Media Releases
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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June 11, 2026
Gulf Coast Coal Holds Billions in Critical Minerals. But the Economics are Tricky.
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have found that there’s a significant amount of rare earth elements trapped in the coal and coal…
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June 5, 2026
Groundwater Availability Faces Big West-East Divide That is Expected to Intensify
Groundwater is a critical resource — but one that can be easily and sometimes irreversibly exhausted. In a study published in the journal Earth’s…
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June 4, 2026
Easily Overlooked Small Wetlands Are a Big Source of Global Methane
Water-logged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world’s largest natural source of methane. Even the smallest of wetlands emit this powerful…
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June 3, 2026
The Complicated New Origins of Pangea’s Big Breakup
The Triassic Period ended when a gargantuan amount of molten igneous rock called the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) spewed out of the Earth’s mantle…
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May 21, 2026
Sweet Receives Top Gulf Coast Geology Award
Michael Sweet, a research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and co-program director of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) project is the…
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May 13, 2026
Jackson School Enhancing Fossil Collections in Education and Research
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ two enormous and renowned fossil collections have long been home to millions of eye-catching specimens and have served as critical…
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May 6, 2026
Data Centers Are Growing in Texas, But Big Questions Remain About Water Use
Data centers could potentially account for 3% to 9% of Texas’ water use by 2040, according to a new white paper from The University of Texas at Austin that recommends greater…
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May 1, 2026
Class of 2026 | Q&A: Learn Where They’re Heading Next
There are 67 undergraduates and 51 graduate students set to cross the Jackson School’s commencement stage this Friday. Meet seven of them here.
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May 1, 2026
Class of 2026 | Bonding Over Service
Hayley Garza, B.A. 2026, will graduate from the Jackson School of Geosciences with a career path in the U.S. Air Force and a role model for her journey.
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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…
Read MoreJune 11, 2026
Gulf Coast Coal Holds Billions in Critical Minerals. But the Economics are Tricky.
Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin have found that there’s a significant amount of rare earth elements trapped in the coal and coal…
Read MoreJune 5, 2026
Groundwater Availability Faces Big West-East Divide That is Expected to Intensify
Groundwater is a critical resource — but one that can be easily and sometimes irreversibly exhausted. In a study published in the journal Earth’s…
Read MoreJune 4, 2026
Easily Overlooked Small Wetlands Are a Big Source of Global Methane
Water-logged land areas such as marshes, bogs and fens are the world’s largest natural source of methane. Even the smallest of wetlands emit this powerful…
Read MoreJune 3, 2026
The Complicated New Origins of Pangea’s Big Breakup
The Triassic Period ended when a gargantuan amount of molten igneous rock called the Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) spewed out of the Earth’s mantle…
Read MoreMay 21, 2026
Sweet Receives Top Gulf Coast Geology Award
Michael Sweet, a research scientist at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and co-program director of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) project is the…
Read MoreMay 13, 2026
Jackson School Enhancing Fossil Collections in Education and Research
The Jackson School of Geosciences’ two enormous and renowned fossil collections have long been home to millions of eye-catching specimens and have served as critical…
Read MoreMay 6, 2026
Data Centers Are Growing in Texas, But Big Questions Remain About Water Use
Data centers could potentially account for 3% to 9% of Texas’ water use by 2040, according to a new white paper from The University of Texas at Austin that recommends greater…
Read MoreMay 1, 2026
Class of 2026 | Q&A: Learn Where They’re Heading Next
There are 67 undergraduates and 51 graduate students set to cross the Jackson School’s commencement stage this Friday. Meet seven of them here.
Read MoreMay 1, 2026
Class of 2026 | Bonding Over Service
Hayley Garza, B.A. 2026, will graduate from the Jackson School of Geosciences with a career path in the U.S. Air Force and a role model for her journey.
Read More