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neutrinos has opened a new window on the Universe. These unique
messengers are not affected by magnetic fields or interactions in dense
astrophysical environments and offer the potential to observe deep inside
the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. The IceCube Neutrino
Observatory, recently completed deep in the Antarctic ice under the
geographic South Pole, is sensitive to neutrinos of TeV energies and
higher. One of the leading candidates for the source of the highest
energy cosmic rays are gamma-ray bursts (GRBs). Models producing the
highest energy cosmic rays in GRBs predict neutrino fluxes detectable in
IceCube. In this talk I will summarize the status of the IceCube searches
for neutrinos from gamma-ray bursts, and preview future neutrino studies
that are possible in the completed IceCube detector and in a future
massive detector at a deep underground laboratory.