Larissa Herold

Recent Contributions

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CNS Honors Thesis Symposium showcases student research across fields

April 23, 2018

On Friday, honors seniors shared their thesis work at the College of Natural Sciences Honors Thesis Symposium.
Astronomers still excited for James Webb Space Telescope despite another launch delay

April 19, 2018

Astronomers now have at least another year to wait for the James Webb Space Telescope. But for an instrument headed for one million miles away from Earth with the capacity to see to within one billion years of the Big Bang, it might be worth the wait.
VR game raises awareness of human trafficking

March 27, 2018

Virtual reality can teach lessons and serve as an immersive video game platform, but it can also have another purpose: raising awareness about social justice issues, such as human trafficking.
Little leaping lemurs’ social lives influence what bacteria is found in their digestive systems

March 27, 2018

Conventional wisdom says you are what you eat, but for lemurs, it’s who they hang out with that influences the composition of their gut microbiomes.
Mathematicians map out possible solutions to gerrymandering

March 7, 2018

Gerrymandering is often used to sway the outcome of elections, but mathematicians may be able to solve the problem.
UT Libraries hosts Instagram competition to showcase undergraduate research

February 14, 2018

A new competition is encouraging undergraduates to share images of their research in order to practice communicating that research to the public.
Rare astronomical event, super blue blood moon, passes over Texas

January 28, 2018

Six months after the Great American Solar Eclipse, the Texas skies will once again host an unusual astronomical event.

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