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Alan Cline Steps Down as Director of the Dean's Scholars Honors Program
After 20 years as director of the Dean’s Scholars Honors program, computer scientist Alan Cline is handing over the reins of the program to biologist David Hillis.
Drug Design, Environmental Sustainability, Oil Recovery Receive Private Grand Challenge Research Funds
Seven University of Texas at Austin researchers are confronting what the scientific community has defined as this century's grand challenges in drug design, environmental sustainability and improved oil recovery using Moncrief Grand Challenge Faculty awards for 2011-12.
Is Poverty the Key Factor in Student Outcomes?
Michael Marder, the co-director of the UTeach program, which trains secondary school math and science teachers, looks at public education data and explains the significance of poverty, why he thinks charter schools are not necessarily the answer and how public education is like a Boeing airplane.
Field Guide for Texas Damselflies Highlights Diversity of Fascinating Insects
Field guide by John Abbott is the most comprehensive for identifying the colorful insects as they flit about streams and ponds around Texas and the U.S. AUSTIN, Texas—A new field guide for damselflies by University of Texas at Austin entomologist John Abbott is the most comprehensive guide for identifying the colorful insects that flit about strea...For Less Than a Buck, a Sensor Detects Acute Pancreatitis
If there were a distinction one could earn for practicing smart medicine on a shoestring, a UT grad student would be high in the running. Using a aluminum foil, gelatin, milk protein, and a cheap LED light--items that collectively sell for under a buck--he’s created a fast, one-hour test for acute pancreatitis. Read the full story on Popsci.com.Mouse Study Suggests Why Addictions Are Hard to Forget
A new study finds that alcoholic mice more readily form Pavlovian associations with addictive substances. Similar subconscious memories may haunt recovering addicts. Scientific American covers Hitoshi Morikawa's new research.
Video: Honoring Sen. Hutchison
This video honors Senator Hutchison for her contributions to science and education, for which she received the college's 2011 Hall of Honor Award on April 21.
UTeach Outreach tackles TAKS test
More than 100 University of Texas students this week are charging into 57 Austin elementary school classrooms with their eyes focused on the futures of 1,425 fifth grade students. They are volunteer members of UTeach Outreach , a university program that grants credit hours to students who help kids get ready for the science segment of the all i...
Dean Mary Ann Rankin To Lead National Math and Science Initiative
After more than 16 years as dean of the College of Natural Sciences Rankin will step down to continue her efforts to improve science and mathematics education in the United States with NMSI.
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