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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Natural Science Students and Faculty Win Graduate School Awards
Two graduate students and one faculty member were 2019 winners of professional and student awards from UT’s Graduate School.
![Lisa Piccirillo, Yang Huo and Aprile Benner](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/gradschoolawardees-1260x840.jpg)
A Machine That Understands Language Like a Human
Alex Huth is trying to build an intelligent computer system that can predict the patterns of brain activity in a human listening to someone speaking.
![Illustration of a brain with different regions colored differently](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/brain-map2400x1350.png)
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)
The Texas Scientist
Imaging, Reimagined
Rachel Ward is exploring ways to produce faithful high-resolution MRI images more quickly and at a lower cost with the help of artificial intelligence.
![In a traditional MRI image (left), each pixel represents a type of tissue.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/b2ap3_thumbnail_mri.jpeg)
Alma Solis’s Research Helps Protect Farms from Pests and Control Invasive Plants
Field trips to a biological station in a cloud forest in northeastern Mexico sparked her interest in biology
![Portrait of a woman in front of a cicular tree of life](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/solis2400x1600.jpg)
New Chair for Statistics and Data Sciences Envisions Era of Growth for Department
Kate Calder remarked about the notable support from College of Natural Sciences and university leadership for growing statistics and data science research, education and outreach...
![Kate Calder smiling wears a necklace and stands before a wall with slats in the Gates Dell Complex](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/calder_kate-2400x1600.jpg)
Undergraduate-Led Team Discovers Two New Planets Using Artificial Intelligence
Undergraduate astronomy student Anne Dattilo and colleagues used artificial intelligence to discover two exoplanets in data collected by the Kepler space telescope.
![Artist’s rendition of the Kepler Space Telescope. Credit: NASA, Wendy Stenzel, Daniel Rutter.](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/kepler_art.jpg)
Mathematics’ Highest Prize Awarded to UT Austin’s Karen Uhlenbeck
The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters has named Karen Uhlenbeck its 2019 Abel Prize award winner.
![Karen Uhlenbeck stands in front of a blackboard with mathematical formulas written in chalk behind her](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/ak_karen_uhlenbeck-31.jpg)
A Love Letter from Texas Scientists to the Periodic Table
We're celebrating the 150th anniversary of the periodic table. Join us as we tour the cosmos, from the microscopic to the telescopic, with four scientists studying...
![A series of cupcakes arranged to look like the periodic table](/sites/default/files/uploads/images/default/periodic-cupcakes2400x1350.jpg)