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Congratulations to our PGE Class of 2026 graduates! 👏

From building foundational knowledge in the classroom to working alongside professors on cutting-edge research, you have excelled every step of the way. Your passion, dedication and desire to make an impact continues to inspire us all. We can’t wait to see the different you’ll make in the subsurface energy industry and beyond!

🎓 Relive the moments from our celebratory luncheon and see the full photo album: https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjCTEQz

A symposium on the past and present economies, policies, and politics of fossil fuels and renewable energy.

Energy and Power in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Eurasia
Friday, April 10, 2026
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
WCP 3.112B

Panels Include:

• Energy Materiality: Russia, Ukraine, and Beyond

• Energy (Inter-)Dependencies: Russia, Eastern Europe, and the West

• Managing the Old and the New Energy Sources in Central Asia and Mongolia

UT PGE Robert Strauss Center for International Security and Law

The University of Texas at Austin will remain closed through Monday, Jan. 26. All classes and events are cancelled. All UT Austin facilities in Central Texas will be closed.

We will continue to closely monitor and evaluate the conditions and provide updates via Longhorn Alert if that closure is extended.

All updates will be posted in real-time to the Longhorn Alert website. Make sure you bookmark the site and check it regularly: https://longhornalert.utexas.edu/

With the high likelihood of winter weather this weekend, we've decided to postpone the Energy AI Hackathon. Stay warm, everyone, and be on the lookout for a rescheduled event date.

Time to lock in for our 6th annual Energy AI Hackathon on Jan. 23–25! Stop by CPE 2.206 on Wednesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. to learn more about the event with UT PGE professors/AI gurus/Hackathon hosts John Foster and Michael Pyrcz.

🤘 Open to ALL UT Austin students
👯 Teams of 3 to 5
🌮 Free food and drinks all weekend
🤑 $9K [[not a typo]] in prize money
📅 Info session on **Jan. 14**

➡️ for details or visit bit.ly/pgehackathon26.

Applications are OPEN!

So happy to have you on the Forty Acres!🤘

Congratulations to Sunghyun Ko on placing second in the master's division of the Society of Petroleum Engineers International paper contest held at ATCE in October! Sunghyun presented research on "Aqueous Solution of 3-Pentanone for Enhanced Oil Recovery in Texas Shale Reservoirs." His work is supervised by Professor Ryosuke Okuno. 🤘🎉

If you're heading to the Society of Petroleum Engineers ATCE Oct. 20–22, be sure to stop by and see us at Booth 335! Then join us Monday evening for a happy hour with Department Chair Matt Balhoff and Professor Larry Lake. The happy hour is open to all Houston-area alumni, whether or not you're planning to be at ATCE. No RSVP needed! Can't wait to see y'all soon! 🤘