News: Alumni

Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin

Accolades

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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Features

Alumna Lisa Piccirillo Solves Famous 50-year-old Math Problem

During her graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Lisa Piccirillo solved a problem that had bedeviled mathematicians for five decades.

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Features

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

Accolades

Meet the 2019 Hall of Honor Inductees

Three College of Natural Sciences alumni were selected for induction into the college's 2019 Hall of Honor.

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Research

A UT Austin Spin-Out Beats the Odds, Turning Data into Knowledge

Juan Sequeda and his advisor, professor Daniel Miranker, invented a new way to transform key data into a form that is easier to analyze.

Juan Sequeda and Daniel Miranker launched Capsenta, a start-up based on their research at the University of Texas at Austin which was recently acquired by data.world.

Accolades

Natural Science Students and Faculty Win Graduate School Awards

Two graduate students and one faculty member were 2019 winners of professional and student awards from UT’s Graduate School.

Lisa Piccirillo, Yang Huo and Aprile Benner

Research

Alma Solis’s Research Helps Protect Farms from Pests and Control Invasive Plants

Field trips to a biological station in a cloud forest in northeastern Mexico sparked her interest in biology

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Features

Alumnus Eric Berger Reflects on the Joys of Science Communication

Meet Eric Berger (B.S. Astronomy, '95), Senior Space Editor at Ars Technica and Editor at Space City Weather.

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Accolades

Natural Sciences Alumna Receives Distinguished Texas Exes Award

“When we think of this 2018 Distinguished Alumna, we think ‘trailblazer.’ She has spent her career focusing on delivering health care to the underserved, especially...

Anitha Mitchell Logan