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Williamson and York Receive Fulbright Awards

The  Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

Research

Depression in LGBTQ Youth Linked with Lack of Parental Support, Controlling Behavior

The study also found whether a young person was out to their parents mattered.

Features

New Department Chair Aims to Improve Youth Mental Health Through Research

Gabriela Livas Stein hopes to build on research strengths in UT Austin’s Department of Human Development and Family Sciences.

Accolades

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.

Research

As Temperatures Climb, Preschoolers Become Less Physically Active

“Go outside and play”—the time-tested strategy for generations of parents and caregivers ready to see their little ones tuckered out by exercise—may be fading in impact as temperatures rise.

Accolades

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.

Affordable education champion Deborah Jacobvitz

Features

For LGBTQ Texans, Closing the Health Disparity Gap

Phillip Schnarrs & Stephen T. Russell are collaborating with others to make Austin an epicenter of community-driven LGBTQ+ research.

Announcements

Texas Science Festival Inspires Texans to Delve into Discovery

Go deep in the heart of science this month and next.

Accolades

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.

Accolades

HDFS Researcher Honored with Early Career Award

Nicole Perry has been named the winner of the 2022 Victoria S. Levin Award.

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