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

Accolades

Sessler Elected to American Academy of Arts & Sciences

Jonathan Sessler of UT Austin joins 22 others on the College of Natural Sciences faculty who have been elected to the American Academy.

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Research

Supernova Reveals Secrets to Texas-led Team of Astronomers

The discovery improves understanding of the process of how massive stars live and die.

A drawing with labels shows a supernova with arrows shows shock and reverse shock motions

Department of Molecular Biosciences

Live Cell Imaging Reveals New Clues About Processes Linked to Birth Defects

Live cell imaging reveals how a developing embryo transforms from its early ball shape into a more elongated shape with a distinct head and rear.

Black and white image of cells in a developing embyo

Announcements

UT Austin Launches Resource to Connect STEM-Interested Youth, Teachers to Programming

With more young people interested in pursuing future careers related to science, technology, engineering or mathematics, STEM Starts allows users to access information from groups...

An elementary student marvels at a live chemistry demo with Kate the Chemist

Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

Three Undergraduate Students Named 2022 Goldwater Scholars

Three undergraduate students from the College of Natural Sciences, Olivia Conway, Aniket Sanghi and Kevin Zhou, have been awarded the prestigious national 2022 Barry Goldwater...

From left to right: Olivia Conway, Aniket Sanghi, Kevin Zhou

UT News

World’s Largest International Dark Sky Reserve Created by McDonald Observatory, Community Partners

The world’s largest International Dark Sky Reserve is coming to Texas and Mexico,.

The Milky Way in the night sky is evident over a dark peak, Mt. Locke

Department of Statistics and Data Sciences

Layla Parast Aims to Improve Healthcare Using Biostatistics

Meet new statistics and data science professor, Layla Parast, whose work in biostatistics aims to improve medical treatments and trial outcomes.

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Features

UT Austin Offers New Undergraduate Major in Statistics and Data Science

Statistics and Data Sciences are among the fastest growing fields in the United States.

The UT Tower light up with orange lights at dusk

Research

A More Nuanced Approach is Needed to Manage Coral Reef Ecosystems

Instead of focusing entirely on biomass and one-size-fits-all solutions, researchers recommend finding which fish provide the most useful functions in each reef system and protecting...

A school of colorful fish swim over a coral reef

UT News

Invading Hordes of Crazy Ants May Have Finally Met Their Kryptonite

UT Austin scientists have demonstrated how to use a naturally occurring fungus to crush local populations of invasive tawny crazy ants.

Ants swarm on a larger, dead insect