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Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg, a professor of physics and astronomy at The University of Texas at Austin, has died. He was 88.

Several College of Natural Sciences faculty members have been newly appointed to special professorships and endowed chairs at The University of Texas at Austin.

Astrophysicist Katherine Freese, astronomer John Kormendy and evolutionary biologist Mark Kirkpatrick of The University of Texas at Austin have been elected to the National Academy of Sciences.

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The Department of Physics mourns the loss of former professor James Chilton Thompson, who passed away on July 16 at 88. A dedicated faculty member...

E.C George Sudarshan made many contributions to theoretical physics, including the foundations of quantum optics and the proposal of new particles called tachyons.

The NSF grant, distributed over a six-year period through its Division of Materials Research, will launch a new Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) headquartered at UT Austin and aimed at advancing materials through fundamental science.

Physics professor emeritus Alfred Wilson Nolle passed away on February 11 at 97. A UT Austin alum who also researched at MIT and Harvard, Nolle...

Larry C. Shepley, Associate Professor Emeritus of Physics at UT Austin, passed away on December 30, 2016. Renowned for his work in cosmology and classical...