Five Natural Sciences Faculty Receive Sloan Fellowships
The fellowships are given to early-career scientists and scholars whose achievements and potential identify them as rising stars, the next generation of scientific leaders.
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He Wrote the Book: Q&A with Brent Iverson
Chemistry professor Brent Iverson discusses the role of teaching in the evolution of his textbook.
How College Students Drink
When considering college students and their drinking patterns through college, not everyone is the same, says Dr. Kim Fromme, Professor of Clinical Psychology and member of the Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research.
Op-ed: Learning by Doing
Having freshmen perform research doesn’t just improve undergraduate learning, it convinces more students to become science majors.
Students Start-Up for Credit
1 Semester Startup is an interdisciplinary course that supports undergraduates with startup ideas.Leading the Way on Course Transformation
Natural Sciences pilots high-tech courses.
UTeach Institute Commits to Double UTeach Programs to 50 Nationally by 2017
The institute has committed to doubling the numbers of students enrolled in UTeach programs nationwide, from 5,000 to 10,000, by 2017, through partnership with 100Kin10 movement.
Game Changer: Lauren Ancel Meyers
Mathematical biologist Lauren Ancel Meyers takes on global pandemics as part of the Longhorn Network's Game Changers series.
Chemistry Kitchen Explodes on the Foodie Scene
Watch this audio slideshow of the Chemistry Kitchen, where hilarity, and edibility, ensued.
The Science of Sherlock Holmes
In this video biologist Jim Bryant and psychologist Sam Gosling explore the science, and pseudo-science, of Sherlock Holmes.
Rare Bird of Fashion—and Academia
At age 90, New York style icon Iris Apfel is perhaps the college's most unusual professor.
Four Faculty Members Named Fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science
Faculty chosen for their distinguished efforts to advance science and its applications.
Career Minute: Finding the Hidden Job Market
Karen Landolt, director of the Career Design Center, explains how 85% of jobs are found through the "hidden job market."
Six College of Natural Sciences Faculty Bring In $6.4 Million for Groundbreaking Cancer Research
Rising young researcher and new recruit one of esteemed group of faculty receiving a new round of grants from the Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.
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