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Accolades

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

Podcast

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

The Texas Scientist

The Mating Game

Across the animal kingdom, males and females of the same species are often locked in an evolutionary battle of the sexes.

Illustration of fish by Jenna Luecke.

Accolades

Astronomer David Lambert Named 2019 Distinguished Texas Scientist

This honor reflects distinguished contributions to science through research and publication that has garnered recognition at the national and international level.

David Lambert

UT News

In Singing Mice, Scientists Find Clue to Our Own Rapid Conversations

UT Austin researchers have identified a brain circuit in mice that might enable the high-speed back and forth of human conversation.

Alston's singing mouse.

Podcast

All in the (Scientific) Family

Scientists often talk about the people who mentored them, and the students and postdocs they supervise, in ways that sound like a family.

A casual photo of college students and faculty sitting on a living room floor

Features

Ali Preston Has A View Into Memory

Photo of Ali Preston

UT News

Interacting With More People is Shown to Keep Older Adults More Active

Image shows an older Black woman on the left holding hands and talking with an older White woman on the right while smiling