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Project co-leaders Azza El-Masri, a graduate student, and Brad Limov, a postdoctoral researcher, present their findings at the 2025 Good Systems Symposium at UT Austin. El-Masri speaks behind a lectern; Limov stands next to her. Behind them is a Good Systems-branded roll-up banner.
May 20, 2026
Good Systems

Ethics First

In 2025, Good Systems researchers partnered with the City of Austin to develop ethics-first AI training for city employees, helping staff navigate emerging technologies with a focus on accountability, transparency and public trust.
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
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
 
Sharon Strover, a professor in the Moody College of Communication and leader of Good Systems’ Being Watched research project, speaks at the 2025 Good Systems Symposium at UT Austin. Behind her is a Good Systems-branded roll-up banner.
Ken Fleischmann discusses Good Systems and the future of AI at the University of Texas at Austin. (KXAN Photo/Frank Martinez)
Lidia Cano Pecharromán (PI) — Assistant Professor, School of Architecture; ChangHoon Hahn (PI) — Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, College of Natural Sciences
 
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.
A map illustrating the average daily heat risk in a suburban Austin neighborhood, with dark red signifying higher risk and yellow lower risk
 
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
Ph.D. student Anna Neville and Professor Pawel Misztal stand in front of a whiteboard in Misztal's office.
December 9, 2025
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Indoor Air, Written in Hair