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Department of Statistics and Data Sciences
Layla Parast Aims to Improve Healthcare Using Biostatistics
Meet new statistics and data science professor, Layla Parast, whose work in biostatistics aims to improve medical treatments and trial outcomes.

UT Austin Offers New Undergraduate Major in Statistics and Data Science
Statistics and Data Sciences are among the fastest growing fields in the United States.


Unlikely Partners: Bees and Turtles
Honey bees and sea turtles may seem like strange bedfellows, but through two of the Mission-Aransas National Estuarine Research Reserve's (NERR) stewardship programs – Fennessey...

Reading the Tea Leaves
Sometimes well known, simple household objects can be the best tools to use in a science experiment.

Nurdle Patrol Expands its Citizen Scientist Effort to Fight Plastic Pollution on Beaches
Plastic pollution in marine environments has no border, and now neither does the Nurdle Patrol.

Technological Leaps Help Biologists Study Quickly Changing Landscapes
Technology allows scientists to gather data where they never could before.

E-Cookbook Promotes Sustainable Food Sourcing and Raises Funds for Charity
UT Austin students of the Coordinated Program in Dietetics created an e-cookbook to support an organization that aims to end hunger in Texas.

Department of Computer Science
Graduating Computer Science Student Leaders Look Back on Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
