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Find Science and STEM Camps and Summer Offerings from UT Austin

Each year, programs at UT have offerings for high schoolers and school children with an interest in science and technology.

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UT Austin Study Finds Diet Alters Breast Milk Composition

UT nutritional scientists found even small shifts towards more ultraprocessed foods can quickly alter breast milk.

Research

New Gene-Editing Tech Holds Promise for Treating Complex Genetic Diseases

Advanced biotechnology repurposes two bacterial immune systems to correct large stretches of DNA.

UT News

4 Tons of Spinach, 3 Professors and 1 Life-Changing Discovery

It was 84 years ago this week that UT researchers isolated and named folic acid.

Research

Digital platform supports personalized diet goals in primary care for diabetes

A new study evaluates Nutri, a clinical decision support tool for brief diet counseling in safety-net clinics, created by UT researchers.

Features

How a Nutrition Class Became One of UT’s Most Popular

The online, synchronous Fundamentals of Nutrition course proves to be as worthwhile as it is engaging for UT undergraduates across all majors and rank years.

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Accolades

2025 Distinguished Alumna: Molly S. Bray on Science, Mentorship, and Change

2025 Distinguished Alumna Molly S. Bray, PhD ’98, returned to the MD Anderson UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences to reflect on a career...

Molly Bray in cap and gown speaking at graduation.

Accolades

Elizabeth Klingbeil Becomes a Fellow of Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.

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Accolades

Elizabeth Widen Earns American Society for Nutrition Award

The Norman Kretchmer Memorial Award honors early-stage investigators.

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