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Oct. 22, 2025

Gabrielle Phan-Costello Recognized as UT Rookie Research Administrator of the Year

Oden Institute research administrator received the award during UT's 2025 National Research Administrator Day Celebration.

Gabrielle receiving the UT Rookie Research Administrator Award, pictured with Fernanda Leite, Interim Vice President for Research.

Gabrielle receiving the UT Rookie Research Administrator Award, pictured with Fernanda Leite, Interim Vice President for Research.

News

Oct. 20, 2025

Hundreds Gather for Annual SIAM TX-LA Section Meeting

The annual SIAM TX-LA Section Meeting was hosted by the Oden Institute on the UT Austin campus.

Volunteers welcome attendees. L-r: Yimin Zhu, Jonathan Zhang, Krishnanunni C G.

Volunteers welcome attendees. L-r: Yimin Zhu, Jonathan Zhang, Krishnanunni C G.

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Oct. 16, 2025

New Technology, Data Drive Advancements in Breast Cancer Care

UT Austin researchers, in partnership with MD Anderson and Dell Medical School, are advancing breast cancer care through predictive modeling, protein-based therapies, 3D reconstruction tools, and large-scale data resources. These innovations aim to make treatments more precise, accessible, and patient-centered.

Predictive modeling can show how a patient will respond to treatment. Image: Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences

Predictive modeling can show how a patient will respond to treatment. Image: Oden Institute for Computational Engineering & Sciences

Next Upcoming Event

Actionable digital twins for patients who are not average

Tom Yankeelov, Principal Faculty, Oden Institute

10 a.m.– 11 a.m.

Oct. 31, 2025

POB 6.304 and Zoom

Feature

Oct. 2, 2025

Merging AI, Storytelling and Community for a More Resilient Texas

UT Austin’s Planet Texas 2050 AIM project blends AI, scientific modeling, and community storytelling to create real-time, user-friendly tools that help Texas communities better prepare for and respond to disasters like flooding, hurricanes, and disease outbreaks.

 

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Jan. 24, 2025

Bridging Continents: Leszek Demkowicz Retires After Distinguished Career in Theoretical and Applied Mathematics

Leszek Demkowicz – Principal Faculty at the Oden Institute and expert in theoretical and applied mathematics – reflects on his career as he steps into phased retirement.

Feature

Jan. 10, 2025

Images from the DOE’s E3SM global climate model showing atmospheric rivers carrying moisture from lower latitudes to the very far north arctic.  Several relevant model components are shown including wind, ocean temperature and sea-ice coverage.

Connecting the Dots: Visualizing Science

Working with scientists, visual artists bring to light the nuances hidden in huge data.

News

Oct. 16, 2025

Born Together: A New Look at Binary Stars

Two Oden faculty, postdoctoral fellow Aleksey Generozov and astronomy professor Stella Offner, published a groundbreaking study in Nature Astronomy about the origin of binary stars.

Still from a movie following the evolution of a massive (20,000 solar mass) star-forming molecular cloud nicknamed the "Anvil of Creation," showing the stars and gas after millions of years.*

Still from a movie following the evolution of a massive (20,000 solar mass) star-forming molecular cloud nicknamed the "Anvil of Creation," showing the stars and gas after millions of years.*