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Read the latest news from the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
New Initiative Aims to Reveal the Origins of Complex Life
There is currently a fundamental gap in the understanding of the origin of complex life, eukaryotes.
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Three UT Austin Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Astrophysicist Katherine Freese, astronomer John Kormendy and evolutionary biologist Mark Kirkpatrick of The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the National Academy...
Texas Master’s in Nutritional Sciences Online Embarks on a New Partnership
UT Austin's Department of Nutritional Sciences determined it would partner with edX in offering an online master's program.
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Building Industry Bridges: Computer Scientist Tackles New Role for Sony, While Leading at UT
Peter Stone, professor and head of Texas Robotics, will lead the newly established Sony AI in the United States.
UT Austin Launches Institute to Harness the Data Revolution
$1.5M award from National Science Foundation to support cross-disciplinary machine learning and data science research
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Gift to UT Austin Will Advance Programs in Biodiversity and Ecology
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...
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Remembering Eminent UT Austin Mathematician John Tate
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...
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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.