News: Mathematics

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

Features

Alumna Lisa Piccirillo Solves Famous 50-year-old Math Problem

During her graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, Lisa Piccirillo solved a problem that had bedeviled mathematicians for five decades.

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Features

12 Ways Texas Science Innovators Made the Most of this Year

Here are a handful of ways that members of our science and mathematics community brandished their entrepreneurial spirit this year.

3 Students wearing t-shirts celebrating 1,000+ patents jump for joy in front of the UT Austin tower

Announcements

Meet the New Faculty Members in Natural Sciences

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Announcements

UT Austin Launches Institute to Harness the Data Revolution

$1.5M award from National Science Foundation to support cross-disciplinary machine learning and data science research

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UT News

Remembering Eminent UT Austin Mathematician John Tate

John Tate, who won the world’s top prize in mathematics and taught for nearly 20 years at The University of Texas at Austin where he...

Mathematician John Tate in front of a blackboard with equations

Research

5 Tips to Get the Most Out of Four Years of Undergrad Research

We asked graduating seniors from across the college to share their best tips for research success.

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Accolades

Natural Science Students and Faculty Win Graduate School Awards

Two graduate students and one faculty member were 2019 winners of professional and student awards from UT’s Graduate School.

Lisa Piccirillo, Yang Huo and Aprile Benner

Accolades

Ten Students Receive Prestigious Federal Graduate Research Awards

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have awarded prestigious graduate research awards to 48 University of Texas at Austin...

Stephanie Valenzuela, Thao Thanh Thi Nguyen, Logan Pearce, Caitlyn McCafferty, Taha Dawoodbhoy, Ian Rambo, Hadiqa Zafar, Zoe Boundy-Singer, Griffin Glenn and Ariel Barr.

The Texas Scientist

Imaging, Reimagined

Rachel Ward is exploring ways to produce faithful high-resolution MRI images more quickly and at a lower cost with the help of artificial intelligence.

In a traditional MRI image (left), each pixel represents a type of tissue.