UTIG Ph.D. student Enrica Quartini was inducted into UT Austin’s Friar Society this fall. The Friar Society is the oldest honor society at the university and welcomes only a few new student leaders each semester. We sat down with Enrica to learn more about her studies and research at UTIG and her passion for Science… Continue Reading Student Profile: Enrica Quartini
The “Flowers” at the Bottom of the Sea
London’s Mail Online today features a fascinating report from the researchers aboard the NOAA Okeanos Explorer in the Gulf of Mexico. What initially was thought to be a shipwreck site on the ocean floor turned out to be an asphalt volcano, then a second was discovered. University of Texas Institute for Geophysics researcher Jamie Austin is among those… Continue Reading The “Flowers” at the Bottom of the Sea