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UT Austin, International Partners Approve Start of Construction for Giant Magellan Telescope
Astronomy

UT Austin, International Partners Approve Start of Construction for Giant Magellan Telescope

The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) has announced a major milestone today with 11 international partners including The University of Texas at Austin unanimously approving its construction, securing the future of the project with more than $500 million to begin work on the world's most powerful optical telescope. The decision initiates final design and fabrication of the GMT, which is poised to become the largest optical telescope in existence.

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Space astronomy
Supercomputing Helps Deepen Understanding of Life
College & Campus

Supercomputing Helps Deepen Understanding of Life

Making sense out of unprecedented quantities of digital information is the focus of today's Big Data in Biology Symposium at The University of Texas.

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health & medicine Graduate Research Evolution Computational Biology Big Data
Memorial: Austen Riggs
College & Campus

Memorial: Austen Riggs

We were sad to hear of the death of emeritus professor Austen Riggs last Monday. We send our heartfelt condolences to his friends and family.

From Mathematician’s Findings Flow Many Applications
Mathematics

From Mathematician’s Findings Flow Many Applications

The Navier-Stokes equations hold some of the biggest questions in mathematics, which is why one funder offers $1 million to anyone who can solve them.

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Mathematics Applied Mathematics Faculty profile
Abundance Flourishes in Hanna Shoal
Marine Science

Abundance Flourishes in Hanna Shoal

Earlier this year, when President Barack Obama said a 1.3 million-acre marine area in Alaska would be off limits for future oil and gas drilling, it sparked the interest of a researcher who has worked in that region for nearly four decades.

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Ecology Marine Science
Physicist Recognized for Teaching Excellence
Physics

Physicist Recognized for Teaching Excellence

A professor in the College of Natural Sciences has been named to the University of Texas at Austin's respected Academy of Distinguished Teachers for 2015.

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Teaching accolades
Campus Events Celebrate Undergraduate Research
College & Campus

Campus Events Celebrate Undergraduate Research

Every Spring, the College of Natural Sciences celebrates its student-scientists at the one-day Undergraduate Research Forum, held this year on Friday, April 17. More than 200 students present posters describing their research. The best and most innovative posters and presentations are recognized with awards judged and sponsored by the university, faculty, alumni and industry.

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Undergraduate Research Undergraduates
Crowdfunding Science
College & Campus

Crowdfunding Science

Scientists reportedly are up against one of the toughest environments for research support in generations.

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Organismal Biology Learning & Memory
McDonald Observatory’s Andrew Mann Wins Prestigious Hubble Fellowship
Astronomy

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.

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accolades Space Planets
Gulf of Mexico Ecosystems Intimately Tied to Climate
Marine Science

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.

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Marine Science Ecology