News: Honors
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
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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.
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...
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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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.
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.
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
Mathematician Luis Caffarelli Wins Wolf Prize
Each year the Wolf Foundation awards $100,000 in up to six fields.
Mathematician Caffarelli Receives Highest Distinction
The Steele Prize is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics