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Oden Ph.D. Student Tarini Thiagarajan Finding the Space Between Medicine and Math

Aug. 12, 2026
Tarini Thiagarajan wanted to help people through medicine from a young age. What she didn't know was what that would actually look like.
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Incoming Master of National Security Student Looks Forward to Shaping LBJ's Newest Degree Program

Aug. 11, 2026
For incoming Master of National Security student Leylah Attia (MNS ’28), the path to a career in national security started with a curiosity about how people and governments connect.
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Rhetoric Faculty Member and Graduate Student Win Rhetoric Society of America Awards

Aug. 11, 2026
The biennial meeting of the Rhetoric Society of America (RSA) conference is always a great chance to hear from rhetoric scholars around the world, but this year, two members of the Department of Rhetoric and Writing left the conference with high honors.
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Emily Edwards (MSSW '09), LCSW, Transforms Policing through Trauma-Informed Social Work

Aug. 10, 2026
With a trauma-informed framework, Emily Edwards is the face of change in public safety, working in preventing calls to law enforcement by empowering families with appropriate resources.
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Fall 2026 New Graduate Student Resources

Aug. 7, 2026
Welcome to The University of Texas at Austin! To help you make a smooth transition to being a graduate student here, we're providing you with several action steps and links to important campus resources.
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Alumni Research: UT-led study finds COVID-19 can awaken hidden viruses throughout the body

Aug. 5, 2026
Researchers say dormant viruses many people harbor can reactivate during COVID-19 and may be linked to long COVID symptoms.
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Alumni Research: Betting on Nuclear

July 31, 2026
Fresh off a breakthrough in advanced nuclear energy, Sanjay Mukhi, MBA ’23, reflects on the journey to criticality.
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Incoming LBJ Washington Center Student Brings Global and State Policy Experience to the Forty Acres

July 31, 2026
After spending four years in Connecticut, incoming LBJ School student Eli Craddock is returning home to Austin. This fall, he'll begin the Master of Global Policy Studies program before continuing his studies in D.C. through the LBJ Washington Center's Accelerated D.C. Program, bringing him back to the East Coast to live, work, and study in our nation's capital.
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Context, Not Excuses: Hannah Vaughan (MSSW ’26) Utilizes Forensic Social Work to Humanize Those Sentenced to Capital Punishment

July 30, 2026
Forensic social work embeds social workers into the criminal justice system, and Hannah Justvig Vaughan (MSSW ’26) serves a unique role within that system: working with prisoners on death row.
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Graduate Student Research: Those Toddler Foods on Grocery Shelves? More than 80% Are Ultraprocessed

July 26, 2026
UT nutritional scientists found that nearly half of the foods exceeded recommended sugar, sodium, fat or calories.