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May 01, 2019

Cockrell School Community Celebrates Grand Opening of New Aerospace Engineering Building

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May 20, 2019

Five Alumni Honored with Cockrell School Distinguished Graduate Awards

Established in 1957, the Distinguished Engineering Graduate Award is the highest honor that the Cockrell School bestows on its alumni. The five distinguished engineering graduates for 2019 are innovators, entrepreneurs and highly respected leaders in their industries and communities. Including this year's ... Read the story

May 15, 2019

AI Can Now Defend Itself Against Malicious Messages Hidden in Speech

Computer engineers and scientists have devised a way of making computer speech recognition safer from malicious attacks — messages that sound benign to human ears but hide commands that can hijack a device, for example through the virtual personal assistants ... Read the story

May 13, 2019

PETEX Names Bob Parkey Director and Executive in Residence

PETEX, a professional education unit of The University of Texas at Austin and one of the world’s leading training organizations for the oil and gas industry, has appointed William Robert (Bob) Parkey Jr. as its new director and executive ... Read the story