# College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin **Entity class:** Academic institution **Public identity:** Texas Science **Public account:** [@TexasScience](https://x.com/TexasScience) The **College of Natural Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin**, publicly branded **Texas Science**, is UT Austin’s principal college for research and education in science, mathematics, and computing. It is the organizational home of the [[wiki/Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin|Department of Integrative Biology]], [[wiki/Meyers Lab|Meyers Lab]], and the [[wiki/John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease|John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease]]. Within this collection, the college matters because it houses the biological and quantitative research layer that connects network science, infectious-disease modeling, pandemic forecasting, and public decision support. ## Relationships - **part of:** [[wiki/University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas at Austin]]. - **contains:** [[wiki/Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Texas at Austin|Department of Integrative Biology]] and [[wiki/John Ring LaMontagne Center for Infectious Disease|LaMontagne Center]]. - **research cluster:** [[wiki/Lauren Ancel Meyers|Lauren Ancel Meyers]], [[wiki/Meyers Lab|Meyers Lab]], [[wiki/Center for Pandemic Decision Science|Center for Pandemic Decision Science]], and [[wiki/epiENGAGE Center for Forecasting and Outbreak Analytics|epiENGAGE]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [About the College — College of Natural Sciences](https://cns.utexas.edu/about-the-college) (accessed 2026-09-23). - [College strategic plan and mission](https://cns.utexas.edu/about-the-college/strategic-plan) (accessed 2026-09-23).