News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Students Win Big at International Synthetic Biology Competition
Undergraduate students at UT Austin are recognized for their work which could save bats from a condition that is often deadly and dangerous.
Oden Institute News
James Chelikowsky Wins Feynman Prize
Chelikowsky, Director of the Center for Computational Materials at the Oden Institute, received the 2022 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory.
Postdoctoral Fellow Receives Inaugural NAS Science Communication Award
Arianna Long of UT Austin has been recognized for her communication of research on the evolution of the universe.
Maggie Miller Receives Maryam Mirzakhani New Frontiers Prize
UT Austin alumna Maggie Miller, whose research focuses on geometric topology in three to five dimensions, was awarded a prize recognizing women in mathematics.
Baiz Earns Prestigious Research Fellowship
Carlos Baiz, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the prestigious Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researchers from the...
Researchers Aim to Make Computer Networks Easier to Change on the Fly
Computer scientist Aditya Akella has received an award from the National Science Foundation to develop runtime programmable networks that can respond to real-time changes, like...
Nielsen Named One of Five National Academies Early-Career Research Fellows
Nielsen will use her expertise to investigate how climate change is altering the potential for dietary contaminant exposure in remote Alaskan communities.
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Jason McLellan Named Finalist for Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
Undergraduate Research Played Role in Paper Tied to Early Career Award
UT Austin alumni involved in Freshman Research Initiative Labs during their time at UT later contributed to a paper that the Journal of Coordination Chemistry singled out...
Biology Honors Senior Looks Forward to Practicing Compassionate Health Care in the Rio Grande Valley
Biology honors senior Brian Chavez is one of a select few in the graduating Class of 2022 that The University of Texas at Austin has...