News: Accolades
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Three in Texas Science Elected Fellows of AAAS
Scott Aaronson, Catherine Calder and Claus Wilke are now fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society.

AAAI Selects UT Professor of Computer Science as a Fellow
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) has selected Risto Miikkulainen as one of 11 fellows for 2023.

Chemistry Professor Earns Humboldt Award
Dmitrii Makarov, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Texas at Austin, has won a Humboldt Research Award from the Alexander...

Moran to Receive Waksman Award in Microbiology from NAS
Nancy Moran receives the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology from the National Academy of Sciences.

McLellan Wins Major Awards from Welch Foundation, National Academy
Jason McLellan receives the NAS Award in Molecular Biology and the Norman Hackerman Award from the Welch Foundation.

Faculty Member Honored with Early Career Award
Maria Arredondo, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Department of Psychology, has been named a Rising Star...

Students Win Big at International Synthetic Biology Competition
Undergraduate students at UT Austin are recognized for their work which could save bats from a condition that is often deadly and dangerous.

Oden Institute News
James Chelikowsky Wins Feynman Prize
Chelikowsky, Director of the Center for Computational Materials at the Oden Institute, received the 2022 Foresight Institute Feynman Prize for Theory.

Postdoctoral Fellow Receives Inaugural NAS Science Communication Award
Arianna Long of UT Austin has been recognized for her communication of research on the evolution of the universe.
