News

Accolades

Norma Fowler Receives George B. Fell Lifetime Achievement Award

Norma Fowler received the George B. Fell Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Natural Areas Association national meeting.

Photo of Norma in front of vegetation

Research

Discovery of New Parasitic Plant Interaction by Stengl-Wyer Program Alumna

Liming Cai, a former Stengl-Wyer Scholar, has discovered a new parasitic plant interaction with foundational research she began at the University of Texas at Austin.

Liming holding up two plants, a host and a parasite, in a wooded area

Features

Now 50 Years Old, One of the World’s Most Diverse Collection of Organisms Lives On at UT

David Nobles Jr., curator of the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae, looks back and explains why algae matter in research.

UT News

Student Researchers Gain Hands-On Experience in UT’s Turtle Pond

Since 2022, students have recorded data on the turtles on UT’s campus, and they recently published their research.

Features

Meet Iris Schmeder, Undergraduate Frog Researcher

A chance encounter in a hallway and hands-on learning opportunities sparked her passion for research.

Research

Publishing in a Leading Journal as Undergraduates

Three undergraduate researchers published with a team in Nature, shedding new light on a microbe and its host.

Features

Science vs. Screwworms: How UT Research Inspired Our Best Weapon

Key to earlier eradications of the threat was a University of Texas discovery that’s still proving useful today.

Features

Meet Stengl-Wyer Fellow: Daryl Barth

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Features

Can This Scientist’s Proposal Save Coral Reefs in Our Hemisphere?

Evolutionary expert Misha Matz makes a splash with a controversial proposal that could save Caribbean coral reefs.