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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
12 Ways Texas Science Innovators Made the Most of this Year
Here are a handful of ways that members of our science and mathematics community brandished their entrepreneurial spirit this year.
![3 Students wearing t-shirts celebrating 1,000+ patents jump for joy in front of the UT Austin tower](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/technology_commercialization_courtesy_of_betsy_merrick.jpeg)
Melissa Kemp Combines Art and Science in Study of Lizards
Melissa Kemp, an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative Biology, studies how extinction, biological diversification and colonization are shaped by environmental upheavals.
![Profile pic of Melissa Kemp](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/kemp_headshot.jpeg)
Faculty Empower Students in Curie Diaries Event
The Curie Diaries Event at UT Austin aims to create a space for female professors and students to discuss their experiences.
![Four women in conversation, standing around a table](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/curie-diaries2400x1600.jpg)
Texas Leader
Alumna Supports her Love of Nature through Gifts to College of Natural Sciences
The story of how this Lost Pines treasure landed within the College of Natural Sciences begins with UT alumna Lorraine Stengl, known to many as...
![Lorraine Wyer and Casey Stengl stand in hats in an outdoor area at Stengl Lost Pines BIological Station with wildflowers in the foreground and a building farther away](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/casey-and-lorraine-1.jpg)