Media Releases
July 24, 2026
Matt Malkowski Wins AAPG Foundation’s Inspirational Geoscience Educator Award
The AAPG Foundation has named Matt Malkowski, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, as…
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July 21, 2026
Four Students Receive Golden Hammer Awards in Recognition of Field Geology Prowess
Each summer, a cohort of Jackson School students puts their geology skills and knowledge to the test during the school’s GEO 660 field camp, which…
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July 20, 2026
Jackson School Names New Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor Daniella Rempe has been named the next associate dean for research at the Jackson School of Geosciences. Rempe, a Jackson School alumna, joined…
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July 13, 2026
Zong-Liang Yang Q&A: A Better Way to Forecast Floods
Jackson School Professor Zong-Liang Yang has spent his career modeling the climate. After the devastating floods that struck Texas Hill Country on July 4, 2025, killing at least 139 people, he has become an advocate for a new approach to flood prediction.
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July 13, 2026
Hydrology Professor Developing Simple Outdoor Flood Alarm to Save Lives
In the aftermath of the devastating July 4, 2025 floods that took 139 lives in Central Texas, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin set…
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July 1, 2026
Researchers Find Contaminated Water in Austin Neighborhood
For over a decade, residents of Austin’s Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of southeast Austin outside of the city service area, have voiced…
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June 26, 2026
New Database for Subsurface Energy Storage Could be Boon for Natural Gas Industry
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have produced a new analysis of underground natural gas storage sites around the country. The analysis can…
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June 25, 2026
The Andes Mountains May Have Grown Faster Than Previously Thought
The conventional story of how the Andes Mountains formed is one of tectonic plate-powered mountain building, with the range rising slowly, steadily and in-sync with…
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June 24, 2026
Jackson School Class Helped Model July 4 Storm and Found That Rainfall was Slightly Suppressed
Last fall, a group of 12 students huddled around their laptops in a dark room in the Jackson School of Geosciences building. Their screens, which…
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June 17, 2026
Jessie Maisano Retires from UTCT Lab After a Legendary 26 Years
When Jessie Maisano walked into The University of Texas at Austin’s geosciences building as a postdoc in January 2000, she was joining an enterprising team…
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July 24, 2026
Matt Malkowski Wins AAPG Foundation’s Inspirational Geoscience Educator Award
The AAPG Foundation has named Matt Malkowski, an assistant professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the Jackson School of Geosciences, as…
Read MoreJuly 21, 2026
Four Students Receive Golden Hammer Awards in Recognition of Field Geology Prowess
Each summer, a cohort of Jackson School students puts their geology skills and knowledge to the test during the school’s GEO 660 field camp, which…
Read MoreJuly 20, 2026
Jackson School Names New Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor Daniella Rempe has been named the next associate dean for research at the Jackson School of Geosciences. Rempe, a Jackson School alumna, joined…
Read MoreJuly 13, 2026
Zong-Liang Yang Q&A: A Better Way to Forecast Floods
Jackson School Professor Zong-Liang Yang has spent his career modeling the climate. After the devastating floods that struck Texas Hill Country on July 4, 2025, killing at least 139 people, he has become an advocate for a new approach to flood prediction.
Read MoreJuly 13, 2026
Hydrology Professor Developing Simple Outdoor Flood Alarm to Save Lives
In the aftermath of the devastating July 4, 2025 floods that took 139 lives in Central Texas, an associate professor at The University of Texas at Austin set…
Read MoreJuly 1, 2026
Researchers Find Contaminated Water in Austin Neighborhood
For over a decade, residents of Austin’s Colony, a neighborhood in an unincorporated area of southeast Austin outside of the city service area, have voiced…
Read MoreJune 26, 2026
New Database for Subsurface Energy Storage Could be Boon for Natural Gas Industry
Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have produced a new analysis of underground natural gas storage sites around the country. The analysis can…
Read MoreJune 25, 2026
The Andes Mountains May Have Grown Faster Than Previously Thought
The conventional story of how the Andes Mountains formed is one of tectonic plate-powered mountain building, with the range rising slowly, steadily and in-sync with…
Read MoreJune 24, 2026
Jackson School Class Helped Model July 4 Storm and Found That Rainfall was Slightly Suppressed
Last fall, a group of 12 students huddled around their laptops in a dark room in the Jackson School of Geosciences building. Their screens, which…
Read MoreJune 17, 2026
Jessie Maisano Retires from UTCT Lab After a Legendary 26 Years
When Jessie Maisano walked into The University of Texas at Austin’s geosciences building as a postdoc in January 2000, she was joining an enterprising team…
Read More