News: Human Ecology

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

UT News

Interacting With More People is Shown to Keep Older Adults More Active

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UT News

LGBTQ Youths Are Over-Represented, Have Poorer Outcomes in Child Welfare System

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Features

UT Scientists, Mathematicians and High Schoolers Partner for Success

Gold medalists in an astrophysics Olympic-style event, award-winners at a statewide science fair and budding genetic engineers who shared their research 2,000 miles away are...

The USA Team in Beijing. From left to right: Ioana Zelko (Team Leader), Sahil Pontula, Vincent Brian, David Yue (also a Texan), Andy Zhu, Texan and gold medalist Joseph McCarty, April Cheng and UT Austin graduate student Nastasa Dragovic (Team Leader). Photo from the USAAAO.

Features

Visualizing Science 2018: Beauty and Inspiration in College Research

Winners of the 2018 Visualizing Science contest include images of nanomaterials, the connection between chaos and electronics and a glimpse into the aural lives of...

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UT News

Racial and Ethnic Bias Leads to Lower Well-Being Among Adolescents

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Announcements

CNS Welcomes New Faculty As Fall Semester Begins

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Podcast

The Language Brokers

Researchers like Su Yeong Kim are debating whether being a language broker is good for children, or not.

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