1, 2021
Designing AI for Racial Equity: Translating Ethics into Practice
Among the principles for ethical and responsible AI none is more prominent than the “fairness and non-discrimination” principle, that is, the idea that data-based systems like AI/ML should avoid unjust impacts on people, especially those from historically marginalized populations.
Whole Communities–Whole Health research study coordinator Sarah Smith hands a sample collection kit to one of the study participants to provide cheek swabs and dust samples from the home
Nov. 1, 2021
We Talk a lot About Cohort Studies, but What Are They?
Whole Communities–Whole Health is a 5-year cohort study that looks at the different variables that affect childhood health. But what is a cohort study exactly? Psychology Professor David Schnyer explains.
Ambulance in snowy parking lot
Oct. 28, 2021
An Algorithm for EMS Response
Good Systems researchers from the Department of Mathematics and the Cockrell School of Engineering have developed an algorithm that will improve Austin-Travis County EMS ambulance response by 88 seconds.
Headshots for two University of Texas at Austin professors.
Oct. 28, 2021
Passing The Torch; Good Systems Rolls Out Core Research Projects
Outgoing Good Systems Chair Junfeng Jiao recounts the successes of the past year and passes the torch to English Associate Professor Sam Baker.