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Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming higher education, research and health care – offering both immense potential, unprecedented opportunities and unique challenges. The University of Texas System’s academic and health institutions are working hard to explore, integrate, expand on and innovate around AI in ethical and sustainable ways that supports students, educators, researchers, health care workers, clinicians – and above all Texans and the future of our great state. Here are a few ways UT institutions are delivering on their promise.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife today announced a $20 million investment in The University of Texas at El Paso to reestablish its Mining Engineering Program.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents Chairman Kevin P. Eltife and the board authorized Chancellor James B. Milliken and the UT System to work with UT San Antonio President Taylor Eighmy and UT Health San Antonio Acting President Rob Hromas to integrate both institutions into one unified institution by 2025.

Student and alumni athletes from University of Texas institutions made an impressive impact at the XXXIII Olympiad in Paris, with 15 competitors from UT institutions winning 21 medals, including nine gold. If the UT System were its own nation, it would have ranked 12th in the overall medal count.