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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

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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.

Research

Discovery Gives Insight into How Seeds Germinate in Response to Light

September 26, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Podcast

You Belong Here: What It Takes for Success in College

September 23, 2019 • by Marc Airhart

Why do so many first-year students struggle in college? Who is most likely to fail? And what can professors and staff do to help them...

Two students talking on steps in front of the main administration building at the University of Texas at Austin

Features

5 Ways UT Science is Fighting Back on Microplastics

September 19, 2019 • by Esther Robards-Forbes

Jace Tunnell holds a plastic nurdle between thumb and forefinger

Accolades

Michael Krische Receives American Chemical Society Award

September 5, 2019 • by Steven E. Franklin

The award comes from the largest scientific society in the world.