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Assembling the Tree of Life: Q&A with Randy Linder

Assembling the Tree of Life: Q&A with Randy Linder

Biologist Randy Linder talks about his atypical college experience, evolution, his life outside the classroom, and a street fight in Peru.

A Tree of Life Grows in Texas

A Tree of Life Grows in Texas

Computer scientist Tandy Warnow uses the supercomputers at TACC to help decipher the relationships between all living things on the planet.
Vernita Gordon Awarded Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program

Vernita Gordon Awarded Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program

Biophysicist studies how cells self-assemble into 3-D spatially organized structures.

Jim Vick Receives Prestigious Friar Fellowship for Top Notch Teaching

Jim Vick Receives Prestigious Friar Fellowship for Top Notch Teaching

James Vick, professor and administrator in his 42 years at The University of Texas at Austin, is the winner of the 2012 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship, one of the highest prizes for teaching on campus.
 

Origami Paper Sensor Could Detect Malaria, HIV for 10 Cents

Chemists' paper sensor "is about medicine for everybody."
Dreams of the Young Scientist

Dreams of the Young Scientist

Neurobiology major Rose Nguyen takes her camera out on campus to find out what her fellow College of Natural Sciences students dream of becoming.

UT Research Successful in DNA Binding

Long-term binding could mean treatment for diseases such as HIV.
A Day in the Life of a Human Development and Family Sciences Major

A Day in the Life of a Human Development and Family Sciences Major

A look inside the typical day of second-year HDFS major Amulya Aradhyula.

Method to Separate Much-Needed Medical Isotopes Proposed

Isotopes are useful in medicine but have to be isolated first.
In the Organic Garden of Lydia Steinman

In the Organic Garden of Lydia Steinman

Lydia Steinman, distinguished senior lecturer in the Department of Nutritional Sciences, talks about the meditative joy of gardening and busts some myths about the difference between organic and conventional gardening.