Undergraduates

Faculty Empower Students in Curie Diaries Event

December 10, 2019 • by Grace Dickens

The Curie Diaries Event at UT Austin aims to create a space for female professors and students to discuss their experiences.

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Accolades

Microbe Research Team Awarded Gold Medal at 2019 iGEM Competition

November 18, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

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Features

Visualizing Science 2019: Revealing Hidden Splendor in Research

October 24, 2019 • by Staff Writer

A network of gut bacteria of tadpoles from nine ponds in East Texas. Each color is a pond, and each dot is a different species of bacteria.

Podcast

You Belong Here: What It Takes for Success in College

September 23, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Why do so many first-year students struggle in college? Who is most likely to fail? And what can professors and staff do to help them...

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Research

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

May 23, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

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

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Accolades

Ten Students Receive Prestigious Federal Graduate Research Awards

April 26, 2019 • by Steven E. Franklin

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.

Announcements

Remembering Joanne Ravel, UT Austin Biochemistry Professor

July 3, 2018 • by Marc Airhart

Ravel taught many pre-med students introductory biochemistry, supervised graduate students and post-doctoral fellows, and was a role model to many.

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Features

College-Wide Focus on Increasing Student Success Brings Significant Pay-Off

February 5, 2018 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

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Podcast

Tackling Science and Engineering’s Diversity Problem

January 26, 2018 • by Marc Airhart

Three leaders in science and engineering discuss the obstacles for women and racial minorities to enter or stay in STEM.

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Features

Visualizing Science 2017: Finding the Hidden Beauty in College Research

October 20, 2017 • by Steven E. Franklin

Five years ago the College of Natural Sciences began an annual tradition called Visualizing Science with the intent of finding the inherent beauty hidden within...