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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for April

April 1, 2026
Using Improv to Improve Your Pitch, Early Career Scholars Program applications open, announcing the first Travel Grant winners, and more.
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Postdoc Research: Fossil X-ray Reveals New Species of Baby Dino Named for Iconic Korean Cartoon

March 19, 2026
The baby dinosaur is the first new dinosaur species discovered in Korea in 15 years and the first Korean dinosaur fossil found with portions of its skull.
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Linguistics Postdoctoral Fellow, Wesley dos Santos, wins 2026 DELAMAN Award

March 9, 2026
The Digital Endangered Languages and Music Archives Network (DELAMAN) awards exemplary collections of multimedia texts of endangered languages from around the world.
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Postdoc Research: Breaking Down the Battery Problem

March 6, 2026
A researcher at the Cockrell School of Engineering is continuing a legacy of battery science that began right here at The University of Texas at Austin.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for March

Feb. 26, 2026
Viva Travel Grant, Empower Your Pitch registration opens, Texas Symposium on Machine Learning, Responsible AI & Robotics, and more.
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Postdoc Research: A Break in a Longstanding Mystery about Origin of Complex Life

Feb. 17, 2026
One of our microbial ancestors was part of a group called the Asgard archaea, which today live primarily in the deep sea and other oxygen-free spaces. But according to the new study, some Asgards use, or at least tolerate oxygen.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for February

Feb. 6, 2026
Future-Proofing Your Career Workshop, Texas Social Work at research conference, UT Postdoctoral Association sponsors postdocs at Texas Women's basketball game and more.
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Think Like a Scholar: Postdoc Bridges Public Health and Data Science to Address Pediatric Asthma

Dec. 16, 2025
A former respiratory therapist, postdoctoral fellow Khamron Micheals employs statistical modeling and artificial intelligence tools to help predict and identify children at higher risk for lung diseases.
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Postdoctoral Affairs Newsletter for December

Dec. 16, 2025
Dr. Vidhika Damani Selected as a Rising Star 2025 Speaker, Second Annual UT Austin NPAW Research Symposium, UT Postdoctoral Association End of Semester Celebration and more.
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Postdoc Jianing Zhu Receives 2025 TrustAI Rising Star Award

Dec. 12, 2025
The TrustAI Rising Star Award was established to honor early-career researchers (senior Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows) who have made significant contributions to the trustworthiness, security, and responsible use of large language models.