News: Accolades
Stephen Russell Elected to National Academy of Education
He is director of the School of Human Ecology and a professor of human development and family sciences at UT.

Whole Communities — Whole Health
Faculty Collaborations Awarded 'Fast Track to Impact' Support
Human Development and Family Sciences faculty are leading research in a campus-wide Bridging Barriers initiative.

Celebrating the 2024 College of Natural Sciences Dean’s Honored Graduates
Meet the graduating seniors being recognized for excellence in research, academics and improving the community.

Fatima Varner And Loraine Scott awarded The SSHD Erin Phelps award
Two members of the Human Development and Family Sciences community have been awarded the 2023 SSHD Erin Phelps Award.

Williamson and York Receive Fulbright Awards
The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

NSF Awards Graduate Research Fellowships to 23 UT Natural Sciences Students
Dozens of graduate and undergraduate students of UT Austin's College of Natural Sciences were honored this year by the National Science Foundation.

Deborah Jacobvitz Named an Open Educational Resources Affordable Education Champion
Affordable Education Champions are instructors who assign free or low-cost resources for their courses.

Faculty Member Honored with Early Career Award
Maria Arredondo, an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Sciences and the Department of Psychology, has been named a Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science, one of the top honors in the field.

HDFS Researcher Honored with Early Career Award
Nicole Perry has been named the winner of the 2022 Victoria S. Levin Award.

Bill Chopik Awarded Gerontological Society of America Award
The Gerontological Society of America (GSA) has named Bill Chopik among the outstanding award winners for the year.
