News: Honors

The pair are the latest STEM students from The University of Texas at Austin to be selected.

The winner of the prestigious Churchill Scholarship is triple-majoring in math, chemistry and computational engineering.

William Gilpin in physics and Devleena Samanta in chemistry each were selected for the honor.

The UT Austin physicist was one of two scientists to win the international prize in the category of basic sciences.

Jaquelin Dudley, Kristen Grauman, Arlen Johnson, Daniel Leahy, Xiaoqin “Elaine” Li and Tanya Paull receive major honor from AAAS.

David Zuckerman is a professor of computer science whose research focuses primarily on pseudorandomness and the role of randomness in computing.

The Hall of Honor recognizes Distinguished Alumni, Distinguished Service and Emerging Leader award winners.

Scott Aaronson, Catherine Calder and Claus Wilke are now fellows of the world’s largest general scientific society.

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

Undergraduate students at UT Austin are recognized for their work which could save bats from a condition that is often deadly and dangerous.