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Endowment Honors Mathematician Bill Guy
Dr. Bill Guy, perhaps one of the most well known math professors at the university, retired this past spring after 64 years of teaching. Guy is a legendary figure on campus and has received numerous teaching honors, from the Student Association Teaching Award to his inaugural membership in the Academy of Distinguished Teachers. To honor Guy’s le...
Going a Long Way for UTeach
Mary Long was there when UTeach was born in 1997. In fact, she helped create the science and math teacher preparation program from scratch and was UTeach’s first Master Teacher. Since then, she and others have worked hard to make the program the success it is today, with more than 500 graduates and growing. Long retired recently, but her support o...
In the Shadow of Giants
For Dr. Reginald Baptiste, who is coordinating a mentorship program that allows undergraduates in the College of Natural Sciences to shadow health professionals, the value of getting an early glimpse of the medical life is evident from his own life. “I was in junior high school when I decided I wanted to be a doctor,” says Baptiste, who’s now a c...
Professor Ted Huston Named Fulbright Scholar
Ted Huston, professor of human development and family sciences, will travel to Croatia during the Spring 2010 semester as a Fulbright Scholar.
Natural Sciences Student Wins Marshall Scholarship
Grace Eckhoff has been named a Marshall Scholar, one of 40 scholars from across the nation who earned the scholarship to study abroad in the United Kingdom.
Globetrotting: Asexual Ants in Brazil
Graduate student Christian Rabeling excavates fungus-farming ant colonies in Brazil as part of his doctoral research on the evolution and ecology of the fascinating creatures. Over two meters deep in this hole in Brasília, Brazil, graduate student Christian Rabeling is carefully and delicately dissecting the underground nests of a fungus-gardening ...
The Wallingford Sessions
A slideshow of trippy images from the lab of biologist John Wallingford, who studies the embryonic morphogenesis (the process by which embryos acquire their final shape).
Life on the Outside: Willy Fischler
Quantum physicist and professor fulfills a childhood dream by helping to save lives as a paramedic.
Bats Sing Love Songs
"Sid" is a Mexican free-tailed bat who is singing his courtship song to attract females to his roost.Read It Now
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