2012 College Awards Banquet Honors Teachers, Advisors
Award-winning teachers, advisors, outreach specialists and staff will be acknowledged at the 15th annual College of Natural Sciences Honors and Awards banquet this evening.
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From the College of Natural Sciences
Linda Hicke Appointed New Dean of College of Natural Sciences
Cell biologist Hicke will join the college July 15 from Northwestern University, where she is a professor and associate vice president for research.
Event: Robots and the Future of Surgery
Students will have the chance to test drive a robotic surgical system and learn about the future of robots and surgery.
Op-ed: Our Contaminated World
Biologists David Crews and Andrea Gore argue that it's time for us to face the fact that our world is contaminated by chemicals, and we're contaminated as well.
Assembling the Tree of Life: Q&A with Randy Linder
Biologist Randy Linder talks about his atypical college experience, evolution, his life outside the classroom, and a street fight in Peru.
A Tree of Life Grows in Texas
Computer scientist Tandy Warnow uses the supercomputers at TACC to help decipher the relationships between all living things on the planet.
Seed Size Is Controlled by Maternally Produced Small RNAs, Scientists Find
New findings could enable scientists to develop biotechnological tools for improving seed production and crop yield.
Vernita Gordon Awarded Grant from the Human Frontier Science Program
Biophysicist studies how cells self-assemble into 3-D spatially organized structures.
Is My Brain Working Normally?
A tumor could have caused the famous university shootings of August 1, 1966.
Jim Vick Receives Prestigious Friar Fellowship for Top Notch Teaching
James Vick, professor and administrator in his 42 years at The University of Texas at Austin, is the winner of the 2012 Friar Centennial Teaching Fellowship, one of the highest prizes for teaching on campus.
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