News
Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Michael Krische Receives American Chemical Society Award
The award comes from the largest scientific society in the world.
![Michael Krische](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/michaelkrische_4-3.jpg)
Corwin Zigler Uses Statistics to Link Air Pollution to Health Impacts
Meet Corwin Zigler and his research on how changes in air pollution regulations impact people's health, and his decision to join UT Austin's Department of...
![Portrait of a man](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/zigler-dms2400x1600.jpg)
Newly Discovered Giant Planet Slingshots Around its Star
Astronomers at The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory, along with colleagues at Caltech and elsewhere, have discovered a planet three times the mass...
![The Milky Way in the night sky is evident over a dark peak, Mt. Locke](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/mt_locke_milky_way.jpeg)
Kami Hull Seeks to Make Drugs Faster with Less Waste
Learn about Kami Hull's work as an organic chemist and how she won a prestigious Novartis Early Career Award in Chemistry.
![Portrait of a woman](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/hull2400x1600.jpg)
Lilienfeld Prize Winner Katherine Freese Researches Dark Matter
The winner of the 2019 Lilienfeld Prize, given annually by the American Physical Society for outstanding contributions in physics, develops theories about dark matter and what...
![Portrait of a woman](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/freese2400x1600.jpg)
Experimental Vaccine Against Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) Elicits Strong Immune Response
After decades of research, an effective RSV vaccine now seems within reach
![A patient receives a vaccination in the arm](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/vaccination-2400x1350.jpg)
UT News
When Research and Education Cross-Pollinate
Freshmen learn how to do research while increasing our understanding of biodiversity
![A scientist points out into a natural field site while a student holds a butterfly net](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/fri2400x1600.jpg)