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Astronomy Outreach Program Takes Texas Teachers on Trip of a Lifetime
A Department of Astronomy outreach program achieved the culmination of 17 years of hard work recently when several Texas teachers flew as part of the science team aboard NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA).
McDonald Observatory’s Andrew Mann Wins Prestigious Hubble Fellowship
Astronomer Andrew Mann of The University of Texas at Austin has been awarded a Hubble Fellowship from NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute, science center for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Freshman Research Starts at UT, Changes the World
Exposing first-year college students to real research experiences alongside faculty scientists is something The University of Texas at Austin has been doing for a decade now through the Freshman Research Initiative.
UT Austin Student Wins Goldwater Scholarship
An undergraduate biochemistry major and Dean's Scholar Honors Program participant, Brendan Chou from Houston, has been awarded a Goldwater scholarship, the premier undergraduate award of its type in mathematics, natural sciences and engineering.
Graduate Education 2.0
In the College of Natural Sciences’ student community, about one in every 10 learners is here to pursue a graduate degree.
Neuroscientists Receive $1M Grant to Study Sensory Adaptation
Nicholas Priebe, an associate professor of neuroscience in The University of Texas at Austin's College of Natural Sciences, and three colleagues have been awarded a Human Frontier Science Program research grant worth $1.05 million over three years to study how our sensory systems change as the environment changes.
Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems Intimately Tied to Climate
Scientists have discovered that in the mid-1990s there was a large reorganization of the flora and fauna in the Gulf of Mexico linked to a shift in oceanic surface temperatures.
Understanding the Prefrontal Cortex
Every time you need to make plans for the future, like what to do over spring break or which SXSW shows to catch, you're using the prefrontal cortex of your brain.
Freshmen Fight Cyber Attacks and Other Societal Threats
Students at The University of Texas at Austin are learning ways to fight cyber crime where these threats increasingly take place: phones, cars and other devices in the "Internet of Things."
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