News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
2025 Breakthrough Prize Recognizes Collaboration Involving UT Physicists
The researchers have been working at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland on the ATLAS project.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Six UT Faculty Members Awarded Prestigious Sloan Research Fellowships
The annual award recognizes early-career scientists whose work demonstrates exceptional promise.
