The University of Texas at Austin

The Freshman Research Initiative offers first year students the opportunity to initiate and engage in authentic research experiences in chemistry, biochemistry, nanotechnology, molecular biology, physics, astronomy and computer sciences while being supported and mentored by faculty and graduate students.

FRI Student at the Texas Capitol

UT was well represented at the Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol last week, including FRI alumnus Matt Welbor, who presented on his work with Graeme Henkelman of the Computational Nanoparticles stream. Matt presented with students from across Texas. Congratulations!

The Scientific Relationship

Science is all about determining the relationships between things - and here's your chance to get into the action!  Tell us about a scientific relationship related to undergraduate research, and you can win a prize and get your story posted on the UT website.  Deadline Feb 15th.  See attachment for details.

FRI Student wins Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award

Every year the Computing Research Association considers students across the country who have excelled in the field of computer science.  This year, they selected Nicolae Stiurca from this field and awarded him an honorable mention in their Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award competition. Congratulations, Nicolae!

Research Educator Teaches Science in Local Schools

Research Educator Antonio Gonzalez of the Lloyd stream believes research is for everyone.  So when the call went out looking for educators to teach underserved students about science, he was prepared. 

FRI Student Involved in Planet Discovery!

We encourage FRI students to look to the stars, but only some do so literally.  George Miller, an FRI mentor who began his work on the project as part of his stream, worked with reserarchers across the world to discover a planet in a binary system.  His work is published in Astronomy & Astrophysics.  See press release here.