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NTR's Study Abroad Course in Sicily Highlights Food Production Techniques Across Time (And Continents)

The Course, From Prehistory to the Present - The Mediterranean Diet in Sicily, Italy, takes place in May.

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Welcome From Our Director, Dr. Jaimie Davis

A message from our newly appointed Director of the School of Health and Human Sciences

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5 Questions with Public Health Senior Ammad Hasan

The Class of 2026 graduate works to boost heart health, with a legacy that will endure on the Forty Acres.

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Get To Know 5 UT Researchers Leading the Charge Against Dementia

University of Texas at Austin faculty are conducting innovative studies to better understand Alzheimer’s and related diseases.

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Tackling Dementia From Every Angle

The next breakthroughs in the prevention, treatment or cure of Alzheimer’s and dementia lie with UT experts.

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4 Tons of Spinach, 3 Professors and 1 Life-Changing Discovery

It was 84 years ago this week that UT researchers isolated and named folic acid.

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Ready to Change the World: Public Health Major Dat Duong

Dat Duong, a 2025 graduate from the College of Natural Sciences, made key contributions while studying in the UT School of Human Ecology.

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How a Nutrition Class Became One of UT’s Most Popular

The online, synchronous Fundamentals of Nutrition course proves to be as worthwhile as it is engaging for UT undergraduates across all majors and rank years.

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New Inroads on a Quiet and Deadly Cancer

A nutritional sciences and Dell Med faculty research collaboration uses metabolism to address pancreatic cancer.

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Predicting the Unpredictable Regarding Gestational Diabetes

Nutritional sciences and Dell Med faculty leverage science, medical imaging and AI for predicting the condition.