News: Accolades

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Accolades

2025 Breakthrough Prize Recognizes Collaboration Involving UT Physicists

The researchers have been working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland on the ATLAS project.

A proton proton collision in the ATLAS detector

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NSF Graduate Research Fellowships and Honorable Mentions Awarded to 38 from Natural Sciences

Dozens of Texas Science students received recognition from the National Science Foundation.

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Celebrating the 2025 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

2025 Dean's Honored Graduates

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Meet Three Exceptional Seniors Among our 2025 Graduates of Distinction

More than 150 top CNS students have been selected and celebrated for their distinctive contributions.

2025 Graduates of Distinction. From left: Sanjaya Kumar, Hayden Stegall and Miriam Yampuler

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Guggenheim Foundation Names 3 at UT in 100th Class of Fellows

Swarat Chaudhuri, a computer scientist, and Feliciano Giustino, a physicist, are among this year’s fellows.

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Undergraduate College

College of Natural Sciences Student Awarded Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Biochemistry junior Mrigayu Ghosh plans to conduct pioneering research in stem cells and mechanobiology for tissue engineering.

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The Graduate School

Graduate Students Win at 2025 Empower Your Pitch Competition

Neuroscience Ph.D. student Cole Maguire and cell and molecular biology Ph.D. student Lisa Wang won prizes for research talks.

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AAS Names Steven Finkelstein as Fred Kavli Plenary Lecturer

Steven Finkelstein has been honored for his work to advance our understanding of galaxy formation and evolution at cosmic dawn.

Steven Finkelstein

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Three UT Austin Faculty Members Selected to the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Ken Keiler studies basic molecular biology with the aim of developing new antibiotics.

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Six UT Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships

The annual award recognizes early-career scientists whose work demonstrates exceptional promise.

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