UT Austin

In 1983, UT Austin buried a time capsule in a park that was eventually plowed over to build the Dell Medical School.

The museum on the UT campus underwent renovations over the past year and will now be known as the Texas Science and Natural History Museum.

Covering the highway after the main lanes are lowered would cost the university an estimated $400 million and create more than 17 new acres of campus.

The new vaccine is the latest in a series of preventive treatments for the virus that is the leading cause of hospitalization in infants.

The demolition of the Frank Erwin Center will make room for the new additions to the Dell Medical School campus.

A new internal report, conducted by the university system’s office of general counsel, also looked into Texas A&M’s decision to temporarily suspend a respected opioids expert after she was accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in a lecture.

The university celebrated its decision to hire Kathleen McElroy to revive its journalism program. She says she’s staying at UT after she felt judged because of her gender.

The fossilized remains are believed to be from an extinct marine reptile called a plesiosaur. The discovery of the fossils is solid evidence of Jurassic life in the state.

No other public universities use race as a factor, but Texas private schools like Rice and Southern Methodist University will be impacted.

Goodenough was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2019 for his part in the creation of the rechargeable lithium-ion battery, common in cellphones, laptops and electric cars around the world.