News

Tuesday, 08 February 2011

Found: Multitalented Grad Student + Black-footed Ferret

Black-footed ferret illustration by Laura Crothers. On a web trawl today, we discovered graduate student Laura Crothers is not only a super smart biologist in Molly Cummings' lab studying endocrinology and behavioral ecology,  she's also a creative illustrator. Check out her blog Natural Miscillanea. This post is part of our blog, Extracts.

Tuesday, 08 February 2011

First Stars in the Universe Weren't Lonely

The first stars to form in the universe were not as lonely as previously thought, finds Volker Bromm.

Tuesday, 08 February 2011

Graduate Alumnus Awarded Three-Year Harvard Society Fellowship

Christian Rabeling, an alumnus of the graduate program in Ecology, Evolution and Human Behavior, intends to continue his studies on ants and explore the evolutionary processes that generate biodiversity.

Wednesday, 02 February 2011

UT partnership paves the way for solar panels

College partnership with Konarka Technologies Inc. will open doors in the world of plastic solar cell technologies and offer experiences to interested students. Read more on The Horn.

Tuesday, 01 February 2011

Placing Landmarks on the Genome Map

Vishy Iyer and colleagues use the power of the Ranger supercomputer and next-gen sequencers to study role of heredity in gene transcription.

Tuesday, 01 February 2011

UT shifts slowly from oil-black to green

New environmental science degree, Al Bard and more featured in this Statesman article about alternative energy research and education at The University of Texas at Austin.

Tuesday, 01 February 2011

Students Without Borders

As a TIP fellow, Arame Tiam has been able to develop her own interdisciplinary course of study in “Healthcare Policy in Modern Africa.” In the process of doing so she'll have the opportunity to develop close relationships with faculty outside her majors, receive support for studying abroad, and do some very serious, very concrete thinking about what she'd like to do with her life.

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Neuroscientist Earns Young Investigator Award

Nikolai Dembrow aims to characterize how the brain chemicals dopamine and noradrenaline affect neurons differentially in the prefrontal cortex.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

The Scientific Relationship: A Contest

Tell a story about undergraduate research in the College of Natural Sciences. Win a prize. Get some exposure.

Thursday, 20 January 2011

Seeking Our eMusic Selves

Pooja Satya is applying her scientifically-trained mind to one of the more interesting questions of modern, media-saturated life: How do music fans talk about music, and about themselves in the context of music, in the online communities that emerge from sites like eMusic, iTunes and last.fm.