From Texas to the Peruvian Amazon, a UT Researcher Preserves a Dying Language

byMichael Nolan

Nestled deep in the Amazon basin, a makeshift house sits alongside a rustic nut storage facility. Two of the occupants of this house in Peru’s remote Madre de Dios District might be the last chance of survival for the endangered language Iñapari. 
Meanwhile, over 3,000 miles away, a doctoral student is huddled over his laptop at the University of Texas at Austin. Barrett Hamp, a UT doctoral student in linguistics, has dedicated his research since 2019 to recording the indigenous language in Peru to prevent it from disappearing.  “Once a language is gone, it’s gone.  There’s no reviving it,” Hamp said.

A More Efficient Financial System: UT Professor Explains Potential of Cryptocurrency and the Blockchain

byAlexa K. Haverlah 

In an interview with Reporting Texas, Cesare Fracassi, director of the Blockchain Initiative and associate professor of finance at the McCombs School of Business at UT Austin, shed light on cryptocurrency and the blockchain.

What Collapse of Oil Prices Means for Texas’ Future

byTyler Lewis

Slack demand caused by the coronavirus crisis on top of excess production translates into a perfect storm for the global oil industry.

UT Scientist’s Research Should Shorten Path to Novel Coronavirus Vaccine

byAimée Knight

Jason McLellan works with the spike proteins that give the virus its shape and allow it to attach to receptors on human cells and begin to replicate.

Understanding Impeachment and What it Means for Texas Politics

byAimée Knight

Stephen Vladeck, a University of Texas at Austin law professor, explains Impeachment and its potential effect on Texas politics.

Deciphering the U.S. Move Against Iran’s Revolutionary Guard

byReid Jowers

An expert at UT’s LBJ School says he supports the terrorist designation but doubts it will make a difference.

Flying Through a ‘Junkyard’: Assessing the Risks of Space Debris

byAndrea Tinning

Professor who designed database that tracks satellites and assorted “space junk” discusses risks posed by space debris.

Britain’s Brexit Imbroglio: ‘Nobody is Happy’

byShepard Price

Zeynep Somer-Topcu, associate professor of government at the University of Texas at Austin, makes sense of Brexit.

Understanding the Conundrum of North Korea

bySunny Kim

With America’s thorny relationship with North Korea in limbo once again, Reporting Texas asked professor Robert Oppenheim, professor and Posco Chair in Korean Studies at the University of Texas, to shed light on the issues.