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Austria-American Educational Commission is pleased to announce that Yuliya Lanina has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award in Fulbright-O21/MuseumsQuartier Artist-in-Residence for the 2020-2021 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.

At home with her family, the Austin artist has started a new series of paintings specifically for frontline healthcare workers.

Read "UT System virtual workshop helps academic advisors use 'design thinking' to support student success" via the University of Texas System.

The Design Institute for Health team has had the privilege and honor to work on a number of COVID-19 related initiatives in the community and beyond. Here are a few highlights.

Listen to 1A's podcast episode "When The Customer Actually Comes First: Design Thinking," featuring Design Department Chair and Professor Kate Canales.

"Knowing what I know now, if I had to do my career over again, I might've pursued this particular Masters rather than spending over a decade designing plastic things that undoubtedly wound up in the ocean." - Rain Noe, Core77

The School of Design and Creative Technologies and the Design Institute for Health at The University of Texas at Austin are advancing the role of design with the creation of the Master of Arts in Design in Health.

The 5th annual VR Austin Jam took place at the University of Texas at Austin, sponsored by the Department of Arts and Entertainment Technologies.

The Design Lab is the only lab on campus exclusively for Design students. It is home to several antique printing presses and one of the University of Texas at Austin's greatest design resources: the Rob Roy Kelly American Wood Type Collection.

Associate Professor Monica Penick, Ph.D. was recently recognized by the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians for her book Tastemaker: Elizabeth Gordon, House Beautiful, and the Postwar American House.