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31 July 2017 High Schoolers Get to Experience Real-World Scientific Research

14 July 2017 Inaugural Symposium Encourages Up and Coming Researchers

02 June 2017 Russell Recognized for Significant Contribution to LGBT Psychology

22 May 2017 Three Alumni to be Inducted into Hall of Honor

18 May 2017 5 Ways to Celebrate the Class of 2017

17 May 2017 Commencement Speaker Helps Shape Young Minds Through Sesame Street

16 May 2017 Graduate Leaves Legacy of Giving Behind

15 May 2017 Alumnus Helped Usher in Age of Personal Computing and Guide Lunar Astronauts Home

09 May 2017 With a Focus on Others, Graduate Lands Campus-Wide Awards

04 May 2017 Chemistry Faculty Member Selected for Texas 10 Recognition

21 April 2017 Alum Speaking at Commencement Leads in Social Entrepreneurship

19 April 2017 Two in CNS Receive Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowships

03 April 2017 UT Austin Mathematics, Family Sciences Programs Among Top 10 in World Rankings

03 April 2017 Meet Six Incredible Women from UT Austin Science History

28 March 2017 Physics Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award

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Astronomy

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05 June 2017 Astronomers Prove What Separates True Stars from Wannabes

30 May 2017 Do Stars Fall Quietly into Black Holes, or Crash into Something Utterly Unknown?

09 April 2017 Upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope Dedicated, Enabling Dark Energy Survey and More

08 February 2017 Astronomers Find Faintest Early Galaxies Yet, Probe How the Early Universe Lit Up

22 December 2016 Discoveries with Ties to UT Austin Rank Among Top Scientific Findings of the Year

20 December 2016 Betelgeuse May Have Swallowed Companion 100,000 Years Ago

22 November 2016 Helping Students Promote Inclusion in Astrophysics

14 September 2016 The Last First Planetary Mission (Audio)

24 August 2016 Astronomers Discover Rocky Planet Orbiting Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri

06 July 2016 A New Kind of Black Hole, Once a Theory, Now Firmly within Observers’ Sight

20 June 2016 Young 'Super-Neptune' Offers Clues to Origin of Close-in Exoplanets

20 May 2016 The Unexpected Journey of a Veteran Student and Astronomer

08 April 2016 McDonald Observatory’s Brendan Bowler Wins Prestigious Hubble Fellowship

24 February 2016 Newly discovered planet could shed light on planetary evolution

08 December 2015 UT Astronomer Solves Mystery of 'Born Again' Stars

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Chemistry

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16 August 2017 Scientists Discover Powerful Potential Pain Reliever

08 June 2017 Chemist Searches for Less Toxic Compound to Preserve Organs

25 April 2017 UT Austin Mourns the Death of Former Provost Gerhard Fonken

13 April 2017 New Material Could Save Time and Money in Medical Imaging and Environmental Remediation

29 March 2017 Chemistry Professor Receives Award for Research on Natural Compounds

16 February 2017 Chemistry Professor Wins NSF CAREER Award

08 February 2017 Chemistry Outreach Program Promotes Sustainability, Love of Science

22 November 2016 Chemist Receives CPRIT Award for Tool to Recognize Thyroid Cancer

09 November 2016 Sessler Awarded UT Inventor of the Year

01 November 2016 UT Austin Chemist Chosen to Receive Early Career Award

21 October 2016 Evolution Inspires Anthrax Cure (Audio)

07 September 2016 Chemists Garner New Insights into Protein Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

22 August 2016 Low-Temp Production Could Mean Cheaper, Flexible Smart Windows

23 May 2016 Making Virus Sensors Cheap and Simple: New Method Detects Single Viruses

12 May 2016 Chemistry Educator Receives Dads' Association Centennial Teaching Fellowship

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Computer Science

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31 July 2017 Quantum Computer Scientist Named Simons Foundation Investigator

12 July 2017 Computer Science Students Win Best Paper Award

12 July 2017 When Will We Have Quantum Computers? (Audio)

01 June 2017 Computer Scientist Named to UT Austin's Academy of Distinguished Teachers

10 February 2017 Porter and UT Recognized for Key Role in Local Tech Economy

01 September 2016 Experts Forecast the Changes Artificial Intelligence Could Bring by 2030

01 September 2016 Q&A with Peter Stone: Where is Artificial Intelligence Headed?

06 July 2016 UT Austin Villa Wins at 2016 World RoboCup

21 June 2016 UT Computer Scientist Named Simons Foundation Investigator

02 June 2016 Why is CGI in the Movies Still So Hard? (Audio)

16 May 2016 New Method of Producing Random Numbers Could Improve Cybersecurity

28 April 2016 Computer Scientist Earns Prestigious ACM Award for Encryption Achievement

09 March 2016 A.I. Expert Weighs in on Historic Computer vs. Human Contest

15 November 2015 Computer Science Undergrad Gives Back in Big Way

06 November 2015 Nomadic Computing Speeds Up Big Data Analytics

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Human Ecology

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05 July 2017 Drinking Rates Differ for LGB Youth, Study Finds

03 July 2017 UT Austin Offers Its First Online Master’s Degree in Nutritional Sciences

29 June 2017 Bullying and Bias Can Cost Schools Millions in Lost Funding

06 June 2017 Starving Prostate Cancer With What You Eat for Dinner

12 May 2017 3 Lessons from Research About Supporting Mothers

09 May 2017 With a Focus on Others, Graduate Lands Campus-Wide Awards

03 March 2017 Heading to Paris Fashion Week with Designs Using Vintage Poster

01 March 2017 5 Tips from UT Researchers for Making Every Bite Count

13 February 2017 The Science of Relationships (Audio)

19 January 2017 Stephen T. Russell Named Fellow of National Council on Family Relations

16 January 2017 A 90-Year Milestone at the Priscilla Pond Flawn Child and Family Laboratory

12 January 2017 Sowing Seeds for a Life of Research

21 December 2016 Four Keys to Chucking Sugar

14 November 2016 Busting the Myth that Living with Your Parents is Harmful

24 October 2016 Children Adjust Poorly When Parents Cannot Handle Normal Misbehavior

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Integrative Biology

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03 July 2017 Frogs Illustrate the Creative Destruction of Mass Extinctions

14 June 2017 Biologist Earns Career Award from Humboldt Foundation

01 June 2017 Nancy Moran awarded the 2017 Molecular Ecology Prize

30 May 2017 Outnumbered and on Others’ Turf, Misfits Sometimes Thrive

30 May 2017 Historical Rainfall Levels Key in Carbon Emissions from Soil

05 May 2017 Computer Model Developed to Assess Risk of a Zika Epidemic in Real-time

07 April 2017 Biologist Wins Lieberman Award

29 March 2017 Social Bees Have Kept Their Gut Microbes for 80 Million Years

14 March 2017 Overuse of Antibiotics Brings Risks for Bees — and for Us

07 March 2017 Professor Mike Ryan Receives Lifetime Career Award

06 February 2017 Mathew Leibold Named Fellow of Ecological Society of America

21 November 2016 What’s the Buzz: Reflecting on a Life's Work Inspired by Pollinators

07 November 2016 New Coral Research Exposes Genomic Underpinnings of Adaptation

28 September 2016 Searching Genomes for New Chemotherapies

15 September 2016 Bats Use Second Sense to Hunt Prey in Noisy Environments

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Marine Science

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17 August 2017 From Student to Philanthropist: Abell’s Transformational Gift Creates New Opportunities

17 July 2017 Oil Impairs Ability of Coral Reef Fish to Find Homes and Evade Predators

12 June 2017 Spying on Fish Love Calls Could Help Protect Them from Overfishing

27 April 2017 Can Sound Save a Fish? (Audio)

15 March 2017 UT Austin Receives $5.6M for Long-term Study of Alaska’s Arctic Coast

11 January 2017 Discovery of New Microbes Sheds Light on How Complex Life Arose

15 December 2016 The Mighty Copepod (Audio)

25 October 2016 Arctic Found to Play Unexpectedly Large Role in Removing Nitrogen

04 October 2016 Clever Fish Keep Cool

03 October 2016 Marine Science Graduate Student Awarded Nationally Recognized Fellowship

16 May 2016 Mammal Magnetism of Interest to Marine Scientists

09 May 2016 Genetic Potential of Oil-Eating Bacteria from the BP Oil Spill Decoded

11 April 2016 Scientists Unveil the Most Comprehensive Genomic Tree of Life

15 February 2016 Scientists Decode Genomes to Infer Lifestyles of Subsurface Microbes

18 November 2015 Diet in Fish Affects Offspring's Metabolism

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Mathematics

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08 March 2017 Math Program Shows How Key Learning Happens Outside the Classroom

21 February 2017 Taillefumier Awarded Sloan Fellowship

12 December 2016 Charles Fraser Mends Little Hearts

16 November 2016 Mathematicians, Ward, Engquist and Dhillon, Singled Out for Recognition

30 August 2016 Mathematics Researcher Earns Prestigious Fellowship

10 May 2016 Math Alum Working to Improve Women’s Health Nationwide

04 May 2016 Mathematician Receives Prestigious Education Awards

09 March 2016 Treisman Named a Distinguished Senior Fellow by Education Think Tank

11 January 2016 Ronny Hadani Comes in Loud and Clear

07 December 2015 Five States to Join Math Project for College Students

18 September 2015 Visualizing Science 2015: Beautiful Images From College Research

26 August 2015 College Welcomes New Faculty in New Academic Year

05 August 2015 Mathematics Professor Receives Major Award from Italian Mathematical Union

22 June 2015 Military Children Will Receive More Support for Learning Math Under Dana Center Contract

10 May 2015 From Mathematician’s Findings Flow Many Applications

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Molecular Biosciences

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10 August 2017 Ancient Microbes Folded their DNA Similarly to Modern Life Forms

28 June 2017 New Technique Enables Safer Gene-Editing Therapy Using CRISPR

30 May 2017 First Step Taken Toward Epigenetically Modified Cotton

17 April 2017 Zhang Named Professor of the Year

04 April 2017 International Synthetic Biology Team to Create an Ancient Cell

16 February 2017 Fight Cancer, She Must

13 February 2017 Genetic Signatures Reveal Environment Where Bacteria Evolved

08 December 2016 Enzyme Safely Starves Cancer Cells in Preclinical Study

08 December 2016 DNA Repair Findings Shed Light on Pathways Affecting Cancer Progression

15 November 2016 Flu Vaccine’s Effectiveness Can Be Improved, New Findings Suggest

27 October 2016 A Trio of Flu Studies Point the Way to Better Treatment and Prevention

27 September 2016 New Faculty, New Technology to Strengthen Disease Research at UT Austin

02 August 2016 Bacteria Show Capacity for Rapid, Beneficial Mutations

28 June 2016 Cross-respiration Between Oral Bacteria Leads to Worse Infections

23 June 2016 Fix for 3-Billion-Year-Old Genetic Error Could Dramatically Improve Genetic Sequencing

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Neuroscience

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01 August 2017 Neuroscientist Receives Grant to Advance Understanding of Brain Structure

21 March 2017 Unlocking the Mind's Mysteries

16 March 2017 Keeps Us on Our Toes (Audio)

21 February 2017 Taillefumier Awarded Sloan Fellowship

03 February 2017 UT Austin Leads $29 Million Alcoholism Treatment Consortium

23 January 2017 Resetting the Alcoholic Brain (Audio)

03 November 2016 UT Austin Researchers Map Neurological Process of Learning, Deciding

27 July 2016 Neuroscientist Weighs How Realistic Bourne Character's Memory Loss Is

13 July 2016 Research Sheds Light on Challenges of Interpreting Brain Activity

25 April 2016 Serotonin Regulates the Sensitivity of Brain Cells Involved in Hearing

25 January 2016 Scientists Estimate Memory Capacity Based on Sizes of Brain Synapses

13 January 2016 Scientists Discover How We Play Memories in Fast Forward

02 October 2015 UT Austin Receives $4M to Develop Techniques for Brain Imaging and Manipulation

10 September 2015 Neuroscience professor wins NSF CAREER award

03 September 2015 Audio: Cocktail Party Effect

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Physics

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24 July 2017 Construction Begins on International Neutrino Facility

01 June 2017 Physicists Launch Experiment to Probe a Muon Mystery

22 May 2017 Biofilm Discovery Suggests New Way to Prevent Dangerous Infections

11 May 2017 UT Austin Mourns Death of Groundbreaking Physicist Cécile DeWitt-Morette

10 May 2017 Surprising Property of Ferroelectrics Might Lead to Smaller, Lighter Electronics

22 March 2017 Physicists Improve Key Component of Future Atom Microscope

08 March 2017 A New Era for Physics? With Creation of New Form of Matter, a Time Crystal, It Just Might Be

15 February 2017 New, Ultra-Flexible Probes Form Reliable, Scar-Free Integration with the Brain

25 January 2017 Grad Students Lead the Greatest Show in Classical Physics

23 January 2017 Breaking Up is Hard to Do

22 December 2016 Discoveries with Ties to UT Austin Rank Among Top Scientific Findings of the Year

24 October 2016 Unusual Quantum Liquid Could Inspire Future Electronics

13 October 2016 Two Physicists and an Engineer Elected Fellows of the American Physical Society

03 October 2016 As Hunt for Sterile Neutrino Continues, Mystery Deepens

23 September 2016 Distinguished Alum Discusses Gravitational Waves Discovery

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Statistics

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10 May 2017 Meet Oscar Madrid Padilla: First PhD Graduate from UT Austin’s Statistics Department

14 April 2017 Birth Risks Rise Late in Doctors' Shifts, Researchers Find

08 February 2016 Common Colds at School a Primary Driver of Asthma Hospitalizations for Children

08 February 2013 New AIDS Research Suggests that More People Are Cheating than the Surveys Show

01 November 2012 Doctoral Program in Statistics to Advance Research in Health Care and Technology

15 July 2012 The Texas Pandemic Flu Toolkit

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In the News

Posts highlighting some of the many articles mentioning College of Natural Sciences faculty and students in the media.

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06 July 2017 Former Preschoolers Return to Lab School After Seven Decades

27 March 2017 UTeach Shown to Improve Learning, Address Shortfalls

04 March 2017 Chemist Sessler Offers Inspiring Story of Persistence

02 March 2017 Universities are Critical Drivers of Innovation

10 February 2017 UT Astronomer Reflects on Discovery of Gravitational Waves

09 February 2017 Overcoming Women’s Hurdles in Science Will Stimulate the Economy

07 February 2017 Francis Su: "Mathematics Is for Human Flourishing"

03 February 2017 Experts Testify on Evolution Curriculum

03 February 2017 Hybrid Antibody Takes Down HIV

20 January 2017 Graduate Student Helps Develop New Method for Carbon Capture

19 January 2017 Explaining How Ecosystems Cram in So Many Species

03 January 2017 For the Holidays, Researchers Give Insights into Relationships and Dieting

23 November 2016 Research on Corporal Punishment Prompts Federal Letter Calling for Practice to End

21 November 2016 Free Meals are Critical for Many Kids

18 November 2016 Remembering Denton Cooley, a Heart Surgery Pioneer

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Giving

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17 August 2017 From Student to Philanthropist: Abell’s Transformational Gift Creates New Opportunities

15 May 2017 Alumnus Helped Usher in Age of Personal Computing and Guide Lunar Astronauts Home

14 October 2016 Alum and Former NASA Computer Programmer Wants Others to Have Opportunities She Had

15 March 2016 Natural Sciences Alum Invests in Neurodegenerative Research

30 October 2015 Harnessing the Power of Science and Community

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Vanden Bout's Weekly

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22 May 2017 Four things to do this summer

05 May 2017 Healing, Support, and Final Exams

01 May 2017 Last Week of Class

24 April 2017 Student Government Update

17 April 2017 Big Week

10 April 2017 40 For Forty

03 April 2017 Adulting 101

27 March 2017 Important Dates

20 March 2017 Back to Work

06 March 2017 Before Spring Break

27 February 2017 Natural Sciences Week

20 February 2017 Exams Review

13 February 2017 First Exams

06 February 2017 Scholarship and Scholarships

31 January 2017 Undergraduate Research Forum

David A Vanden Bout

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Point of Discovery

This is the Verge of Discovery Podcast brought to you by the College of Natural Sciences Communications Office.

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12 July 2017 When Will We Have Quantum Computers? (Audio)

27 April 2017 Can Sound Save a Fish? (Audio)

16 March 2017 Keeps Us on Our Toes (Audio)

13 February 2017 The Science of Relationships (Audio)

23 January 2017 Resetting the Alcoholic Brain (Audio)

15 December 2016 The Mighty Copepod (Audio)

21 October 2016 Evolution Inspires Anthrax Cure (Audio)

14 September 2016 The Last First Planetary Mission (Audio)

03 August 2016 Some Bacteria Have Lived in the Human Gut Since Before We Were Human

11 July 2016 Looking Forward ... and Back: Podcast Updates

02 June 2016 Why is CGI in the Movies Still So Hard? (Audio)

13 April 2016 Here's What Research Did for Me, Student Stories (Audio)

23 March 2016 Podcast: Jekyll and Hyde Bacteria

19 February 2016 Audio: Saving the Bees, Two Perspectives

05 January 2016 Audio: Pyramid Probe

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