News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Nielsen Named One of Five National Academies Early-Career Research Fellows
Nielsen will use her expertise to investigate how climate change is altering the potential for dietary contaminant exposure in remote Alaskan communities.
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Department of Molecular Biosciences
Jason McLellan Named Finalist for Blavatnik National Award for Young Scientists
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Undergraduate Research Played Role in Paper Tied to Early Career Award
UT Austin alumni involved in Freshman Research Initiative Labs during their time at UT later contributed to a paper that the Journal of Coordination Chemistry singled out...
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Biology Honors Senior Looks Forward to Practicing Compassionate Health Care in the Rio Grande Valley
Biology honors senior Brian Chavez is one of a select few in the graduating Class of 2022 that The University of Texas at Austin has...
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Sessler Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Jonathan Sessler of UT Austin joins 22 others on the College of Natural Sciences faculty who have been elected to the American Academy.
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Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost
Three Undergraduate Students Named 2022 Goldwater Scholars
Three undergraduate students from the College of Natural Sciences, Olivia Conway, Aniket Sanghi and Kevin Zhou, have been awarded the prestigious national 2022 Barry Goldwater...
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Astronomer Stella Offner Receives Delta Young Astronomer Lectureship Award
Each year, the award is given to one or two international scholars under the age of 45.
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Astronomer Brendan Bowler Receives 2022 Sloan Research Fellowship
UT Austin assistant professor of astronomy, Brendan Bowler, has been selected as a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics for his work related...
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Zak Page Named a 2022 Cottrell Scholar
For Zachariah Page's research in materials chemistry, he has been selected as a 2022 Cottrell Scholar.
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Department of Molecular Biosciences
Dan Leahy Selected as Fellow of American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
The American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology selected Molecular Bioscience Professor Daniel Leahy for the honor.
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