News: Honors

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

Accolades

Mathematics’ Highest Prize Awarded to UT Austin’s Karen Uhlenbeck

The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has named Karen Uhlenbeck its 2019 Abel Prize award winner.

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Podcast

A Big Week in Science

The first full week of October is like a science-lover's World Series: Each year, the spotlight falls on high-impact science, when day after day, a...

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Podcast

Of Fruit Flies, Nobel Prizes and Genetic Discoveries that Change the World

Last year, University of Texas at Austin alumnus Michael Young won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the molecular mechanism behind circadian rhythms.

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Accolades

Caffarelli Receives 2018 Shaw Prize in Mathematics

This is the first Shaw Prize awarded to a faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin since its inception in 2002.

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Announcements

New Faculty, New Technology to Strengthen Disease Research at UT Austin

Cryo-EM allows scientists to see with higher resolution than ever before a host of biological processes and conditions, including DNA repair, cancer and infectious disease.

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Podcast

Looking Forward ... and Back: Podcast Updates

In case you missed it, here are some Point of Discovery podcast highlights from the past year, plus a preview of new episodes coming soon

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Accolades

Mathematician Luis Caffarelli Wins Wolf Prize

Each year the Wolf Foundation awards $100,000 in up to six fields.

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Accolades

Mathematician Caffarelli Receives Highest Distinction

The Steele Prize is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics

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