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UT Austin Professors Named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

Jonathan Sessler of the Department of Chemistry and George Georgiou of the Department of Molecular Biosciences at The University of Texas at Austin have been named Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).

Headshots of George Georgiou and Jonathan Sessler juxtaposed

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Two Assistant Professors Win CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation

The CAREER awards are intended to recognize promising young faculty and support their research with five years of funding.

Işil Dillig and Ilya Finkelstein

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Freshman Research Initiative Students Published in Nature Genetics

The groundbreaking Freshman Research Initiative (FRI) program at The University of Texas at Austin helped a pair of students put a coveted feather in their cap quite early in their academic careers: the chance to say they’ve been published in a top-tier scientific journal from the prestigious Nature Publishing Group.

The fibrous roots of white Albina Vereduna beets (control plant, left) turn red when they overexpress a particular transcription factor that upregulates red betalain pigment production (right).

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Three Natural Sciences Faculty Selected to Receive President's Associates Teaching Excellence Awards

The award recognizes faculty members who have achieved a consistent level of excellence in teaching undergraduate students.

President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award

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Eight Natural Sciences Faculty Receive 2013 Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Awards

The awards program is one of the nation's largest monetary teaching recognition programs in higher education, honoring outstanding performance in the classroom and dedication to innovation in undergraduate instruction.

Regents Award