News: Undergraduates
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
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.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/gradresearchawards1260x840.jpg)
Remembering Joanne Ravel, UT Austin Biochemistry Professor
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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Tackling Science and Engineering’s Diversity Problem
Three leaders in science and engineering discuss the obstacles for women and racial minorities to enter or stay in STEM.
![Four women sit conversing in a seimcircle in an audio studio](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/stem-deans2400x1350.jpg)
Visualizing Science 2017: Finding the Hidden Beauty in College Research
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...
![This image shows the turbulent gas structures in a three-dimensional, multi-physics supercomputer simulation during the formation of such massive clusters, with the red-to-violet rainbow spectrum representing gas at high-to-low densities.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vissci2017-01-1st_tsang.jpg)
Textiles and Apparel Students Win Prestigious National Awards
Avani Patel and Seihak Long have both won major awards for their innovative ideas.
![UT textiles and apparel faculty members Nancy Prideaux and Sara Stevens accompanied the scholarship winners to the YMA awards dinner in New York. Left to right: Nancy Prideaux, Debby Garcia, Avani Patel, Clare Moore, Tami Gumilar, Daeci Dinh, Sara Northcutt, and Sara Stevens.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/winners-lg-2.jpg)
Freshman Research Initiative Alum Spotlight: Elvira Marquez
In honor of the 10th anniversary of the Freshman Research Initiative (FRI), we visit with some of the alumni of the program, like Human Development...
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Freshman Research Initiative Students Published in Nature Genetics
The groundbreaking Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) program at The University of Texas at Austin helped a pair of students put a coveted feather in their...
![The fibrous roots of white Albina Vereduna beets (control plant, left) turn red when they overexpress a particular transcription factor that upregulates red betalain pigment production (right).](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/overexpressionbvmyb-782.jpg)
Understanding the Bachelor of Science and Arts (BSA) Degree
The College of Natural Sciences at UT Austin answers questions about the BSA option
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