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National Science Foundation Award Paves Way for UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science
The National Science Foundation has selected The University of Texas at Austin for a pilot grant to establish the UT Center for Pandemic Decision Science (CPDS), an interdisciplinary center where scientists, engineers, clinicians and policymakers will tackle the grand challenge of preparing the world to combat future pandemic threats.
![Arrows on a table point in many directions as people at the periphery determine strategy](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/picture1-1200x800-c-default.jpeg)
Visualizing Science 2022: Illuminating the Intrinsic Beauty in Academic Research
The winners of our most recent Visualizing Science contest include an image related to “smart” material research, simulations of a meeting between a neutron star and a black hole and the connection between two wildly different areas of mathematics.
![Winning Image](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/rempel-web-2048.jpg)
After Fire Damages Stengl Lost Pines, Scientists Say Discovery Will Rise from the Ashes
More than two-thirds of the Stengl Lost Pines Biological Station (SLP), which was home to forests, savannah, and wildlife inhabitants, burned in a fire.
![Firefighter at wheel of vehicle consults with colleagues outdoors](https://cns.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/stengl-lost-pines-thum-2400x1350.jpg)
UT Austin Leads in New Summary of Top “Degrees of the Future”
A new report releases what the nation’s best degrees of the future are.
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