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Research

Attacking Weaknesses in Killer Bacteria with Help from Glowing Beads

November 5, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Black background with purple circles and glowing pink dots inside them

Texas Leader

Alumna Supports her Love of Nature through Gifts to College of Natural Sciences

October 30, 2019 • by Staff Writer

The story of how this Lost Pines treasure landed within the College of Natural Sciences begins with UT alumna Lorraine Stengl, known to many as...

Lorraine Wyer and Casey Stengl stand in hats in an outdoor area at Stengl Lost Pines BIological Station with wildflowers in the foreground and a building farther away

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.

UT News

Artificial Intelligence System Gives Fashion Advice

October 23, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Two hands hold a smart phone which displays a manakin wearing fashionable clothes

UT News

Gift to UT Austin Will Advance Programs in Biodiversity and Ecology

October 21, 2019 • by Christine Sinatra

A generous estate gift to The University of Texas at Austin from alumna and former physician Lorraine “Casey” Stengl will have a dramatic impact on...

Casey Stengl holds a framed montage of plants and outdoor areas

Accolades

Karen Uhlenbeck Awarded Steele Prize for Lifetime Achievement

October 21, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

Karen Uhlenbeck stands in front of a blackboard with mathematical formulas written in chalk behind her

UT News

Remembering Eminent UT Austin Mathematician John Tate

October 18, 2019 • by Christine Sinatra

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

Accolades

Meet the 2019 Hall of Honor Inductees

October 10, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

Three College of Natural Sciences alumni were selected for induction into the college's 2019 Hall of Honor.

Glass awards on a white table in front of a floral arrangement

Features

Feliciano Giustino Uses Quantum Mechanics to Create New Materials

October 7, 2019 • by Cason Hunwick

Giustino stands in front of a wall of LCD screens displaying computational models

Research

A UT Austin Spin-Out Beats the Odds, Turning Data into Knowledge

October 1, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Juan Sequeda and his advisor, professor Daniel Miranker, invented a new way to transform key data into a form that is easier to analyze.

Juan Sequeda and Daniel Miranker launched Capsenta, a start-up based on their research at the University of Texas at Austin which was recently acquired by data.world.