New Rankings; “Genius Grant” Winner; Big Bertha II Makes Debut

mlns='> News from UT Austin [View this email in a web page]( [The University of Texas at Austin](  NOVEMBER 4, 2022  [Tower]  New Rankings Place UT at No. 43 in the World The University of Texas at Austin is among the top 50 universities in the world, according to U.S. News & World Report’s latest Best Global Universities rankings. U.S. News ranked the university No. 43 overall and the No. 1 university in Texas. Among universities in the U.S., UT ranked No. 23.   [READ MORE](   SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY Can Robots and Humans Co-exist? A new grant will support the creation of a robot delivery network on campus, with the first deployments scheduled for early 2023. [READ MORE](  OUTSTANDING FACULTY ‘Genius Grant’ Winner Moriba Jah, an astrodynamicist, space environmentalist and aerospace engineer at UT, has been awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. [READ MORE](  CAMPUS & COMMUNITY Big Bertha II Makes Debut Big Bertha II, a new bass drum custom-built for the Longhorn Band, debuted at the Oct. 15 football game between Texas and Iowa State University. [READ MORE](  STUDENT SUCCESS Celebrating Darren Walker Scholars The university honored the first cohort of the Darren Walker Scholars program at a campus event attended by UT President Jay Hartzell, Darren Walker and the many generous donors who helped establish the program in spring 2022. [READ MORE](  WHAT STARTS HERE Celebrating a Transformative Gift Alumnus Sanjay Chandra and his family gave a generous gift to help support the future of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. [READ MORE](  [UT on twitter]( [UT on facebook]( [UT on instagram]( The University of Texas at Austin No. 1 University Station Austin, Texas 78712 If you wish to be removed from this group's mailing list, [click here](.