News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Neuroscience Professor Wins Prize for Promoting Scientific Rigor
Michela Marinelli received a Rigor Champions Prize for fostering scientific transparency through her course Analytical Skepticism.
Whole Communities — Whole Health
Faculty Collaborations Awarded 'Fast Track to Impact' Support
Human Development and Family Sciences faculty are leading research in a campus-wide Bridging Barriers initiative.
Department of Computer Science
Computer Scientist Honored for Teaching Excellence
Professor Calvin Lin has won the prestigious Minnie Stevens Piper Teaching Award.
NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowships and Honors to Natural Sciences Students
Dozens of College of Natural Science students received recognition through the National Science Foundation program.
UT Provost’s Office
Natural Sciences Undergraduates Honored for Excellence with Mitchell Awards
Josíah Garza, Anirudh Sudarshan, Lars Deutz and Nirmal Patel are 2024 UT Co-op George H. Mitchell Award Recipients.
Celebrating the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates
Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.
Faculty Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Neuroscientist Kristen Harris and molecular bioscientist Keiko Torii have received one of the highest honors a scientist can receive.
Two UT Scientists Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Chemist Eric Anslyn and molecular bioscientist Howard Ochman are among the UT faculty joining the Academy.
NASA Awards Fellowships to Two UT Austin Postdocs
Jed McKinney and Cheng-Han Hsieh will pursue independent research in the formation of galaxies and solar systems.
McDonald Observatory
UT Astronomy Graduate Student Receives Fellowship to Study Exoplanets
The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded Quang Tran, Ph.D. candidate in UT astronomy, one of its eight prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowships.