News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Texas Research
Faculty Member Wins University-Wide Research Excellence Award
Vagheesh Narasimhan had an extraordinary achievement in original research, providing clues to human evolution.
Department of Computer Science
Risto Miikkulainen Receives Recognition Linked to AI Research, Industry
2024 brought acclaim for the computer science professor, leading in artificial intelligence and neural networks.
UT News
2024 Hamilton Book Award Grand Prize Goes to David Hillis for Homage to Texas Hill Country’s Biological Diversity
The Biodiversity Center director penned “Armadillos to Ziziphus,” a celebration of life in the Texas Hill Country.
UT News
Computer Science Professor Receives Regents’ Recognition for Outstanding Teaching
Etienne Vouga, a computer science professor at UT Austin, has received a 2024 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award.
Samanta Receives Packard Fellowship
Devleena Samanta is the first faculty member from the University of Texas at Austin to receive the early-career award in the chemistry category.
Allan MacDonald Named Citation Laureate
The annual recognition highlights researchers with extraordinary citation records and societal impact.
Department of Computer Science
Computer Science Faculty Members Honored with Test-of-Time Award for Pioneering Cryptographic Research
Brent Waters and Hovav Shacham received recognition from the International Association for Cryptologic Research.
Chemistry Ph.D. Student Awarded Computational Science Graduate Fellowship
UT Austin student Alexia Hartzell has been named a recipient of the prestigious Department of Energy award.
College of Natural Sciences Faculty Receive NSF CAREER Awards
The awards from the National Science Foundation support innovative work by earlier-career faculty.
Computer Scientist Keshav Pingali Receives Lifetime Achievement Award for Programing Languages
Pingali has received the Programming Languages Achievement Award by the Association for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest Group on Programming Languages (SIGPLAN).
