Congrats to Supra Sensors Stream RE, Dr. Diana Zamora-Olivares!

Congrats to Dr. Pedro Metola - RE for Practical Sensors!

Congrats to RE Josh Beckham for his High School Research Initiative (HRI) outreach grant in collaboration with Dr. Walt Fast @The_Fast_Lab , Dr. Laura Govea @AkinsAISD and FRI peer mentors Sarah Mayberry, JiMin Chon, Sylvia Tanguma, Hubert Jaegy, and Quoc Nguyen!

So. Much. Research. #whatstartshere @TexasScience

#UT40for40 is still underway! FRI is MUCH MORE than research. Students practice transferable skills desired by employers AND are more likely to graduate in 4 years. Show your support TODAY!

40 Hours for the Forty Acres starts tomorrow, but you can support undergraduate research early! Your gift can help provide summer fellowships for students to continue their novel research in between semesters. Give now here: https://t.co/7IXQCTYb0n #whatstartshere #UT40for40

Congrats to @FRI_UT’s Josh Beckham on winning a Texas Blazers 2022 Pillar of Spirit Award! Dr. Beckham can be seen here at the award ceremony with the other 3 winners: Jeremy Suri (@UT_HistDept), Nina Telang (@CockrellSchool) & Roderick Blair (@EastsideECHS)

🎉Congrats to the @UT_iGEM team for winning the Best Foundational Advance award at the @iGEM Grand Jamboree, for a new rapid test for a deadly disease in bats.🦇 They were also the only top 10 overall undergraduate team from the U.S. https://t.co/7bhXoldMzY @barricklab @ut_mbs

Happy National Manufacturing Day! We are excited to launch our new Biomanufacturing Research Stream in partnership with @BioMade to cultivate the next generation of researchers:

Welcome #UT26 students to week 7 of @UTOrientation! 2 more #TexasScience buildings you should know: BIO Labs & Welch Hall They’re home to many areas of research, including @FRI_UT. BIO also has a favorite spot for many: the UT Turtle Pond 🐢 Learn more: https://t.co/baR2BfhZ38

🎉 Congratulations to our #TexasScience staff members who earned 2022 @UTAustin Outstanding Staff Awards! • Mary Conovan, @UTeachOutreach • Kara Rogers, @FRI_UT • Denise Thornton, @UTDanaCenter 🎉 See all of this year’s winners at

Congrats to RE Lauren DePue who was awarded the @JCoordChem Arthur E. Martell Early Career Researcher Prize and FRI alumni Tyler King ('16), Alex Bard ('16), Joe Espinoza ('17), and Desmond Schipper ('12) for their work on luminescent lanthanide complexes! https://t.co/NZvGmGBqnN

Congrats to @FRI_UT’s Tony Gonzalez on his President’s Associates Teaching Excellence Award! 🎉 https://t.co/5dxPzSL7zN

Not only is @UTChemistry senior David Sarabia a leader in @FRI_UT labs, he’s also spent significant time supporting other first-generation college students like himself. Get to know him: #CNSGrad22 #UTGrad22 #FirstGenLonghorns #UT22 https://t.co/LCZAjdgXGP

FRI is featured at the beginning of an episode of @TheCollegeTour! Learn more about the #undergraduateresearch experience from #Bioprospecting peer mentor, Jazzalyn Zou... 👇 https://t.co/6psjuUIV1Q

Congrats to #PlantPathways RE, Dr. Tony Gonzalez, for receiving the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award! This prestigious award recognizes great #undergraduate teaching and UT's educational innovators whose commitment and performance not only instruct, but inspire.

Learn more about the undergraduate research projects that our FRI students have been working on TODAY, 1-6pm, in the Welch Hall Grand Concourse! #whatstartshere https://t.co/Vhv2B6LPXa

Your gift to FRI can help us continue to provide cutting edge research experiences, supplies, and fellowships for our fantastic undergraduates. Support FRI! #UT40for40 https://t.co/Jzq5UIlWPu

Support #undergraduateresearch and the FRI program during #UT40for40! https://t.co/1FZn7lcvRE

Congratulations to @TexasScience @FRI_UT faculty member Tony Gonzalez for winning a @UTAustin President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award.