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Emily Engelbart is a junior studying Journalism with a Spanish minor in addition to pursuing a BDP certificate in Environment & Sustainability. She loves anything outdoors, especially camping and swimming. During her time at UT, she has been involved with UT's Campus Environmental Center as a blog coordinator and video editor in addition to writing for Drift Magazine, an outdoor publication.

Three CNS Faculty Awarded President’s Associates Teaching Awards

Three CNS Faculty Awarded President’s Associates Teaching Awards

Katherine Bruner, Christina Markert and Michael Mauk from UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences have been named recipients of the annual President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Enjoy Interactive Experiences and Fun at Events this Weekend

Enjoy Interactive Experiences and Fun at Events this Weekend

Are you ready to get your hands on science? At the Texas Science Festival happening now there are many free opportunities for lifelong learners and school children and youth to try something new, from peering through telescopes to crafting inventions of their own making to handling bones, fossils and replicas of dinosaurs, mastodons and more. The celebration kicked off this week and runs through March 4. In addition to more than a dozen virtual events, this year's festival includes several in-person events with interactive components.

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AAAI Selects UT Professor of Computer Science as a Fellow

AAAI Selects UT Professor of Computer Science as a Fellow

The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) has selected Risto Miikkulainen as one of 11 fellows for 2023.

UT Austin a Key Player in Science’s Hottest Research Areas for 2023

UT Austin a Key Player in Science’s Hottest Research Areas for 2023

Researchers at UT Austin are involved in some of the most exciting areas of science and driving groundbreaking discoveries and technologies that impact our world.

Three Faculty Members Awarded Sloan Fellowships

Three Faculty Members Awarded Sloan Fellowships

​The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation announced today the early-career researchers across the U.S. and Canada who are recipients of the 2023 Sloan Research Fellowship, including three UT Austin faculty members in the College of Natural Sciences: Greg Durrett, Sam Raskin and Hang Ren.

Hang Ren (left), Greg Durrett (center) and Sam Raskin
Pingali Receives Prestigious Parallel Computing Award

Pingali Receives Prestigious Parallel Computing Award

The IEEE Computer Society has selected Keshav Pingali to receive the 2023 IEEE CS Charles Babbage Award for his "contributions to high-performance compilers and graph computing."

How Amphibious Plants Rewired a Gas Exchange Pathway to Survive in Water

How Amphibious Plants Rewired a Gas Exchange Pathway to Survive in Water

Just as humans cannot breathe underwater, the tiny pores of plants can't exchange air underwater.

When grown on land, the amphibious plant Rorippa aquatica produces pores called stomata (left); but grown in water, it does not. Credit: Shuka Ikematsu.
Oh Bee-have! UT Scientist’s Book for Children Highlights the Many Facets of Bees

Oh Bee-have! UT Scientist’s Book for Children Highlights the Many Facets of Bees

Felicity Muth

Felicity Muth, a UT Austin assistant professor of integrative biology whose work focuses on cognition, didn't always know what animal she would ultimately work with to better understand the living world.

Inspired by Biology, Physicists Make More Efficient Motors

Inspired by Biology, Physicists Make More Efficient Motors

Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered that mimicking human muscles can lead to more efficiently designed electric motors for use in robots and appliances. Their bioinspired motors use up to 22% less energy, have a greater range of motion and can lift objects higher than typical electric motors.

Students Win Big at International Synthetic Biology Competition

Students Win Big at International Synthetic Biology Competition

A team of 12 undergraduate students at UT Austin received top awards at the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) Competition, including placing in the top 10 overall in the undergraduate category—the only team from the U.S. to do so.