THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

4/16 and 4/17 - Kathleen O'Neill and UT Austin President Jay Hartzell met with Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, Jake Ellzey, Greg Casar and August Pfluger; Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz; and staff from Rep. Kay Grangers and John Carters offices to discuss the CHIPS Act and the Texas Institute for Electronics. 4/16 UT Austin hosted event on the Year of AI at UT Austin for Congressional staff on Capitol Hill 4/29/24 - Kathleen O'Neill and Taft Armandroff, Director of the McDonald Observatory, talked with Kellie Chong in Rep. Gonzales office about educational programming and construction efforts at the McDonald Observatory

4/16/24 and 4/17/24 - Kathleen O'Neill and UT Austin President Jay Hartzell met with Reps. Lloyd Doggett, Marc Veasey, Jake Ellzey, Greg Casar and August Pfluger; Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz; and staff from Rep. Kay Grangers and John Carters offices to discuss UT Austins Large Class Computing Facility (LCCF), the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) and NSF Appropriations.

01/26/24: UT Austin faculty member Joshua Rhodes and Kathleen O'Neill met with Ann Oliveira in Rep. Greg Casars office to discuss issues around energy and grid reliability.

1/29/24: Kathleen O'Neill met with Brandon Bradley in Rep. Jasmine Crocketts office about educational resources for students on campus. 1/30 and 1/31: UT students participated in Big XII on the Hill. Students met with staff in the offices of Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz, and Rep. Lloyd Doggett and discussed mental health, college affordability, NIL and other issues. 2/7/24: UT Austin Financial Aid officers met with staff in Sen. John Cornyn's and Rep. Doggetts offices. February 2024: Kathleen O'Neill spoke to staff in Rep. Lloyd Doggetts office about international exchange programs for UT Austin students.

2/13/24: Kathleen O'Neill talked to Stephen Tausend in Sen. John Cornyns office about proposed changes to Bayh-Dole/march-in rights.