News

Tuesday, 15 March 2011

Top Graduate Programs Recognized by U.S. News & World Report

Students at the Brackenridge Field Lab, a key component of the 6th ranked Ecology, Evolution and Behavior graduate program. Photo by Wyatt McSpadden. Several college graduate programs rank among the nation’s top ten in this year's 2012 U.S. News & World Report survey of graduate schools. Biological Sciences Ecology and Evolutionary Biology – ...

Monday, 14 March 2011

Science and Business Students Win Top Prize at Biotechnology Case Competition

A team of graduate students from the McCombs School of Business and the College of Natural Sciences won top prize last month at the Wake Forest University Biotechnology Conference and Case Competition.

Friday, 04 March 2011

Sol LeWitt Sculpture to Grace Gates Computer Science Complex

Sol LeWitt's "Circle with Towers"(2005) in Madison Square Park. The sculpture will be placed at the entrance of the Gates Computer Science Complex. Photo from artnet.com. Artist Sol LeWitt's concrete block structure Circle with Towers (2005) will grace the entrance to the new Bill & Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex, currently under co...

Thursday, 03 March 2011

Astronomer and Neurobiologist Awarded Sloan Fellowships

Jenny Greene, assistant professor of astronomy, will receive $50,000 over two years to be used on research of her choice.

Thursday, 03 March 2011

Science Alumni Gather to Celebrate the Dean’s Scholars Honors Program

An exclusive group of alumni of the College of Natural Sciences will gather this weekend to celebrate the accomplishments of the Dean’s Scholars Honors Program’s past, present and future.

Wednesday, 02 March 2011

Opinion: We Can't Afford Cuts in Science Funding

Left intact, the massive cuts in research contained in the bill passed on 19 February would effectively end America's status as the leader of the worldwide scientific community.

Thursday, 24 February 2011

Computing Classroom in Flawn Academic Center Brings Advanced Scientific Computation and Statistics to Students

A new computing classroom and learning laboratory in the FAC is changing the way that statistics and scientific computing are taught at the university.

Thursday, 17 February 2011

Health IT Program Gets New Home In Hackerman Building

Nationally recognized program will bring expanded opportunities to students and health care workers in the new building.

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Digital Digits: Dino Footprint Secrets Revealed

Our Glen Rose Dino Tracks get a mention in this research on using computer modeling to better understand fossil dinosaur tracks.

Monday, 14 February 2011

Students Showcase Research at the Capitol

Two students have been selected to represent The University of Texas at Austin during an event at the Texas Capitol today that showcases ground-breaking undergraduate research and its impact on Texans.

Friday, 11 February 2011

Unique Fossil Dinosaur Tracks Need A New Home

The Texas Natural Science Center has embarked on a million dollar campaign to save the fossilized tracks of two dinosaurs, a sauropod and theropod, from degrading.

Thursday, 10 February 2011

College of Natural Sciences To Transform Intro Courses Impacting More Than 10,000 Students

Biology, chemistry and statistics have been selected by the provost’s office to launch the university’s Course Transformation Program (CTP).

Wednesday, 09 February 2011

Wann Langston & the Mosasaur

Visit "Mo" and get a taste of life more than 65 millions years ago.

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, 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.