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It's a New World
Dear Students, Today I was thinking about the start of my senior year in college. It was 25 years ago and it is remarkable how much has changed. I was a chemistry major and I was fairly certain I wanted to go to graduate school. Not only was I set on chemistry graduate school, but I had settled on “p-chem,” physical chemistry.&nb...
Plants: The Future of Energy?
Can we use plants for energy instead of oil? That's the question one group of intrepid students is trying to answer as part of an innovative program that plugs first year students into real-world research projects with top notch faculty and research scientists.
Honeymoon is Fading
Dear Students, While I send my weekly emails to every student in the college, this week I wanted to send a particular message to the first year students in the Class of 2018. So, for the rest of you: study, work, rest, enjoy, study, excel, learn, explore, achieve, and generally keep up the great work. Now for the Class of 2018: I have...After the Exam
Dear Students, It’s still exam time. Some of you have had your first round of tests this year. For others they will come this week. Whether they have gone well or are something you are hoping to forget, it is important to take this opportunity to learn. When the exam grades come out, it is easy to just look up your score and mov...First Exams
Dear Students, It’s the time of the semester for the first round of exams. For many of you this has become routine. Others are facing your first college exams. I hope that you see exams as a challenge and an opportunity rather than a hurdle. Faculty give exams to assess how students are learning. Learning is why you’r...
Health Care is Serious Business
The following is an excerpt from an article by Jeremy Simon originally published August 25, 2014 in McCombs Today:
TIDES: Transforming Science Education
The College of Natural Sciences is launching a home for its current and future programs in innovative undergraduate science education, the Texas Institute for Discovery Education in Science (TIDES). TIDES was proposed in the CNS 2013 Strategic Plan (as the Texas Center for Science Discovery) as a way to continue and enhance the college’s leading role in STEM education.
$2.4 Million Grant Expands UT Austin’s Freshman Research Initiative
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded a $2.4 million grant to The University of Texas at Austin to expand its Freshman Research Initiative, a program that gives students the opportunity to take part in advanced research projects early in their academic careers.
University of Texas at Austin Unveils Cognitive Computing Course Based on IBM Watson
The University of Texas at Austin's Department of Computer Science is partnering with IBM to launch a new cognitive computing course titled “Automated Question Answering” that gives students unprecedented access to one of IBM’s most prized innovations: Watson. The University of Texas at Austin is one of seven universities offering the new course this fall.
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