The University of Texas System Board of Regents authorized UT Austin to spend $50 million in research reserves to participate in building the Giant Magellan Telescope, which will be the world’s largest telescope when it’s completed in 2020. The project will give students, researchers and faculty the opportunity to make groundbreaking discoveries in astronomy. Read more about the Giant Magellan Telescope…

The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Profectus Biosciences, Tekmira Pharmaceuticals and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center have been awarded up to $26 million to advance treatments of the highly lethal hemorrhagic fever viruses Ebola and Marburg. The award, to Dr. Thomas Geisbert, a professor in UTMB's Department of Microbiology and Immunology, is a collaborative Center of Excellence for Translational Research grant supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health. Read more about the UTMB collaboration…

Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., a nationally renowned leader in higher education and pediatric transplant surgery, announced that he will step down as head of The University of Texas System after a five-year tenure marked by groundbreaking accomplishments. Chancellor Cigarroa served on the TAMEST Board from 2008-2011, including service as board president in 2010. Read more about Dr. Francisco Cigarroa...