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Side-by-side headshots of Ken Fleischmann (left) and Chandra Bhat (right)
September 1, 2026
Good Systems

Changing of the Chairs

Good Systems’ Outgoing and Incoming Chairs Reflect on 2025-26 and Look Ahead to 2026-27, the Final Year of the Grand Challenge
The Guadalupe River in Spring Branch, Texas, after the July 4, 2025 floods. The image is a wide shot of a muddy, rushing river heavily flooding a wooded area, submerging the bases of numerous trees and sweeping through green foliage.
July 1, 2026
Planet Texas 2050
For Those the Warnings Missed
A family of four
 
A CoBot MoMa robot hands a student a mug in a simulated apartment at UT Austin while a professor and a fellow student look on and smile.
Joydeep Biswas, an associate professor of computer science who will lead the team awarded the NSF grant, sits on a couch smiling, flanked by two robots. On his right, a service robot with a cylindrical base lays its mechanical arm on Biswas' shoulder; to Biswas' left is a robot dog facing him, standing on all four legs.
Ken Fleischmann delivers a featured address, "With Great AI Power Must Come Responsible AI," at Enterprise Technology's "AI in a Day" event at UT Austin, in November 2025.
August 26, 2026
Good Systems
'We Chose the Right Problem'
 
Kate Freer (left) leads a discussion with some of the filmmakers and collaborators. With Freer, from left to right: Hannah Spector (“Sunset”), Maria Fernandez Pello (“Dust Doesn’t Think of Us”), Pavithra Vasudevan (“Remembering Kearneytown”), Rachel Farrington (“La Luna”) and Katie Dawson (“ARISE: Pharr”).
July 14, 2026
Planet Texas 2050
Sowing Seeds of Change
Oscar Ovanger (left) moderates a panel at the 2026 Planet Texas 2050 Symposium at UT Austin, in March. Seated next to him, from left to right, are his three postdoctoral advisers: Professors Adam Rabinowitz, Dev Niyogi and Tim Keitt.
June 11, 2026
Planet Texas 2050
Southern Exposure
Screen grab of KVUE's (ABC) Daniel Perreault reporting on this story. He stands next to a map that shows the current risk of death to Austin's elderly population if they were to stay inside their home during a heatwave and coincidental power outage. The median heat risk for each neighborhood is displayed as the value.
 
Edison Thomaz (second from right), an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering, speaks at this year’s Whole Communities–Whole Health Research Symposium, held at UT Austin on February 6. Joining him on the panel, from left to right: Kerry Kinney, Isela Guerra, Charles Moody, Jr. and Yan Zhang.
July 8, 2026
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Listening, Learning and Looking Ahead
Left to right: Whole Communities–Whole Health (WCWH) chair Mike Mackert, Barbara Soriano, Ellena Gonzales, Rebecca Gomez, Mia Greer, Dr. Charles Moody and WCWH Community Engagement Manager Shirene Garcia pose at the 2026 WCWH Symposium. (Not pictured: Maggie Jaime and Carol Lilly.)
February 26, 2026
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Longtime Community Partners Honored at Annual Symposium
Microscopic view of virus particles near a ventilation system highlighting concerns about airborne transmission and indoor air quality (generated with AI)
February 5, 2026
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Air Apparent