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September 29, 2025
Good Systems

AI to the rescue? UT research team develops multilingual emergency messaging bot

Through a joint venture with the city of Austin, a team of UT researchers is nearing the end of a three-phase, interdisciplinary exploration of AI’s ability to provide immediate, accurate emergency guidance across a wide range of languages.
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August 20, 2025
Planet Texas 2050
Digging Into the Past to Prepare for the Future
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September 23, 2025
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Mind Over Molecules
 
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At the Crosswalk: Who Does AI See? A UT Austin research team is investigating how appearance affects driver behavior—and how those patterns could be replicated in autonomous vehicles.
August 25, 2025
Good Systems
Unyielding Bias
Robot
June 5, 2025
Good Systems
To Spot Toxic Speech Online, Try AI
 
Eureycea salamanders (left, credit: Yaqing Li) and Ambystoma salamanders (right, credit: David Ledesma) feature in two studies from UT.
AI storm data
A male blue jay (left), a female green jay (right) and, between them, a rare hybrid bird identified in a suburb of San Antonio, Texas
September 19, 2025
Planet Texas 2050
So What Should We Call This — a Grue Jay?
 
A woman running
July 23, 2025
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Daily Exercise May Be Key to Better Sleep, New Study Finds
Whole Communities–Whole Health Research Coordinator Sarah Smith (in hat), with children at Del Valle Day, June 2024.
May 1, 2025
Whole Communities–Whole Health
How to Lay Down Tracks While the Train Is Moving
Araceli McBeth and Rebecca Gomez, parent community liaisons at Newton Collins Elementary School and Ojeda Middle School, respectively, accept the Cornerstone Award from WCWH chair Mike Mackert on behalf of DVISD.
April 21, 2025
Whole Communities–Whole Health
Cornerstones and Guiding Lights