Houston Matters
Raffling guns for youth softball: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the week
Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Tag: UT Austin
Health & Science
UT Projections Show COVID-19 Hospitalizations Could Break Previous Record Soon — And Far Exceed It
Posted on · Hospitalizations in the state have seen a dramatic increase since last month.
Sports
UT-Austin, OU Take First Steps Toward Leaving The Big 12
Posted on · The announcement comes days after the universities signaled interest in joining the Southeastern Conference.
Houston Matters
9 Ways To Make The Texas Economy More Resilient And Equitable
Posted on · Policy experts from UH and UT-Austin say the pandemic has exposed vulnerabilities in the Texas economy and offer "A Playbook for Resiliency" to address them.
Health & Science
UT Researchers Hope 3D Atomic Model Will Lead To A Coronavirus Vaccine
Posted on · A 3D atomic map could lead the way toward a vaccine for the 2019 novel coronavirus, researchers at UT Austin and the National Institutes of Health said Wednesday.
Texas
UT Professor Who Helped Develop Lithium Ion Battery Wins Nobel Prize
Posted on · UT Austin Professor John Goodenough was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his part in the creation of the lithium-ion battery.
Arts & Culture
Matthew McConaughey Starts The Fall Semester At UT Austin With A New Title: Professor
Posted on · The university says the title bump is in recognition of his "outstanding work as a teacher and mentor to University of Texas students."
inDepth
In An Old Warehouse In North Austin, Fossils Are Unraveling The Mysteries Of Texas
Posted on · Researchers are learning what Texas was like 10 million years ago, after scientists at UT Austin uncovered a treasure trove of fossils hidden in a warehouse.
News
Guns Chill Free Speech, UT-Austin Professors Will Argue At Federal Appeals Court
Posted on · Three UT-Austin professors sued to end a state law mandating campus carry in Texas. Though a federal judge dismissed the suit, the fight isn't over as the case goes to a federal appeals court.
News
Scientists Are Making Star Stuff In Labs Here On Earth
Posted on · A group of researchers at UT Austin hopes to open up a new way of studying space
News
WATCH: Secretary Of State Rex Tillerson Speaks At UT-Austin
Posted on · Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke at his alma mater, UT-Austin, on Thursday
Technology
UT Professor To Peer Back In Time With NASA’s New Space Telescope
Posted on · James Webb Space Telescope will study the universe using infrared light
Full Show
Political Roundup, and Shopping for a Hurricane Emergency Kit: Wednesday’s Show (June 7, 2017)
Posted on · It's time again for our weekly political round up and analysis of national, state and local political stories. On this edition of Houston Matters, we discuss a report from the NSA saying Russia’s military intelligence agency launched a cyber attack on a US company that provides election services ahead of the 2016 election, and Gov. […]
Education News
Houston Reacts To Supreme Court Fisher v. UT Affirmative Action Ruling
Posted on · A majority of the justices on Thursday sided with the University of Texas and upheld its use of race in admissions. But it does not end the debate over the practice.
Health & Science
UT-Austin Professor Snags $100,000 Chemistry Prize From Houston-Based Foundation
Posted on · The 2016 Norman Hackerman Award in Chemical Research goes to Dr. Christopher Ellison at the University of Texas at Austin, for his creation of new polymers that could lead to more environmentally-friendly products.