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Marissa Burgermaster: Breaking Down Your ‘Gut’ Feelings on Nutrition
Food is one of many factors impacting health, but it can be one of the most difficult to solve for — requiring understanding of nutrition, human behavior, socioeconomic forces and more.
Food for Thought: Nutrition Researcher Embraces the Toughest Subjects
Beth Widen, a nutrition researcher at The University of Texas at Austin, is seeking to untangle the complex relationship between nutrition in pregnancy and infancy, and health outcomes down the road.
“Science-ing” Your Way to More Health & More Wealth
A Texas Science Festival presentation in 2023 featured an AI-powered tool for clinicians from UT Nutritional Sciences faculty member Marissa Burgermaster.
Are We There Yet? Driving to Health Equity in the Treatment of Obesity
A Texas Science Festival presentation and 2023 Jean Andrews Talk in Nutritional Sciences featured guest speaker Jamy Ard.
Deep in the Heart of Science: A Peek Into the Science of What We Love about the Lone Star State
A Texas Science Festival presentation in 2023 featured a recipe for pecan butter and lightning talk from UT Nutritional Sciences faculty member Drew Hays.
Texas Science Festival Inspires Texans to Delve into Discovery
Go deep in the heart of science this month and next.
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Weight Gain in Pregnancy May Be Linked to Later Growth Patterns in Daughters
Patterns of weight gain in pregnancy may offer clues to how children will grow.
Natural Sciences Researchers Win President’s Award for Global Learning
A team with two CNS undergraduates of UT Austin were involved with research about the relationship between undergraduates' mental health and their social support networks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
E-Cookbook Promotes Sustainable Food Sourcing and Raises Funds for Charity
UT Austin students of the Coordinated Program in Dietetics created an e-cookbook to support an organization that aims to end hunger in Texas.
Two CNS Faculty Receive President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Awards
Laura Lashinger and Sally Ragsdale received awards recognizing the university’s educational innovators who demonstrate exceptional undergraduate teaching in the core curriculum.
