News: Accolades

Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

Jed McKinney and Cheng-Han Hsieh will pursue independent research in the formation of galaxies and solar systems.

The Heising-Simons Foundation has awarded Quang Tran, Ph.D. candidate in UT astronomy, one of its eight prestigious 51 Pegasi b Fellowships.

The scientist developed a ruler with the power to size up the early university and shed light on the cosmic dawn.

Dozens of graduate and undergraduate students of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences were honored this year by the National Science Foundation.

Each year, the award is given to one or two international scholars under the age of 45.

UT Austin assistant professor of astronomy, Brendan Bowler, has been selected as a 2022 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow in Physics for his work related to the formation, evolution, architectures and atmospheres of extrasolar planets.

The American Astronomical Society (AAS) selected Morley for outstanding research and promise for future research.

Each year, these awards recognize great teaching of undergraduates in the core curriculum.

Wheeler was selected as author of "Supernova Explosions," published by Springer in 2017.