News: Faculty

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

Research

Cosmic Rumbles: New Faculty Probe Universe for Gravitational Waves

A couple who joined the Department of Physics in 2020, Pablo Laguna and Deirdre Shoemaker, study violent events in the universe, like when cosmic heavyweights...

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Announcements

The College Welcomed New Faculty in 2020

See the new faces at the College of Natural Sciences.

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Announcements

Faculty Members Named to Professorships and Endowed Chairs

Several College of Natural Sciences faculty members have been newly appointed to special professorships and endowed chairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

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Accolades

Elizabeth Gershoff Named Director of Population Research Center

Elizabeth Gershoff of UT Austin is the director of the Population Research Center at the university ranked #1 for sociology of populations.

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Accolades

Eric Anslyn Receives Royal Society of Chemistry’s Centenary Prize

Chemistry professor honored for his work in chemical sensors and his teaching skills.

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Announcements

CNS Welcomes New Faculty As Fall Semester Begins

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Features

Peter Onyisi is Having a Smashing Time Hunting Particles

After the excitement of discovering the Higgs boson, what comes next for particle physics?

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